Ice on the ground: Viricelles sees more frosts than 93% of mainland French towns
July afternoons average 25.2°C. Winter and summer sit 26°C apart. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 68% of mainland French towns. From May to September, highs of 19–25°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Chazelles-Lyon station, 1.9 km south-east.
A year in Viricelles at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Chazelles-Lyon station.
What a year in Viricelles feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chazelles-Lyon.
About 764 mm of rain a year
June is the wettest month and February the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 10th wettest of 53 towns of 2,500+ in Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon
A frosty town: 75 frosts and 54 days of 25°C a year
On about 75 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 13 days it stays below freezing all day. About 54 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chazelles-Lyon: 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 Chazelles-Lyon
Chazelles-Lyon is 1.9 km south-east of Viricelles. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Viricelles itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Chazelles-Lyon (42059001) |
| Distance from the town | 1.9 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 632 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 558 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon, 13 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 Viricelles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viricelles | Chazelles-Lyon | 25.2°C | −0.7°C | 764 mm |
| Chazelles-sur-Lyon 1.9 km | same station | 25.2°C about the same | −0.7°C about the same | 764 mm |
| Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise 6.5 km | Saint-Symphorien-C | 25.8°C 0.6°C warmer | −1.1°C about the same | 861 mm |
| Saint-Galmier 7.8 km | Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon | 26.9°C 1.7°C warmer | 0.3°C 1°C milder | 728 mm |
| Montrond-les-Bains 11 km | Feurs | 27.3°C 2.1°C warmer | 0.2°C 0.9°C milder | 650 mm |
| Veauche 12 km | Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon | 26.9°C 1.7°C warmer | 0.3°C 1°C milder | 728 mm |
| Saint-Héand 14 km | same station | 25.2°C about the same | −0.7°C about the same | 764 mm |
Viricelles weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Chazelles-Lyon station; sunshine at Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C | −0.7°C | 2.6°C | 42 mm | 81 |
| February | 7.1°C | −0.7°C | 3.2°C | 35 mm | 109 |
| March | 11.3°C | 1.8°C | 6.6°C | 37 mm | 162 |
| April | 14.6°C | 4.4°C | 9.5°C | 57 mm | 186 |
| May | 18.6°C | 8.2°C | 13.4°C | 82 mm | 214 |
| June | 22.9°C | 11.9°C | 17.4°C | 85 mm | 241 |
| July | 25.2°C | 13.8°C | 19.5°C | 76 mm | 275 |
| August | 25.1°C | 13.6°C | 19.4°C | 75 mm | 259 |
| September | 20.4°C | 10.0°C | 15.2°C | 71 mm | 193 |
| October | 15.5°C | 7.1°C | 11.3°C | 81 mm | 135 |
| November | 9.8°C | 2.8°C | 6.3°C | 78 mm | 88 |
| December | 6.6°C | 0.1°C | 3.3°C | 46 mm | 76 |
| Year | 15.3°C | 6.0°C | 10.6°C | 764 mm | 2,018 |
Where Viricelles’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Chazelles-Lyon, 1.9 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, Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon, 13 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 Loire.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Viricelles’s climate
How warm does Viricelles get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.2°C. About 54 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 63% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Viricelles get in winter?
January nights average −0.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 75 nights a year, and about 13 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Viricelles get?
About 764 mm a year, more than 52% of mainland French towns. June is the wettest month (85 mm) and February the driest (35 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon (13 km away), averages 2,018 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Viricelles itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Viricelles, Chazelles-Lyon, 1.9 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 CHAZELLES-LYON, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Viricelles →
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.