Ceyssac sits near the top of mainland French towns for frosts
Midsummer highs settle at about 26.2°C. Rain is light here, less than falls on 89% of mainland French towns. Seasons differ by 28°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to September, with highs of 21–26°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Le Puy-Chadrac station, 4.9 km east.
A year in Ceyssac at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Le Puy-Chadrac station.
What a year in Ceyssac feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Puy-Chadrac.
About 632 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 18 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: 84 frosts and 62 days of 25°C a year
On about 84 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 10 days it stays below freezing all day. About 62 days a year reach 25°C, and 19 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Puy-Chadrac: 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-Chadrac
Le Puy-Chadrac is 4.9 km east of Ceyssac. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Ceyssac itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Le Puy-Chadrac (43046001) |
| Distance from the town | 4.9 km east |
| Station altitude | 714 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 709 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Le Puy-Loudes, 6.8 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 Ceyssac 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceyssac | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C | −1.3°C | 632 mm |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel 2.5 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 632 mm |
| Vals-près-le-Puy 3.3 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 632 mm |
| Polignac 4.2 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 632 mm |
| Le Puy-en-Velay 4.2 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 632 mm |
| Chadrac 5.6 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 632 mm |
| Brives-Charensac 7 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 632 mm |
Ceyssac weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Le Puy-Chadrac station; sunshine at Le Puy-Loudes.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.0°C | −1.3°C | 2.4°C | 34 mm | 89 |
| February | 7.7°C | −1.4°C | 3.2°C | 22 mm | 112 |
| March | 11.8°C | 1.0°C | 6.4°C | 27 mm | 168 |
| April | 14.7°C | 3.5°C | 9.1°C | 54 mm | 171 |
| May | 19.0°C | 7.2°C | 13.1°C | 76 mm | 195 |
| June | 23.3°C | 10.6°C | 16.9°C | 71 mm | 225 |
| July | 26.2°C | 12.4°C | 19.3°C | 57 mm | 264 |
| August | 26.1°C | 12.0°C | 19.1°C | 64 mm | 245 |
| September | 21.1°C | 8.7°C | 14.9°C | 66 mm | 185 |
| October | 16.1°C | 6.5°C | 11.3°C | 66 mm | 128 |
| November | 10.0°C | 2.3°C | 6.2°C | 63 mm | 88 |
| December | 6.6°C | −0.4°C | 3.1°C | 32 mm | 83 |
| Year | 15.7°C | 5.1°C | 10.4°C | 632 mm | 1,952 |
Where Ceyssac’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Le Puy-Chadrac, 4.9 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, 6.8 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 Ceyssac’s climate
How warm does Ceyssac get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.2°C. About 62 days a year reach 25°C, more than 51% of mainland French towns, and about 19 reach 30°C.
How cold does Ceyssac get in winter?
February nights average −1.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 84 nights a year, and about 10 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Ceyssac get?
About 632 mm a year, less than 89% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (76 mm) and February the driest (22 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Le Puy-Loudes (6.8 km away), averages 1,952 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Ceyssac itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Ceyssac, Le Puy-Chadrac, 4.9 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-CHADRAC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Ceyssac →
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