Winter nights in Ars-les-Favets are colder than in 82% of mainland French towns
Expect July afternoons of about 25.2°C. The rainiest month is May; the driest is February. By rainfall alone, it ranks wetter than 75% of mainland French towns. The outdoor season runs from May to September, with highs of 19–25°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Durdat-Larequille station, 7.6 km north-west.
A year in Ars-les-Favets at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Durdat-Larequille station.
What a year in Ars-les-Favets feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Durdat-Larequille.
About 879 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 27 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 44 towns of 2,500+ in Puy-de-Dôme.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Vichy-Charmeil
A frosty town: 60 frosts and 55 days of 25°C a year
On about 60 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 9 days it stays below freezing all day. About 55 days a year reach 25°C, and 18 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Durdat-Larequille: 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 Durdat-Larequille
Durdat-Larequille is 7.6 km north-west of Ars-les-Favets. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Ars-les-Favets itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Durdat-Larequille (03106002) |
| Distance from the town | 7.6 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 500 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 569 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Vichy-Charmeil, 50 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 Ars-les-Favets 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 Puy-de-Dôme.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ars-les-Favets | Durdat-Larequille | 25.2°C | 0.3°C | 879 mm |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines 7.3 km | same station | 25.2°C about the same | 0.3°C about the same | 879 mm |
| Commentry 10 km | same station | 25.2°C about the same | 0.3°C about the same | 879 mm |
| Montluçon 20 km | Tortezais | 26.7°C 1.5°C warmer | 0.6°C about the same | 757 mm |
| Désertines 20 km | Tortezais | 26.7°C 1.5°C warmer | 0.6°C about the same | 757 mm |
| Prémilhat 21 km | Tortezais | 26.7°C 1.5°C warmer | 0.6°C about the same | 757 mm |
| Domérat 24 km | Tortezais | 26.7°C 1.5°C warmer | 0.6°C about the same | 757 mm |
Ars-les-Favets weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Durdat-Larequille station; sunshine at Vichy-Charmeil.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C | 0.3°C | 3.5°C | 65 mm | 72 |
| February | 7.9°C | 0.2°C | 4.1°C | 56 mm | 97 |
| March | 11.9°C | 2.5°C | 7.2°C | 58 mm | 156 |
| April | 15.0°C | 4.5°C | 9.8°C | 77 mm | 181 |
| May | 18.9°C | 8.2°C | 13.6°C | 93 mm | 204 |
| June | 22.7°C | 11.6°C | 17.2°C | 76 mm | 225 |
| July | 25.2°C | 13.5°C | 19.4°C | 72 mm | 254 |
| August | 25.4°C | 13.5°C | 19.4°C | 71 mm | 245 |
| September | 20.9°C | 10.1°C | 15.5°C | 85 mm | 190 |
| October | 16.1°C | 7.6°C | 11.8°C | 73 mm | 128 |
| November | 10.4°C | 3.4°C | 6.9°C | 83 mm | 80 |
| December | 7.2°C | 1.2°C | 4.2°C | 71 mm | 61 |
| Year | 15.7°C | 6.4°C | 11.0°C | 879 mm | 1,892 |
Where Ars-les-Favets’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Durdat-Larequille, 7.6 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, Vichy-Charmeil, 50 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 Puy-de-Dôme.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Ars-les-Favets’s climate
How warm does Ars-les-Favets get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.4°C. About 55 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 62% of mainland French towns, and about 18 reach 30°C.
How cold does Ars-les-Favets get in winter?
February nights average 0.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 60 nights a year, and about 9 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Ars-les-Favets get?
About 879 mm a year, more than 75% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (93 mm) and February the driest (56 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Vichy-Charmeil (50 km away), averages 1,892 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Ars-les-Favets itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Ars-les-Favets, Durdat-Larequille, 7.6 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 DURDAT-LAREQUILLE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Ars-les-Favets →
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