Few mainland French towns get more frosts than Couteuges
High summer brings afternoon highs near 26.6°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs hotter than 63% of mainland French towns. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 28°C. Long walks are most pleasant from June to September, when afternoons reach 22–27°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Chavaniac-Lafayette station, 7.2 km south-east.
A year in Couteuges at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Chavaniac-Lafayette station.
What a year in Couteuges feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chavaniac-Lafayette.
About 766 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 9th 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: 92 frosts and 68 days of 25°C a year
On about 92 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 11 days it stays below freezing all day. About 68 days a year reach 25°C, and 24 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chavaniac-Lafayette: 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 Chavaniac-Lafayette
Chavaniac-Lafayette is 7.2 km south-east of Couteuges. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Couteuges itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Chavaniac-Lafayette (43067001) |
| Distance from the town | 7.2 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 715 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 543 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Le Puy-Loudes, 24 km away |
Couteuges sits 172 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Couteuges to run about 1.1°C warmer 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 Couteuges 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couteuges | Chavaniac-Lafayette | 26.6°C | −1.4°C | 766 mm |
| Langeac 9.9 km | same station | 26.6°C about the same | −1.4°C about the same | 766 mm |
| Brioude 15 km | Fontannes | 27.8°C 1.2°C warmer | −0.7°C 0.7°C milder | 612 mm |
| Sainte-Florine 28 km | Fontannes | 27.8°C 1.2°C warmer | −0.7°C 0.7°C milder | 612 mm |
Couteuges weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Chavaniac-Lafayette station; sunshine at Le Puy-Loudes.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.6°C | −1.4°C | 2.6°C | 46 mm | 89 |
| February | 7.9°C | −1.6°C | 3.2°C | 37 mm | 112 |
| March | 12.1°C | 0.7°C | 6.4°C | 38 mm | 168 |
| April | 15.1°C | 2.8°C | 9.0°C | 64 mm | 171 |
| May | 19.3°C | 6.6°C | 13.0°C | 84 mm | 195 |
| June | 23.7°C | 10.1°C | 16.9°C | 82 mm | 225 |
| July | 26.6°C | 11.9°C | 19.3°C | 76 mm | 264 |
| August | 26.6°C | 11.8°C | 19.2°C | 72 mm | 245 |
| September | 21.6°C | 8.5°C | 15.1°C | 76 mm | 185 |
| October | 16.7°C | 6.2°C | 11.5°C | 76 mm | 128 |
| November | 10.8°C | 2.1°C | 6.4°C | 72 mm | 88 |
| December | 7.4°C | −0.6°C | 3.4°C | 45 mm | 83 |
| Year | 16.2°C | 4.8°C | 10.5°C | 766 mm | 1,952 |
Where Couteuges’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Chavaniac-Lafayette, 7.2 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, 24 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 Couteuges’s climate
How warm does Couteuges get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.6°C. About 68 days a year reach 25°C, more than 61% of mainland French towns, and about 24 reach 30°C.
How cold does Couteuges get in winter?
February nights average −1.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 92 nights a year, and about 11 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Couteuges get?
About 766 mm a year, more than 53% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (84 mm) and February the driest (37 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Le Puy-Loudes (24 km away), averages 1,952 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Couteuges itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Couteuges, Chavaniac-Lafayette, 7.2 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 CHAVANIAC-LAFAYETTE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Couteuges →
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.