Rosières is among the frostiest of mainland French towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 26.2°C. A year here swings 28°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. By rainfall alone, it ranks drier than 89% of mainland French towns. An umbrella earns its place on about 88 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Le Puy-Chadrac station, 12 km south-west.
A year in Rosières at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Le Puy-Chadrac station.
What a year in Rosières 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 12 km south-west of Rosières. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Rosières itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Le Puy-Chadrac (43046001) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 714 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 679 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 6.6 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Le Puy-Loudes, 19 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 Rosières 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosières | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C | −1.3°C | 632 mm |
| Retournac 9.2 km | Tiranges | 27.0°C 0.8°C warmer | −1.5°C about the same | 759 mm |
| Yssingeaux 11 km | Yssingeaux | 24.6°C 1.6°C cooler | −2.2°C 0.9°C colder | 949 mm |
| Saint-Germain-Laprade 11 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 632 mm |
| Chadrac 11 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 632 mm |
| Brives-Charensac 11 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 632 mm |
| Polignac 12 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 632 mm |
Rosières 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 Rosières’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, 12 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, 19 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 Rosières’s climate
How warm does Rosières 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 Rosières 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 Rosières 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 (19 km away), averages 1,952 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Rosières itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Rosières, Le Puy-Chadrac, 12 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 Rosières →
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.