Prades is among the frostiest of mainland French towns
July afternoons average 26.6°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 28°C. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 63% of mainland French towns. Plan for rain on about 107 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Chavaniac-Lafayette station, 15 km north.
A year in Prades at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Chavaniac-Lafayette station.
What a year in Prades 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 15 km north of Prades. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Prades itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Chavaniac-Lafayette (43067001) |
| Distance from the town | 15 km north |
| Station altitude | 715 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 546 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 8.1 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Le Puy-Loudes, 14 km away |
Prades sits 169 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Prades 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 Prades 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prades | Chavaniac-Lafayette | 26.6°C | −1.4°C | 766 mm |
| Langeac 11 km | same station | 26.6°C about the same | −1.4°C about the same | 766 mm |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel 22 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 632 mm |
| Polignac 22 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 632 mm |
| Vals-près-le-Puy 22 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 632 mm |
| Le Puy-en-Velay 23 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 632 mm |
| Chadrac 24 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 632 mm |
Prades 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 Prades’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Chavaniac-Lafayette, 15 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, 14 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 Prades’s climate
How warm does Prades 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 Prades 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 Prades 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 (14 km away), averages 1,952 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Prades itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Prades, Chavaniac-Lafayette, 15 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 Prades →
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.