Wet weather: 1,158 mm a year falls on Terrou, more than on 94% of mainland French towns
In January the night’s low is typically 1.6°C. December is the wettest month, July the driest. Garden chairs stay out from May to October, the months with highs of 17–26°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Maurs station, 16 km east.
A year in Terrou at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Maurs station.
What a year in Terrou feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Maurs.
About 1,158 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 41 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 8 towns of 2,500+ in Lot.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Aurillac
39 frosts and 63 days of 25°C a year
On about 39 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 63 days a year reach 25°C, and 19 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Maurs: 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 Maurs
Maurs is 16 km east of Terrou. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Terrou itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Maurs (15122002) |
| Distance from the town | 16 km east |
| Station altitude | 480 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 358 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 7.2 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Aurillac, 37 km away |
Terrou sits 122 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Terrou 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 Terrou 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 Lot.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrou | Maurs | 26.1°C | 1.6°C | 1,158 mm |
| Saint-Céré 11 km | Argentat | 28.4°C 2.3°C warmer | 0.4°C 1.2°C colder | 1,146 mm |
| Figeac 20 km | Saint-Constant | 29.0°C 2.9°C warmer | 0.3°C 1.3°C colder | 1,058 mm |
| Gramat 20 km | Gourdon | 27.6°C 1.5°C warmer | 2.0°C about the same | 823 mm |
| Capdenac-Gare 25 km | Saint-Constant | 29.0°C 2.9°C warmer | 0.3°C 1.3°C colder | 1,058 mm |
Terrou weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Maurs station; sunshine at Aurillac.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.6°C | 1.6°C | 4.6°C | 113 mm | 105 |
| February | 8.9°C | 1.5°C | 5.2°C | 88 mm | 127 |
| March | 12.8°C | 4.0°C | 8.4°C | 88 mm | 176 |
| April | 15.7°C | 6.2°C | 10.9°C | 111 mm | 185 |
| May | 19.8°C | 9.5°C | 14.6°C | 107 mm | 211 |
| June | 23.7°C | 12.8°C | 18.3°C | 76 mm | 244 |
| July | 26.1°C | 14.5°C | 20.3°C | 59 mm | 272 |
| August | 26.0°C | 14.4°C | 20.2°C | 79 mm | 258 |
| September | 21.8°C | 11.3°C | 16.5°C | 91 mm | 211 |
| October | 17.3°C | 8.9°C | 13.1°C | 98 mm | 153 |
| November | 11.4°C | 4.7°C | 8.0°C | 122 mm | 104 |
| December | 8.3°C | 2.4°C | 5.3°C | 126 mm | 100 |
| Year | 16.6°C | 7.7°C | 12.1°C | 1,158 mm | 2,146 |
Where Terrou’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Maurs, 16 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1992–2020, 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, Aurillac, 37 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 Lot.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Terrou’s climate
How warm does Terrou get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.1°C. About 63 days a year reach 25°C, more than 54% of mainland French towns, and about 19 reach 30°C.
How cold does Terrou get in winter?
February nights average 1.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 39 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Terrou get?
About 1,158 mm a year, more than 94% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (126 mm) and July the driest (59 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Aurillac (37 km away), averages 2,146 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Terrou itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Terrou, Maurs, 16 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 MAURS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Terrou →
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