Few mainland French towns get more frosts than Bains
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 24.4°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 79% of mainland French towns. Of all months, June brings the most rain and February the least. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from November to April, when means dip under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Le Puy-Loudes station, 7.6 km north.
A year in Bains at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Le Puy-Loudes station.
What a year in Bains feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Puy-Loudes.
About 682 mm of rain a year
June is the wettest month and February the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 15th wettest of 24 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Le Puy-Loudes
A frosty town: 104 frosts and 45 days of 25°C a year
On about 104 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 14 days it stays below freezing all day. About 45 days a year reach 25°C, and 9 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Puy-Loudes: 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 Puy-Loudes
Le Puy-Loudes is 7.6 km north of Bains. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bains itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Le Puy-Loudes (43062001) |
| Distance from the town | 7.6 km north |
| Station altitude | 831 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 962 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
Bains sits 131 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Bains to run about 0.9°C cooler than these figures.
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 Bains 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bains | Le Puy-Loudes | 24.4°C | −2.6°C | 682 mm |
| Vals-près-le-Puy 7.8 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 1.8°C warmer | −1.3°C 1.3°C milder | 632 mm |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel 8 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 1.8°C warmer | −1.3°C 1.3°C milder | 632 mm |
| Le Puy-en-Velay 9.2 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 1.8°C warmer | −1.3°C 1.3°C milder | 632 mm |
| Polignac 9.6 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 1.8°C warmer | −1.3°C 1.3°C milder | 632 mm |
| Coubon 11 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 1.8°C warmer | −1.3°C 1.3°C milder | 632 mm |
| Chadrac 11 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 1.8°C warmer | −1.3°C 1.3°C milder | 632 mm |
Bains weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Le Puy-Loudes station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C | −2.6°C | 1.4°C | 39 mm | 89 |
| February | 6.6°C | −2.7°C | 1.9°C | 29 mm | 112 |
| March | 10.6°C | −0.3°C | 5.1°C | 34 mm | 168 |
| April | 13.4°C | 2.1°C | 7.7°C | 59 mm | 171 |
| May | 17.4°C | 5.7°C | 11.5°C | 74 mm | 195 |
| June | 21.7°C | 9.1°C | 15.4°C | 74 mm | 225 |
| July | 24.4°C | 10.9°C | 17.7°C | 71 mm | 264 |
| August | 24.4°C | 10.6°C | 17.5°C | 61 mm | 245 |
| September | 19.7°C | 7.4°C | 13.5°C | 69 mm | 185 |
| October | 15.0°C | 5.0°C | 10.0°C | 67 mm | 128 |
| November | 9.2°C | 0.9°C | 5.0°C | 65 mm | 88 |
| December | 6.1°C | −1.7°C | 2.2°C | 41 mm | 83 |
| Year | 14.5°C | 3.7°C | 9.1°C | 682 mm | 1,952 |
Where Bains’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Le Puy-Loudes, 7.6 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, Le Puy-Loudes, 7.6 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 Bains’s climate
How warm does Bains get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.4°C. About 45 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 75% of mainland French towns, and about 9 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bains get in winter?
February nights average −2.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 104 nights a year, and about 14 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bains get?
About 682 mm a year, less than 75% of mainland French towns. June is the wettest month (74 mm) and February the driest (29 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Le Puy-Loudes (7.6 km away), averages 1,952 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bains itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bains, Le Puy-Loudes, 7.6 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 PUY-LOUDES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bains →
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