Hardly any mainland French towns wake to more frost than Cayres
July afternoons average 21.8°C. None of the 24 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Loire has cooler July afternoons. May is the wettest month here, with about 3.0 times the rain of February. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 103 times a year.
Figures from Météo-France’s Landos-Charbon station, 8 km south.
A year in Cayres at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Landos-Charbon station.
What a year in Cayres feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Landos-Charbon.
About 799 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 23 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 9th wettest of 24 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
A frosty town: 118 frosts and 22 days of 25°C a year
On about 118 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 29 days it stays below freezing all day. About 22 days a year reach 25°C, and 2 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Landos-Charbon: 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 Landos-Charbon
Landos-Charbon is 8 km south of Cayres. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Cayres itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Landos-Charbon (43111002) |
| Distance from the town | 8 km south |
| Station altitude | 1,148 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 1,084 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
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 Cayres 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cayres | Landos-Charbon | 21.8°C | −3.4°C | 799 mm |
| Coubon 12 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 4.4°C warmer | −1.3°C 2.1°C milder | 632 mm |
| Vals-près-le-Puy 12 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 4.4°C warmer | −1.3°C 2.1°C milder | 632 mm |
| Le Puy-en-Velay 14 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 4.4°C warmer | −1.3°C 2.1°C milder | 632 mm |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel 14 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 4.4°C warmer | −1.3°C 2.1°C milder | 632 mm |
| Brives-Charensac 16 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 4.4°C warmer | −1.3°C 2.1°C milder | 632 mm |
| Chadrac 17 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 4.4°C warmer | −1.3°C 2.1°C milder | 632 mm |
Cayres weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Landos-Charbon station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9°C | −3.4°C | −0.3°C | 43 mm |
| February | 3.6°C | −3.4°C | 0.1°C | 30 mm |
| March | 7.7°C | −1.0°C | 3.3°C | 36 mm |
| April | 10.7°C | 1.2°C | 6.0°C | 71 mm |
| May | 14.7°C | 4.8°C | 9.8°C | 91 mm |
| June | 18.9°C | 8.3°C | 13.6°C | 86 mm |
| July | 21.8°C | 10.2°C | 16.0°C | 68 mm |
| August | 21.8°C | 10.2°C | 16.0°C | 72 mm |
| September | 17.0°C | 7.1°C | 12.1°C | 82 mm |
| October | 12.3°C | 4.5°C | 8.4°C | 85 mm |
| November | 6.7°C | 0.3°C | 3.5°C | 88 mm |
| December | 3.8°C | −2.3°C | 0.7°C | 47 mm |
| Year | 11.8°C | 3.0°C | 7.4°C | 799 mm |
Where Cayres’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Landos-Charbon, 8 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.
- 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 Cayres’s climate
How warm does Cayres get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21.8°C. About 22 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 95% of mainland French towns, and about 2 reach 30°C.
How cold does Cayres get in winter?
January nights average −3.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 118 nights a year, and about 29 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Cayres get?
About 799 mm a year, more than 60% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (91 mm) and February the driest (30 mm).
Are these figures for Cayres itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Cayres, Landos-Charbon, 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 LANDOS-CHARBON, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Cayres →
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.