Limoges is wetter than 88% of mainland French towns: 1,018 mm of rain a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 24.2°C. Expect the heaviest rain in November and the lightest in July. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 81% of mainland French towns. The outdoor season runs from May to September, with highs of 19–24°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Limoges-Bellegarde station, 6.6 km west.
A year in Limoges at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Limoges-Bellegarde station.
What a year in Limoges feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Limoges-Bellegarde.
About 1,018 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 33 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 6th wettest of 23 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Vienne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Limoges-Bellegarde
35 frosts and 45 days of 25°C a year
On about 35 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 45 days a year reach 25°C, and 9 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Limoges-Bellegarde: 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 Limoges-Bellegarde
Limoges-Bellegarde is 6.6 km west of Limoges. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Limoges itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Limoges-Bellegarde (87085006) |
| Distance from the town | 6.6 km west |
| Station altitude | 402 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 282 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
Limoges sits 120 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Limoges to run about 0.8°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 Limoges 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limoges | Limoges-Bellegarde | 24.2°C | 1.9°C | 1,018 mm |
| Panazol 3.9 km | same station | 24.2°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 1,018 mm |
| Couzeix 4.6 km | same station | 24.2°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 1,018 mm |
| Isle 5.1 km | same station | 24.2°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 1,018 mm |
| Condat-sur-Vienne 5.5 km | Nexon | 26.2°C 2°C warmer | 1.2°C 0.7°C colder | 1,011 mm |
| Le Palais-sur-Vienne 6.4 km | same station | 24.2°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 1,018 mm |
| Feytiat 6.6 km | Nexon | 26.2°C 2°C warmer | 1.2°C 0.7°C colder | 1,011 mm |
Limoges weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Limoges-Bellegarde station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C | 1.9°C | 4.6°C | 91 mm | 80 |
| February | 8.4°C | 1.7°C | 5.1°C | 75 mm | 104 |
| March | 12.1°C | 4.3°C | 8.2°C | 78 mm | 158 |
| April | 14.8°C | 6.4°C | 10.6°C | 88 mm | 173 |
| May | 18.5°C | 9.8°C | 14.1°C | 93 mm | 206 |
| June | 22.0°C | 13.0°C | 17.5°C | 80 mm | 224 |
| July | 24.2°C | 14.7°C | 19.5°C | 63 mm | 244 |
| August | 24.4°C | 14.8°C | 19.6°C | 72 mm | 237 |
| September | 20.6°C | 11.9°C | 16.2°C | 75 mm | 198 |
| October | 16.2°C | 9.2°C | 12.7°C | 94 mm | 135 |
| November | 10.7°C | 5.0°C | 7.8°C | 106 mm | 86 |
| December | 7.9°C | 2.6°C | 5.3°C | 105 mm | 79 |
| Year | 15.6°C | 7.9°C | 11.8°C | 1,018 mm | 1,922 |
Where Limoges’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Limoges-Bellegarde, 6.6 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, 6.6 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 Limoges’s climate
How warm does Limoges get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.4°C. About 45 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 75% of mainland French towns, and about 9 reach 30°C.
How cold does Limoges get in winter?
February nights average 1.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 35 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Limoges get?
About 1,018 mm a year, more than 88% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (106 mm) and July the driest (63 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Limoges-Bellegarde (6.6 km away), averages 1,922 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Limoges itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Limoges, Limoges-Bellegarde, 6.6 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 LIMOGES-BELLEGARDE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Limoges →
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