Few mainland French towns get more frosts than Antrenas
July afternoons average 26.7°C. Of the 4 towns of 2,500+ in Lozère, it has the warmest July afternoons. The rainiest month is November; the driest is March. For walks and days out, the stretch from June to September brings highs of 21–27°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Montrodat station, 6 km south-east.
A year in Antrenas at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Montrodat station.
What a year in Antrenas feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Montrodat.
About 818 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and March the driest. About 27 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 4 towns of 2,500+ in Lozère.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Mende
A frosty town: 96 frosts and 66 days of 25°C a year
On about 96 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 66 days a year reach 25°C, and 22 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Montrodat: 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 Montrodat
Montrodat is 6 km south-east of Antrenas. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Antrenas itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Montrodat (48103001) |
| Distance from the town | 6 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 746 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 955 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Mende, 17 km away |
Antrenas sits 209 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Antrenas to run about 1.4°C cooler 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 Antrenas 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 Lozère.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antrenas | Montrodat | 26.7°C | −1.6°C | 818 mm |
| Marvejols 4 km | same station | 26.7°C about the same | −1.6°C about the same | 818 mm |
| Mende 20 km | Mende-Ville | 26.6°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 846 mm |
| Saint-Chély-d'Apcher 25 km | Fau de Peyre | 22.0°C 4.7°C cooler | −2.6°C 1°C colder | 955 mm |
Antrenas weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Montrodat station; sunshine at Mende.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.2°C | −1.6°C | 2.3°C | 62 mm | 95 |
| February | 7.6°C | −1.9°C | 2.8°C | 49 mm | 120 |
| March | 11.6°C | 0.6°C | 6.1°C | 48 mm | 170 |
| April | 14.6°C | 2.7°C | 8.6°C | 73 mm | 185 |
| May | 19.0°C | 6.1°C | 12.6°C | 80 mm | 213 |
| June | 23.5°C | 9.6°C | 16.6°C | 67 mm | 254 |
| July | 26.7°C | 11.6°C | 19.1°C | 52 mm | 293 |
| August | 26.4°C | 11.4°C | 18.9°C | 67 mm | 281 |
| September | 21.2°C | 8.3°C | 14.7°C | 81 mm | 210 |
| October | 15.8°C | 5.7°C | 10.8°C | 86 mm | 150 |
| November | 10.0°C | 1.9°C | 5.9°C | 88 mm | 88 |
| December | 6.9°C | −0.8°C | 3.0°C | 68 mm | 98 |
| Year | 15.8°C | 4.5°C | 10.1°C | 818 mm | 2,157 |
Where Antrenas’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Montrodat, 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, Mende, 17 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 Lozère.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Antrenas’s climate
How warm does Antrenas get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.7°C. About 66 days a year reach 25°C, more than 56% of mainland French towns, and about 22 reach 30°C.
How cold does Antrenas get in winter?
February nights average −1.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 96 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Antrenas get?
About 818 mm a year, more than 63% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (88 mm) and March the driest (48 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Mende (17 km away), averages 2,157 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Antrenas itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Antrenas, Montrodat, 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 MONTRODAT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Antrenas →
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.