Frost comes to Balbigny more often than to 84% of mainland French towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 27.3°C on average. Rain follows the seasons: May brings about 2.7 times as much as February. It is a dry place: less rain falls here than on 82% of mainland French towns. Waterproofs come out on about 98 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Feurs station, 9.5 km south.
A year in Balbigny at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Feurs station.
What a year in Balbigny feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Feurs.
About 650 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 18 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 50th wettest of 53 towns of 2,500+ in Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
A frosty town: 63 frosts and 78 days of 25°C a year
On about 63 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 6 days it stays below freezing all day. About 78 days a year reach 25°C, and 29 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Feurs: 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 Feurs
Feurs is 9.5 km south of Balbigny. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Balbigny itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Feurs (42094003) |
| Distance from the town | 9.5 km south |
| Station altitude | 347 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 332 m |
| Period | 1993–2020 (the station’s own record) |
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 Balbigny 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balbigny | Feurs | 27.3°C | 0.2°C | 650 mm |
| Feurs 9 km | same station | 27.3°C about the same | 0.2°C about the same | 650 mm |
| Panissières 12 km | Machézal | 25.4°C 1.9°C cooler | 0.5°C about the same | 820 mm |
| Boën-sur-Lignon 16 km | Boën-sur-Lignon | 27.4°C about the same | −0.3°C 0.5°C colder | 630 mm |
| Montrond-les-Bains 20 km | same station | 27.3°C about the same | 0.2°C about the same | 650 mm |
| Amplepuis 20 km | Fourneaux | 27.1°C about the same | 0.1°C about the same | 900 mm |
| Tarare 21 km | Le Breuil | 27.9°C 0.6°C warmer | −0.7°C 0.9°C colder | 750 mm |
Balbigny weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Feurs station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C | 0.2°C | 3.7°C | 33 mm |
| February | 9.1°C | 0.3°C | 4.7°C | 28 mm |
| March | 13.5°C | 2.5°C | 8.0°C | 29 mm |
| April | 17.0°C | 5.3°C | 11.2°C | 48 mm |
| May | 21.3°C | 9.4°C | 15.3°C | 76 mm |
| June | 25.2°C | 12.9°C | 19.0°C | 65 mm |
| July | 27.3°C | 14.4°C | 20.8°C | 70 mm |
| August | 27.5°C | 14.0°C | 20.7°C | 69 mm |
| September | 22.7°C | 10.4°C | 16.5°C | 58 mm |
| October | 17.9°C | 8.0°C | 12.9°C | 72 mm |
| November | 11.2°C | 3.6°C | 7.4°C | 67 mm |
| December | 7.9°C | 1.1°C | 4.5°C | 37 mm |
| Year | 17.3°C | 6.8°C | 12.1°C | 650 mm |
Where Balbigny’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Feurs, 9.5 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1993–2020, 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.
- Comparisons: every town of 2,500 or more in mainland France, read the same way; the dots are the towns of 2,500+ in Loire.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Balbigny’s climate
How warm does Balbigny get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.5°C. About 78 days a year reach 25°C, more than 70% of mainland French towns, and about 29 reach 30°C.
How cold does Balbigny get in winter?
January nights average 0.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 63 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Balbigny get?
About 650 mm a year, less than 82% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (76 mm) and February the driest (28 mm).
Are these figures for Balbigny itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Balbigny, Feurs, 9.5 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 FEURS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Balbigny →
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