Few mainland French towns get more frosts than Vorey
Midsummer highs settle at about 27.0°C. Expect the heaviest rain in July and the lightest in February. By July afternoons alone, it runs hotter than 68% of mainland French towns. Garden chairs stay out from June to August, the months with highs of 24–27°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Tiranges station, 11 km north-east.
A year in Vorey at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Tiranges station.
What a year in Vorey feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tiranges.
About 759 mm of rain a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 10th 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: 98 frosts and 75 days of 25°C a year
On about 98 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 75 days a year reach 25°C, and 27 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tiranges: 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 Tiranges
Tiranges is 11 km north-east of Vorey. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Vorey itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Tiranges (43246001) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 603 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 542 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Le Puy-Loudes, 17 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 Vorey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vorey | Tiranges | 27.0°C | −1.5°C | 759 mm |
| Retournac 9.8 km | same station | 27.0°C about the same | −1.5°C about the same | 759 mm |
| Polignac 13 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 0.8°C cooler | −1.3°C about the same | 632 mm |
| Chadrac 14 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 0.8°C cooler | −1.3°C about the same | 632 mm |
| Brives-Charensac 15 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 0.8°C cooler | −1.3°C about the same | 632 mm |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel 16 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 0.8°C cooler | −1.3°C about the same | 632 mm |
| Le Puy-en-Velay 17 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 0.8°C cooler | −1.3°C about the same | 632 mm |
Vorey weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Tiranges station; sunshine at Le Puy-Loudes.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C | −1.5°C | 2.8°C | 44 mm | 89 |
| February | 8.9°C | −1.7°C | 3.6°C | 31 mm | 112 |
| March | 13.1°C | 0.4°C | 6.8°C | 36 mm | 168 |
| April | 16.2°C | 2.6°C | 9.4°C | 58 mm | 171 |
| May | 20.2°C | 6.1°C | 13.2°C | 81 mm | 195 |
| June | 24.4°C | 9.5°C | 16.9°C | 80 mm | 225 |
| July | 27.0°C | 11.2°C | 19.1°C | 82 mm | 264 |
| August | 27.0°C | 11.0°C | 19.0°C | 79 mm | 245 |
| September | 22.2°C | 7.7°C | 15.0°C | 71 mm | 185 |
| October | 17.2°C | 5.5°C | 11.3°C | 81 mm | 128 |
| November | 11.1°C | 1.7°C | 6.4°C | 72 mm | 88 |
| December | 7.8°C | −0.8°C | 3.5°C | 44 mm | 83 |
| Year | 16.9°C | 4.3°C | 10.6°C | 759 mm | 1,952 |
Where Vorey’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Tiranges, 11 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, 17 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 Vorey’s climate
How warm does Vorey get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.0°C. About 75 days a year reach 25°C, more than 67% of mainland French towns, and about 27 reach 30°C.
How cold does Vorey get in winter?
February nights average −1.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 98 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Vorey get?
About 759 mm a year, more than 51% of mainland French towns. July is the wettest month (82 mm) and February the driest (31 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Le Puy-Loudes (17 km away), averages 1,952 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Vorey itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Vorey, Tiranges, 11 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 TIRANGES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Vorey →
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