Valence has warmer summer afternoons than 89% of mainland French towns
Météo-France’s Valence-Chabeui station, 5.5 km east: July afternoons reach 29.4°C on a typical day and January nights drop to 1.0°C; 874 mm of rain falls in a year. Winter nights, though, are cold: colder in January than in 75% of mainland French towns. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 74% of mainland French towns.
A year in Valence at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Valence-Chabeui station.
What a year in Valence feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Valence-Chabeui.
About 874 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. About 27 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 21st wettest of 40 towns of 2,500+ in Drôme.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Colombier Jeune Rad
45 frosts and 98 days of 25°C a year
On about 45 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 98 days a year reach 25°C, and 41 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Valence-Chabeui: 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 Valence-Chabeui
Valence-Chabeui is 5.5 km east of Valence. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Valence itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Valence-Chabeui (26064001) |
| Distance from the town | 5.5 km east |
| Station altitude | 163 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 124 m |
| Period | 1997–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Colombier Jeune Rad, 21 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 Valence 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valence | Valence-Chabeui | 29.4°C | 1.0°C | 874 mm |
| Guilherand-Granges 2.5 km | same station | 29.4°C about the same | 1.0°C about the same | 874 mm |
| Bourg-lès-Valence 2.8 km | same station | 29.4°C about the same | 1.0°C about the same | 874 mm |
| Malissard 4.9 km | same station | 29.4°C about the same | 1.0°C about the same | 874 mm |
| Saint-Péray 5.3 km | same station | 29.4°C about the same | 1.0°C about the same | 874 mm |
| Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence 6.2 km | same station | 29.4°C about the same | 1.0°C about the same | 874 mm |
| Portes-lès-Valence 6.5 km | Étoile | 29.2°C about the same | 1.7°C 0.7°C milder | 905 mm |
Valence weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Valence-Chabeui station; sunshine at Colombier Jeune Rad.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C | 1.0°C | 4.5°C | 57 mm | 73 |
| February | 9.8°C | 1.1°C | 5.5°C | 47 mm | 99 |
| March | 14.6°C | 3.8°C | 9.2°C | 54 mm | 168 |
| April | 18.3°C | 6.7°C | 12.5°C | 74 mm | 188 |
| May | 22.2°C | 10.5°C | 16.4°C | 89 mm | 218 |
| June | 27.0°C | 14.1°C | 20.5°C | 57 mm | 261 |
| July | 29.4°C | 15.9°C | 22.6°C | 55 mm | 282 |
| August | 28.9°C | 15.5°C | 22.2°C | 68 mm | 253 |
| September | 24.4°C | 12.3°C | 18.3°C | 83 mm | 197 |
| October | 18.9°C | 9.4°C | 14.1°C | 124 mm | 123 |
| November | 12.3°C | 4.8°C | 8.5°C | 109 mm | 81 |
| December | 8.4°C | 1.7°C | 5.0°C | 58 mm | 62 |
| Year | 18.5°C | 8.1°C | 13.3°C | 874 mm | 2,003 |
Where Valence’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Valence-Chabeui, 5.5 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1997–2020, 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, Colombier Jeune Rad, 21 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 Valence’s climate
How warm does Valence get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 29.4°C. About 98 days a year reach 25°C, more than 87% of mainland French towns, and about 41 reach 30°C.
How cold does Valence get in winter?
January nights average 1.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 45 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Valence get?
About 874 mm a year, more than 74% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (124 mm) and February the driest (47 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Colombier Jeune Rad (21 km away), averages 2,003 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Valence itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Valence, Valence-Chabeui, 5.5 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 VALENCE-CHABEUI, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Valence →
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