Araules sits near the bottom of mainland French towns for winter warmth
July afternoons average 23.4°C. Rain peaks in May and eases off in February. None of the 24 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Loire has cooler July afternoons. Windscreens need scraping on about 95 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Le Pertuis station, 8.4 km west.
A year in Araules at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Le Pertuis station.
What a year in Araules feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Pertuis.
About 919 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 27 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 5th wettest of 24 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Mazet-Volamont
A frosty town: 95 frosts and 36 days of 25°C a year
On about 95 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 24 days it stays below freezing all day. About 36 days a year reach 25°C, and 6 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Pertuis: 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 Le Pertuis
Le Pertuis is 8.4 km west of Araules. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Araules itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Le Pertuis (43150001) |
| Distance from the town | 8.4 km west |
| Station altitude | 1,020 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 1,072 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 7.3 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Mazet-Volamont, 8.2 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 Araules 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 Haute-Loire.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Araules | Le Pertuis | 23.4°C | −2.0°C | 919 mm |
| Yssingeaux 8.1 km | Yssingeaux | 24.6°C 1.2°C warmer | −2.2°C about the same | 949 mm |
| Tence 11 km | Yssingeaux | 24.6°C 1.2°C warmer | −2.2°C about the same | 949 mm |
| Le Chambon-sur-Lignon 12 km | Mazet-Volamont | 21.6°C 1.8°C cooler | −2.5°C 0.5°C colder | 975 mm |
| Saint-Germain-Laprade 16 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 2.8°C warmer | −1.3°C 0.7°C milder | 632 mm |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon 17 km | Monistrol-sur-Loire | 24.5°C 1.1°C warmer | −0.8°C 1.2°C milder | 822 mm |
| Retournac 18 km | Tiranges | 27.0°C 3.6°C warmer | −1.5°C 0.5°C milder | 759 mm |
Araules weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Le Pertuis station; sunshine at Mazet-Volamont.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.7°C | −2.0°C | 0.8°C | 53 mm | 98 |
| February | 4.7°C | −2.1°C | 1.3°C | 41 mm | 122 |
| March | 8.7°C | 0.2°C | 4.5°C | 46 mm | 168 |
| April | 11.9°C | 2.6°C | 7.2°C | 80 mm | 182 |
| May | 16.1°C | 6.3°C | 11.2°C | 113 mm | 197 |
| June | 20.6°C | 9.7°C | 15.1°C | 97 mm | 234 |
| July | 23.4°C | 11.5°C | 17.5°C | 74 mm | 277 |
| August | 23.2°C | 11.6°C | 17.4°C | 82 mm | 250 |
| September | 18.3°C | 8.4°C | 13.3°C | 91 mm | 192 |
| October | 13.4°C | 5.7°C | 9.6°C | 99 mm | 138 |
| November | 7.5°C | 1.5°C | 4.5°C | 93 mm | 99 |
| December | 4.5°C | −1.1°C | 1.7°C | 50 mm | 100 |
| Year | 13.0°C | 4.4°C | 8.7°C | 919 mm | 2,057 |
Where Araules’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Le Pertuis, 8.4 km away: statistics for 1991–2020.
- 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, Mazet-Volamont, 8.2 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 Haute-Loire.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Araules’s climate
How warm does Araules get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.4°C. About 36 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 85% of mainland French towns, and about 6 reach 30°C.
How cold does Araules get in winter?
February nights average −2.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 95 nights a year, and about 24 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Araules get?
About 919 mm a year, more than 80% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (113 mm) and February the driest (41 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Mazet-Volamont (8.2 km away), averages 2,057 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Araules itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Araules, Le Pertuis, 8.4 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 LE PERTUIS_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Araules →
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.