Lanuéjols sits near the top of mainland French towns for frosts
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 26.6°C on average. By rainfall alone, it ranks wetter than 69% of mainland French towns. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 28°C. The heating season runs November to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Mende-Ville station, 6.8 km west.
A year in Lanuéjols at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Mende-Ville station.
What a year in Lanuéjols feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mende-Ville.
About 846 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and March the driest. About 28 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 3rd wettest of 4 towns of 2,500+ in Lozère.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Mende
A frosty town: 83 frosts and 69 days of 25°C a year
On about 83 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 69 days a year reach 25°C, and 21 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mende-Ville: 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 Mende-Ville
Mende-Ville is 6.8 km west of Lanuéjols. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Lanuéjols itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Mende-Ville (48095004) |
| Distance from the town | 6.8 km west |
| Station altitude | 710 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 831 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Mende, 10 km away |
Lanuéjols sits 121 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Lanuéjols to run about 0.8°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 Lanuéjols 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.
Lanuéjols weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Mende-Ville station; sunshine at Mende.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C | −1.3°C | 2.9°C | 60 mm | 95 |
| February | 8.7°C | −1.3°C | 3.7°C | 50 mm | 120 |
| March | 12.6°C | 1.1°C | 6.9°C | 49 mm | 170 |
| April | 15.2°C | 3.5°C | 9.3°C | 79 mm | 185 |
| May | 19.6°C | 7.0°C | 13.3°C | 84 mm | 213 |
| June | 23.7°C | 10.2°C | 17.0°C | 70 mm | 254 |
| July | 26.6°C | 12.0°C | 19.3°C | 52 mm | 293 |
| August | 26.7°C | 11.7°C | 19.2°C | 63 mm | 281 |
| September | 21.8°C | 8.4°C | 15.1°C | 90 mm | 210 |
| October | 17.0°C | 5.9°C | 11.5°C | 86 mm | 150 |
| November | 10.9°C | 2.2°C | 6.6°C | 94 mm | 88 |
| December | 7.0°C | −0.7°C | 3.1°C | 69 mm | 98 |
| Year | 16.4°C | 4.9°C | 10.7°C | 846 mm | 2,157 |
Where Lanuéjols’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Mende-Ville, 6.8 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, 10 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 Lanuéjols’s climate
How warm does Lanuéjols get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.7°C. About 69 days a year reach 25°C, more than 61% of mainland French towns, and about 21 reach 30°C.
How cold does Lanuéjols get in winter?
January nights average −1.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 83 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Lanuéjols get?
About 846 mm a year, more than 69% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (94 mm) and March the driest (49 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Mende (10 km away), averages 2,157 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Lanuéjols itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Lanuéjols, Mende-Ville, 6.8 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 MENDE-VILLE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Lanuéjols →
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.