Chambon-la-Forêt gets more frosts than 77% of mainland French towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 26.7°C. Warm days come often: about 71 a year reach 25°C, more than in 65% of mainland French towns. Rain peaks in December and eases off in March. An umbrella earns its place on about 124 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Loury station, 18 km west.
A year in Chambon-la-Forêt at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Loury station.
What a year in Chambon-la-Forêt feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Loury.
About 757 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and March the driest. About 23 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 3rd wettest of 53 towns of 2,500+ in Loiret.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Orleans
A frosty town: 56 frosts and 71 days of 25°C a year
On about 56 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 71 days a year reach 25°C, and 23 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Loury: 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 Loury
Loury is 18 km west of Chambon-la-Forêt. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Chambon-la-Forêt itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Loury (45188001) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km west |
| Station altitude | 130 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 123 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Orleans, 39 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 Chambon-la-Forêt 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 Loiret.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambon-la-Forêt | Loury | 26.7°C | 1.6°C | 757 mm |
| Pithiviers 13 km | Boigneville | 26.0°C 0.7°C cooler | 1.7°C about the same | 616 mm |
| Loury 16 km | same station | 26.7°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 757 mm |
| Traînou 17 km | same station | 26.7°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 757 mm |
| Neuville-aux-Bois 18 km | same station | 26.7°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 757 mm |
| Fay-aux-Loges 18 km | same station | 26.7°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 757 mm |
| Puiseaux 21 km | Boigneville | 26.0°C 0.7°C cooler | 1.7°C about the same | 616 mm |
Chambon-la-Forêt weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Loury station; sunshine at Orleans.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C | 1.6°C | 4.5°C | 62 mm | 64 |
| February | 8.8°C | 1.1°C | 4.9°C | 55 mm | 91 |
| March | 13.1°C | 3.1°C | 8.1°C | 53 mm | 146 |
| April | 16.7°C | 5.0°C | 10.8°C | 56 mm | 186 |
| May | 20.4°C | 8.6°C | 14.5°C | 75 mm | 215 |
| June | 24.0°C | 11.8°C | 17.9°C | 65 mm | 220 |
| July | 26.7°C | 13.6°C | 20.1°C | 56 mm | 232 |
| August | 26.6°C | 13.3°C | 19.9°C | 58 mm | 229 |
| September | 22.3°C | 10.3°C | 16.3°C | 59 mm | 185 |
| October | 17.0°C | 7.9°C | 12.4°C | 70 mm | 121 |
| November | 11.2°C | 4.4°C | 7.8°C | 72 mm | 74 |
| December | 7.8°C | 2.0°C | 4.9°C | 78 mm | 61 |
| Year | 16.8°C | 6.9°C | 11.8°C | 757 mm | 1,823 |
Where Chambon-la-Forêt’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Loury, 18 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, Orleans, 39 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 Loiret.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Chambon-la-Forêt’s climate
How warm does Chambon-la-Forêt get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.7°C. About 71 days a year reach 25°C, more than 65% of mainland French towns, and about 23 reach 30°C.
How cold does Chambon-la-Forêt get in winter?
February nights average 1.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 56 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Chambon-la-Forêt get?
About 757 mm a year, more than 50% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (78 mm) and March the driest (53 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Orleans (39 km away), averages 1,823 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Chambon-la-Forêt itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Chambon-la-Forêt, Loury, 18 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 LOURY, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Chambon-la-Forêt →
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