Hardly any mainland French towns see hotter July days than Valaurie
On a normal January night the air cools to about 2.4°C. Rain follows the seasons: November brings about 2.8 times as much as February. By frosts alone, it ranks gentler than 82% of mainland French towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 74 times a year.
Figures from Météo-France’s Donzère station, 6.7 km west.
A year in Valaurie at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Donzère station.
What a year in Valaurie feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Donzère.
About 826 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and February the driest. About 25 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 35th wettest of 40 towns of 2,500+ in Drôme.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montélimar
26 frosts and 113 days of 25°C a year
On about 26 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about under 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 113 days a year reach 25°C, and 53 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Donzère: 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 Donzère
Donzère is 6.7 km west of Valaurie. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Valaurie itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Donzère (26116002) |
| Distance from the town | 6.7 km west |
| Station altitude | 66 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 104 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Montélimar, 19 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 Valaurie 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 Drôme.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valaurie | Donzère | 30.9°C | 2.4°C | 826 mm |
| Donzère 8.1 km | same station | 30.9°C about the same | 2.4°C about the same | 826 mm |
| Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux 8.7 km | Pierrelatte | 30.3°C 0.6°C cooler | 2.3°C about the same | 795 mm |
| Pierrelatte 10 km | Pierrelatte | 30.3°C 0.6°C cooler | 2.3°C about the same | 795 mm |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône 11 km | same station | 30.9°C about the same | 2.4°C about the same | 826 mm |
| Viviers 13 km | same station | 30.9°C about the same | 2.4°C about the same | 826 mm |
| Bourg-Saint-Andéol 14 km | Pierrelatte | 30.3°C 0.6°C cooler | 2.3°C about the same | 795 mm |
Valaurie weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Donzère station; sunshine at Montélimar.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C | 2.4°C | 6.0°C | 68 mm | 107 |
| February | 11.2°C | 2.5°C | 6.9°C | 40 mm | 136 |
| March | 15.8°C | 5.0°C | 10.4°C | 43 mm | 200 |
| April | 19.1°C | 7.4°C | 13.3°C | 66 mm | 219 |
| May | 23.5°C | 11.1°C | 17.3°C | 74 mm | 260 |
| June | 28.2°C | 15.0°C | 21.6°C | 53 mm | 300 |
| July | 30.9°C | 17.4°C | 24.2°C | 42 mm | 330 |
| August | 30.5°C | 17.1°C | 23.8°C | 56 mm | 299 |
| September | 25.2°C | 13.8°C | 19.5°C | 102 mm | 231 |
| October | 19.8°C | 10.6°C | 15.2°C | 113 mm | 156 |
| November | 13.5°C | 6.2°C | 9.8°C | 115 mm | 110 |
| December | 9.8°C | 3.1°C | 6.5°C | 55 mm | 95 |
| Year | 19.8°C | 9.3°C | 14.5°C | 826 mm | 2,441 |
Where Valaurie’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Donzère, 6.7 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1992–2020, 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, Montélimar, 19 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 Drôme.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Valaurie’s climate
How warm does Valaurie get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 30.9°C. About 113 days a year reach 25°C, more than 93% of mainland French towns, and about 53 reach 30°C.
How cold does Valaurie get in winter?
January nights average 2.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 26 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Valaurie get?
About 826 mm a year, more than 67% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (115 mm) and February the driest (40 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montélimar (19 km away), averages 2,441 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Valaurie itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Valaurie, Donzère, 6.7 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 DONZERE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Valaurie →
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