Hardly any mainland French towns wake to more frost than Pébrac
High summer brings afternoon highs near 23.8°C. Temperatures cover 27°C across the year, low to high. None of its 4 nearest neighbors has cooler July afternoons. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings suit July and August, with highs of 24°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Saugues-Sa station, 7.4 km south.
A year in Pébrac at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saugues-Sa station.
What a year in Pébrac feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saugues-Sa.
About 785 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: 125 frosts and 41 days of 25°C a year
On about 125 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 18 days it stays below freezing all day. About 41 days a year reach 25°C, and 8 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saugues-Sa: 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 Saugues-Sa
Saugues-Sa is 7.4 km south of Pébrac. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Pébrac itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saugues-Sa (43234005) |
| Distance from the town | 7.4 km south |
| Station altitude | 945 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 862 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Le Puy-Loudes, 20 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 Pébrac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pébrac | Saugues-Sa | 23.8°C | −3.2°C | 785 mm |
| Langeac 7.5 km | Chavaniac-Lafayette | 26.6°C 2.8°C warmer | −1.4°C 1.8°C milder | 766 mm |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel 27 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 2.4°C warmer | −1.3°C 1.9°C milder | 632 mm |
| Polignac 27 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 2.4°C warmer | −1.3°C 1.9°C milder | 632 mm |
| Vals-près-le-Puy 28 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 2.4°C warmer | −1.3°C 1.9°C milder | 632 mm |
Pébrac weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saugues-Sa station; sunshine at Le Puy-Loudes.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C | −3.2°C | 0.8°C | 46 mm | 89 |
| February | 5.6°C | −3.4°C | 1.1°C | 40 mm | 112 |
| March | 9.5°C | −1.5°C | 4.0°C | 40 mm | 168 |
| April | 12.6°C | 0.8°C | 6.7°C | 67 mm | 171 |
| May | 16.8°C | 4.3°C | 10.6°C | 91 mm | 195 |
| June | 21.2°C | 7.5°C | 14.3°C | 76 mm | 225 |
| July | 23.8°C | 8.9°C | 16.4°C | 73 mm | 264 |
| August | 23.7°C | 8.6°C | 16.1°C | 71 mm | 245 |
| September | 18.9°C | 5.7°C | 12.3°C | 78 mm | 185 |
| October | 14.4°C | 4.1°C | 9.3°C | 78 mm | 128 |
| November | 8.6°C | 0.2°C | 4.4°C | 76 mm | 88 |
| December | 5.6°C | −2.3°C | 1.6°C | 50 mm | 83 |
| Year | 13.8°C | 2.5°C | 8.1°C | 785 mm | 1,952 |
Where Pébrac’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saugues-Sa, 7.4 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1992–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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, 20 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 Pébrac’s climate
How warm does Pébrac get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.8°C. About 41 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 80% of mainland French towns, and about 8 reach 30°C.
How cold does Pébrac get in winter?
February nights average −3.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 125 nights a year, and about 18 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Pébrac get?
About 785 mm a year, more than 57% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (91 mm) and February the driest (40 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Le Puy-Loudes (20 km away), averages 1,952 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Pébrac itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Pébrac, Saugues-Sa, 7.4 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 SAUGUES-SA, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Pébrac →
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