Hardly any mainland French towns collect more rain than Ventalon en Cévennes: 1,889 mm a year
July afternoons average 27.2°C. Of the 4 towns of 2,500+ in Lozère, it has the mildest January nights. Winter and summer sit 27°C apart. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings suit May, June, August and September, with highs of 20–27°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Villefort station, 17 km north.
A year in Ventalon en Cévennes at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Villefort station.
What a year in Ventalon en Cévennes feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Villefort.
About 1,889 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 40 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 4 towns of 2,500+ in Lozère.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Mende
A frosty town: 56 frosts and 69 days of 25°C a year
On about 56 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 69 days a year reach 25°C, and 19 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Villefort: 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 Villefort
Villefort is 17 km north of Ventalon en Cévennes. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Ventalon en Cévennes itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Villefort (48198001) |
| Distance from the town | 17 km north |
| Station altitude | 620 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 651 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 6.4 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Mende, 42 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 Ventalon en Cévennes 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventalon en Cévennes | Villefort | 27.2°C | 0.1°C | 1,889 mm |
| La Grand-Combe 15 km | Salindres | 30.9°C 3.7°C warmer | 1.1°C 1°C milder | 1,092 mm |
| Bessèges 18 km | Salindres | 30.9°C 3.7°C warmer | 1.1°C 1°C milder | 1,092 mm |
| Saint-Jean-du-Gard 21 km | Saint-Jean-du-Gard | 30.7°C 3.5°C warmer | 1.1°C 1°C milder | 1,438 mm |
| Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues 23 km | Salindres | 30.9°C 3.7°C warmer | 1.1°C 1°C milder | 1,092 mm |
| Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers 23 km | Salindres | 30.9°C 3.7°C warmer | 1.1°C 1°C milder | 1,092 mm |
| Les Vans 24 km | Grospierres | 31.9°C 4.7°C warmer | 0.1°C about the same | 1,095 mm |
Ventalon en Cévennes weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Villefort station; sunshine at Mende.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C | 0.1°C | 4.1°C | 155 mm | 95 |
| February | 9.4°C | 0.2°C | 4.8°C | 104 mm | 120 |
| March | 13.2°C | 2.8°C | 8.0°C | 110 mm | 170 |
| April | 15.7°C | 5.0°C | 10.4°C | 165 mm | 185 |
| May | 19.8°C | 8.4°C | 14.1°C | 145 mm | 213 |
| June | 24.1°C | 11.9°C | 18.0°C | 86 mm | 254 |
| July | 27.2°C | 14.0°C | 20.6°C | 52 mm | 293 |
| August | 27.0°C | 13.7°C | 20.3°C | 68 mm | 281 |
| September | 21.7°C | 10.6°C | 16.1°C | 203 mm | 210 |
| October | 16.5°C | 7.6°C | 12.1°C | 283 mm | 150 |
| November | 11.6°C | 3.8°C | 7.7°C | 326 mm | 88 |
| December | 8.8°C | 1.0°C | 4.9°C | 192 mm | 98 |
| Year | 16.9°C | 6.6°C | 11.8°C | 1,889 mm | 2,157 |
Where Ventalon en Cévennes’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Villefort, 17 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, 42 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 Ventalon en Cévennes’s climate
How warm does Ventalon en Cévennes get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.2°C. About 69 days a year reach 25°C, more than 62% of mainland French towns, and about 19 reach 30°C.
How cold does Ventalon en Cévennes get in winter?
January nights average 0.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 56 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Ventalon en Cévennes get?
About 1,889 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. November is the wettest month (326 mm) and July the driest (52 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Mende (42 km away), averages 2,157 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Ventalon en Cévennes itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Ventalon en Cévennes, Villefort, 17 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 VILLEFORT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Ventalon en Cévennes →
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