Warm afternoons come to Vélines more often than to 89% of mainland French towns
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near 2.2°C. A year here swings 27°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Frosty nights outnumber those of 64% of mainland French towns. Frost greets about 47 mornings a year, so leave time to clear the car.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Port Sainte-Foy station, 5.8 km east.
A year in Vélines at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Port Sainte-Foy station.
What a year in Vélines feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Port Sainte-Foy.
About 809 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 22nd wettest of 29 towns of 2,500+ in Dordogne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Saint-Émilion
47 frosts and 101 days of 25°C a year
On about 47 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about under 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 101 days a year reach 25°C, and 39 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Port Sainte-Foy: a frost is a night of 0°C or below, a summer day (jour d’été) 25°C or more, a hot day (forte chaleur) 30°C or more.
The Météo-France station at Port Sainte-Foy
Port Sainte-Foy is 5.8 km east of Vélines. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Vélines itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Port Sainte-Foy (24335001) |
| Distance from the town | 5.8 km east |
| Station altitude | 28 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 73 m |
| Period | 1991–2017 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Saint-Émilion, 25 km away |
TownRatings matches each commune to one station with at least 24 years of temperature and rain records: the nearest, counting every 100 m of height difference as 10 km, never across the sea.
How Vélines compares
Against the 4,385 towns of 2,500 or more in mainland France, each read from its own matched station. The dots are the other towns of 2,500+ in Dordogne.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km. Where a neighbor uses the same station its figures are the same: the differences you’d feel over a few kilometers aren’t in the normals.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vélines | Port Sainte-Foy | 28.4°C | 2.2°C | 809 mm |
| Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt 7.2 km | same station | 28.4°C about the same | 2.2°C about the same | 809 mm |
| Sainte-Foy-la-Grande 8.4 km | same station | 28.4°C about the same | 2.2°C about the same | 809 mm |
| Pineuilh 9.3 km | same station | 28.4°C about the same | 2.2°C about the same | 809 mm |
| Castillon-la-Bataille 12 km | Saint-Émilion | 27.8°C 0.6°C cooler | 3.3°C 1.1°C milder | 798 mm |
| Montpon-Ménestérol 18 km | same station | 28.4°C about the same | 2.2°C about the same | 809 mm |
| Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle 20 km | Saint-Émilion | 27.8°C 0.6°C cooler | 3.3°C 1.1°C milder | 798 mm |
Vélines weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Port Sainte-Foy station; sunshine at Saint-Émilion.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C | 2.2°C | 6.2°C | 74 mm | 78 |
| February | 12.0°C | 1.8°C | 6.9°C | 57 mm | 126 |
| March | 16.3°C | 4.1°C | 10.2°C | 57 mm | 164 |
| April | 18.7°C | 6.3°C | 12.5°C | 75 mm | 199 |
| May | 22.8°C | 10.2°C | 16.5°C | 75 mm | 222 |
| June | 26.3°C | 13.3°C | 19.8°C | 64 mm | 249 |
| July | 28.4°C | 14.7°C | 21.6°C | 52 mm | 273 |
| August | 28.9°C | 14.7°C | 21.8°C | 56 mm | 255 |
| September | 25.1°C | 11.4°C | 18.3°C | 62 mm | 227 |
| October | 20.2°C | 9.0°C | 14.6°C | 68 mm | 156 |
| November | 14.2°C | 5.3°C | 9.8°C | 86 mm | 102 |
| December | 11.0°C | 2.7°C | 6.8°C | 83 mm | 92 |
| Year | 19.5°C | 8.0°C | 13.8°C | 809 mm | 2,142 |
Where Vélines’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Port Sainte-Foy, 5.8 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1991–2017, where its record is shorter).
- Which station: among stations with at least 24 of the 30 years of temperature and rain, the nearest to the commune’s population-weighted center, counting each 100 m of height difference as 10 km; mainland towns use mainland stations and each overseas département its own.
- Altitudes: the town’s from IGN’s RGE ALTI® at its population-weighted center; the station’s from Météo-France.
- Sunshine: the nearest station with at least 10 years of sunshine records, Saint-Émilion, 25 km away.
- Comparisons: every town of 2,500 or more in mainland France, read the same way; the dots are the towns of 2,500+ in Dordogne.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Vélines’s climate
How warm does Vélines get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.9°C. About 101 days a year reach 25°C, more than 89% of mainland French towns, and about 39 reach 30°C.
How cold does Vélines get in winter?
February nights average 1.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 47 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Vélines get?
About 809 mm a year, more than 62% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (86 mm) and July the driest (52 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Saint-Émilion (25 km away), averages 2,142 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Vélines itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Vélines, Port Sainte-Foy, 5.8 km away. France publishes its climate normals by station, not by commune; a valley, a hill or the sea can make a difference over a few kilometers.
Where do these figures come from?
Météo-France’s fiches climatologiques: 30-year averages (1991–2020) for each of its long-running stations, published as open data since 2024. They are normals, not a forecast.
Source: Météo-France, fiches climatologiques, 1991–2020 statistics (station PORT STE FOY, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Vélines →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.