Champclause sits near the top of mainland French towns for frosts
Midsummer highs settle at about 21.6°C. None of the 24 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Loire has cooler July afternoons. A year here swings 24°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Garden chairs stay out from June to August, the months with highs of 19–22°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Mazet-Volamont station, 7.3 km east.
A year in Champclause at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Mazet-Volamont station.
What a year in Champclause feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mazet-Volamont.
About 975 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. About 27 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The 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: 101 frosts and 18 days of 25°C a year
On about 101 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 31 days it stays below freezing all day. About 18 days a year reach 25°C, and 1 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mazet-Volamont: 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 Mazet-Volamont
Mazet-Volamont is 7.3 km east of Champclause. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Champclause itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Mazet-Volamont (43130002) |
| Distance from the town | 7.3 km east |
| Station altitude | 1,130 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 1,264 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
Champclause sits 134 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Champclause 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 Champclause 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champclause | Mazet-Volamont | 21.6°C | −2.5°C | 975 mm |
| Yssingeaux 13 km | Yssingeaux | 24.6°C 3°C warmer | −2.2°C about the same | 949 mm |
| Le Chambon-sur-Lignon 13 km | same station | 21.6°C about the same | −2.5°C about the same | 975 mm |
| Saint-Germain-Laprade 14 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 4.6°C warmer | −1.3°C 1.2°C milder | 632 mm |
| Tence 15 km | Yssingeaux | 24.6°C 3°C warmer | −2.2°C about the same | 949 mm |
| Brives-Charensac 18 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 4.6°C warmer | −1.3°C 1.2°C milder | 632 mm |
| Coubon 18 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 4.6°C warmer | −1.3°C 1.2°C milder | 632 mm |
Champclause weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Mazet-Volamont station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9°C | −2.5°C | 0.2°C | 59 mm | 98 |
| February | 3.4°C | −2.6°C | 0.4°C | 43 mm | 122 |
| March | 7.4°C | −0.1°C | 3.6°C | 48 mm | 168 |
| April | 10.3°C | 2.2°C | 6.3°C | 77 mm | 182 |
| May | 14.3°C | 5.9°C | 10.1°C | 107 mm | 197 |
| June | 18.7°C | 9.4°C | 14.1°C | 85 mm | 234 |
| July | 21.6°C | 11.4°C | 16.5°C | 78 mm | 277 |
| August | 21.4°C | 11.7°C | 16.6°C | 72 mm | 250 |
| September | 16.6°C | 8.3°C | 12.4°C | 103 mm | 192 |
| October | 12.1°C | 5.4°C | 8.8°C | 125 mm | 138 |
| November | 6.6°C | 1.1°C | 3.8°C | 121 mm | 99 |
| December | 3.9°C | −1.5°C | 1.2°C | 59 mm | 100 |
| Year | 11.6°C | 4.1°C | 7.8°C | 975 mm | 2,057 |
Where Champclause’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Mazet-Volamont, 7.3 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, 7.3 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 Champclause’s climate
How warm does Champclause get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21.6°C. About 18 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 96% of mainland French towns, and about 1 reach 30°C.
How cold does Champclause get in winter?
February nights average −2.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 101 nights a year, and about 31 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Champclause get?
About 975 mm a year, more than 87% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (125 mm) and February the driest (43 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Mazet-Volamont (7.3 km away), averages 2,057 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Champclause itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Champclause, Mazet-Volamont, 7.3 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 MAZET-VOLAMONT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Champclause →
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