More rain falls on Préporché than on 79% of mainland French towns: 916 mm a year
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 26.8°C. Rain peaks in November and eases off in March. Frosty nights outnumber those of 70% of mainland French towns. Expect about 51 frosty starts a year, nights when the air falls below freezing.
Figures from Météo-France’s Cressy station, 25 km south: at that distance, read them as the area’s climate rather than the town’s.
A year in Préporché at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Cressy station.
What a year in Préporché feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cressy.
About 916 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and March the driest. About 28 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 13 towns of 2,500+ in Nièvre.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Autun
A frosty town: 51 frosts and 70 days of 25°C a year
On about 51 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 6 days it stays below freezing all day. About 70 days a year reach 25°C, and 24 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cressy: 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 Cressy
Cressy is 25 km south of Préporché. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Préporché itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Cressy (71152001) |
| Distance from the town | 25 km south |
| Station altitude | 287 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 305 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 12 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Autun, 30 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 Préporché 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 Nièvre.
Préporché weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Cressy station; sunshine at Autun.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C | 1.2°C | 4.1°C | 77 mm | 67 |
| February | 8.4°C | 1.1°C | 4.8°C | 63 mm | 103 |
| March | 13.0°C | 3.5°C | 8.2°C | 63 mm | 162 |
| April | 16.4°C | 5.6°C | 11.0°C | 72 mm | 197 |
| May | 20.3°C | 9.1°C | 14.7°C | 88 mm | 209 |
| June | 24.3°C | 12.5°C | 18.4°C | 72 mm | 245 |
| July | 26.8°C | 14.3°C | 20.6°C | 69 mm | 262 |
| August | 26.8°C | 14.3°C | 20.6°C | 71 mm | 228 |
| September | 22.2°C | 10.9°C | 16.5°C | 71 mm | 192 |
| October | 17.0°C | 8.4°C | 12.7°C | 86 mm | 124 |
| November | 10.9°C | 4.4°C | 7.7°C | 99 mm | 72 |
| December | 7.4°C | 1.9°C | 4.7°C | 87 mm | 59 |
| Year | 16.7°C | 7.3°C | 12.0°C | 916 mm | 1,918 |
Where Préporché’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Cressy, 25 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, Autun, 30 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 Nièvre.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Préporché’s climate
How warm does Préporché get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.8°C. About 70 days a year reach 25°C, more than 65% of mainland French towns, and about 24 reach 30°C.
How cold does Préporché get in winter?
February nights average 1.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 51 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Préporché get?
About 916 mm a year, more than 79% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (99 mm) and March the driest (63 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Autun (30 km away), averages 1,918 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Préporché itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Préporché, Cressy, 25 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 CRESSY, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Préporché →
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