Rainfall in Dompierre-les-Églises tops that of 75% of mainland French towns: 880 mm a year
January mornings start at about 2.1°C. Frosty nights outnumber those of 64% of mainland French towns. A year here swings 24°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Windscreens need scraping on about 46 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Magnac-Laval station, 4.6 km west.
A year in Dompierre-les-Églises at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Magnac-Laval station.
What a year in Dompierre-les-Églises feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Magnac-Laval.
About 880 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 28 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 24th wettest of 23 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Vienne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montmorillon
46 frosts and 58 days of 25°C a year
On about 46 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 58 days a year reach 25°C, and 16 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Magnac-Laval: 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 Magnac-Laval
Magnac-Laval is 4.6 km west of Dompierre-les-Églises. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Dompierre-les-Églises itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Magnac-Laval (87089003) |
| Distance from the town | 4.6 km west |
| Station altitude | 246 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 247 m |
| Period | 1995–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Montmorillon, 38 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 Dompierre-les-Églises 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dompierre-les-Églises | Magnac-Laval | 25.7°C | 2.1°C | 880 mm |
| Bessines-sur-Gartempe 15 km | Nantiat | 25.4°C about the same | 1.7°C about the same | 1,100 mm |
| Bellac 18 km | Le Dorat | 26.5°C 0.8°C warmer | 1.6°C 0.5°C colder | 913 mm |
| La Souterraine 19 km | La Souterraine | 24.8°C 0.9°C cooler | 1.5°C 0.6°C colder | 1,031 mm |
Dompierre-les-Églises weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Magnac-Laval station; sunshine at Montmorillon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C | 2.1°C | 5.1°C | 79 mm | 71 |
| February | 9.1°C | 1.6°C | 5.3°C | 66 mm | 104 |
| March | 12.8°C | 3.5°C | 8.2°C | 68 mm | 160 |
| April | 15.9°C | 5.5°C | 10.7°C | 76 mm | 191 |
| May | 19.5°C | 8.9°C | 14.2°C | 88 mm | 216 |
| June | 23.5°C | 12.2°C | 17.8°C | 61 mm | 234 |
| July | 25.7°C | 13.5°C | 19.6°C | 57 mm | 259 |
| August | 25.8°C | 13.5°C | 19.7°C | 63 mm | 237 |
| September | 22.1°C | 10.4°C | 16.2°C | 63 mm | 205 |
| October | 17.5°C | 8.9°C | 13.2°C | 82 mm | 136 |
| November | 11.7°C | 4.7°C | 8.2°C | 89 mm | 81 |
| December | 8.7°C | 2.5°C | 5.6°C | 88 mm | 76 |
| Year | 16.7°C | 7.3°C | 12.0°C | 880 mm | 1,969 |
Where Dompierre-les-Églises’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Magnac-Laval, 4.6 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1995–2020, 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, Montmorillon, 38 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 Dompierre-les-Églises’s climate
How warm does Dompierre-les-Églises get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.8°C. About 58 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 56% of mainland French towns, and about 16 reach 30°C.
How cold does Dompierre-les-Églises get in winter?
February nights average 1.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 46 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Dompierre-les-Églises get?
About 880 mm a year, more than 75% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (89 mm) and July the driest (57 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montmorillon (38 km away), averages 1,969 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Dompierre-les-Églises itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Dompierre-les-Églises, Magnac-Laval, 4.6 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 MAGNAC-LAVAL, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Dompierre-les-Églises →
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