Photo: Yzergues · CC BY-SA 4.0More rain falls on Aixe-sur-Vienne than on 88% of mainland French towns: 1,011 mm a year
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 26.2°C on average. Expect the heaviest rain in December and the lightest in July. About 51 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 71% of mainland French towns. Garden chairs stay out from May to October, the months with highs of 17–26°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Nexon station, 14 km south.
A year in Aixe-sur-Vienne at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Nexon station.
What a year in Aixe-sur-Vienne feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Nexon.
About 1,011 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 35 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 14th wettest of 23 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Vienne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Limoges-Bellegarde
A frosty town: 51 frosts and 68 days of 25°C a year
On about 51 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 68 days a year reach 25°C, and 20 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Nexon: 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 Nexon
Nexon is 14 km south of Aixe-sur-Vienne. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Aixe-sur-Vienne itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Nexon (87106001) |
| Distance from the town | 14 km south |
| Station altitude | 336 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 203 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 7.4 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Limoges-Bellegarde, 7.4 km away |
Aixe-sur-Vienne sits 133 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Aixe-sur-Vienne to run about 0.9°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 Aixe-sur-Vienne 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-Vienne.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aixe-sur-Vienne | Nexon | 26.2°C | 1.2°C | 1,011 mm |
| Verneuil-sur-Vienne 5.4 km | Limoges-Bellegarde | 24.2°C 2°C cooler | 1.9°C 0.7°C milder | 1,018 mm |
| Isle 5.6 km | Limoges-Bellegarde | 24.2°C 2°C cooler | 1.9°C 0.7°C milder | 1,018 mm |
| Bosmie-l'Aiguille 5.8 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | 1.2°C about the same | 1,011 mm |
| Condat-sur-Vienne 7.8 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | 1.2°C about the same | 1,011 mm |
| Limoges 10 km | Limoges-Bellegarde | 24.2°C 2°C cooler | 1.9°C 0.7°C milder | 1,018 mm |
| Couzeix 11 km | Limoges-Bellegarde | 24.2°C 2°C cooler | 1.9°C 0.7°C milder | 1,018 mm |
Aixe-sur-Vienne weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Nexon station; sunshine at Limoges-Bellegarde.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C | 1.2°C | 4.5°C | 96 mm | 80 |
| February | 9.3°C | 0.9°C | 5.1°C | 77 mm | 104 |
| March | 13.5°C | 3.3°C | 8.4°C | 75 mm | 158 |
| April | 16.4°C | 5.3°C | 10.8°C | 94 mm | 173 |
| May | 20.3°C | 8.8°C | 14.5°C | 83 mm | 206 |
| June | 24.0°C | 12.2°C | 18.1°C | 79 mm | 224 |
| July | 26.2°C | 13.7°C | 19.9°C | 59 mm | 244 |
| August | 26.3°C | 13.6°C | 20.0°C | 65 mm | 237 |
| September | 22.1°C | 10.2°C | 16.2°C | 77 mm | 198 |
| October | 17.3°C | 8.3°C | 12.8°C | 85 mm | 135 |
| November | 11.4°C | 4.1°C | 7.8°C | 110 mm | 86 |
| December | 8.5°C | 2.0°C | 5.2°C | 110 mm | 79 |
| Year | 16.9°C | 7.0°C | 11.9°C | 1,011 mm | 1,922 |
Where Aixe-sur-Vienne’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Nexon, 14 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, Limoges-Bellegarde, 7.4 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-Vienne.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Aixe-sur-Vienne’s climate
How warm does Aixe-sur-Vienne get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.3°C. About 68 days a year reach 25°C, more than 59% of mainland French towns, and about 20 reach 30°C.
How cold does Aixe-sur-Vienne get in winter?
February nights average 0.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 51 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Aixe-sur-Vienne get?
About 1,011 mm a year, more than 88% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (110 mm) and July the driest (59 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Limoges-Bellegarde (7.4 km away), averages 1,922 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Aixe-sur-Vienne itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Aixe-sur-Vienne, Nexon, 14 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 NEXON, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Aixe-sur-Vienne →
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.