Less rain falls on Aulhat-Flat than on 94% of mainland French towns: 611 mm a year
July afternoons average 27.7°C. Temperatures cover 28°C across the year, low to high. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 89% of mainland French towns. An umbrella earns its place on about 91 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Issoire station, 5.4 km south-west.
A year in Aulhat-Flat at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Issoire station.
What a year in Aulhat-Flat feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Issoire.
About 611 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 17 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 16th wettest of 44 towns of 2,500+ in Puy-de-Dôme.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Issoire
A frosty town: 68 frosts and 80 days of 25°C a year
On about 68 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 6 days it stays below freezing all day. About 80 days a year reach 25°C, and 30 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Issoire: 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 Issoire
Issoire is 5.4 km south-west of Aulhat-Flat. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Aulhat-Flat itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Issoire (63178001) |
| Distance from the town | 5.4 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 372 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 453 m |
| Period | 1997–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
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 Aulhat-Flat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aulhat-Flat | Issoire | 27.7°C | −0.1°C | 611 mm |
| Issoire 5.8 km | same station | 27.7°C about the same | −0.1°C about the same | 611 mm |
| Vic-le-Comte 10 km | Plauzat | 25.9°C 1.8°C cooler | 0.2°C about the same | 607 mm |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre 15 km | Clermont-Fd | 26.8°C 0.9°C cooler | 0.6°C 0.7°C milder | 563 mm |
| Veyre-Monton 16 km | Plauzat | 25.9°C 1.8°C cooler | 0.2°C about the same | 607 mm |
| Billom 17 km | Clermont-Fd | 26.8°C 0.9°C cooler | 0.6°C 0.7°C milder | 563 mm |
| Brassac-les-Mines 17 km | Fontannes | 27.8°C about the same | −0.7°C 0.6°C colder | 612 mm |
Aulhat-Flat weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Issoire station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C | −0.1°C | 3.9°C | 28 mm | 83 |
| February | 9.5°C | −0.2°C | 4.7°C | 23 mm | 102 |
| March | 13.8°C | 1.9°C | 7.9°C | 32 mm | 153 |
| April | 17.2°C | 4.5°C | 10.9°C | 54 mm | 173 |
| May | 21.1°C | 8.3°C | 14.7°C | 76 mm | 201 |
| June | 25.4°C | 11.9°C | 18.7°C | 63 mm | 241 |
| July | 27.7°C | 13.4°C | 20.6°C | 62 mm | 255 |
| August | 27.5°C | 13.2°C | 20.4°C | 71 mm | 234 |
| September | 23.2°C | 9.9°C | 16.5°C | 54 mm | 173 |
| October | 18.3°C | 7.6°C | 12.9°C | 60 mm | 124 |
| November | 12.0°C | 3.5°C | 7.7°C | 55 mm | 83 |
| December | 8.5°C | 0.6°C | 4.6°C | 32 mm | 78 |
| Year | 17.7°C | 6.2°C | 12.0°C | 611 mm | 1,899 |
Where Aulhat-Flat’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Issoire, 5.4 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1997–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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, Issoire, 5.4 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 Aulhat-Flat’s climate
How warm does Aulhat-Flat get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.7°C. About 80 days a year reach 25°C, more than 71% of mainland French towns, and about 30 reach 30°C.
How cold does Aulhat-Flat get in winter?
February nights average −0.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 68 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Aulhat-Flat get?
About 611 mm a year, less than 94% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (76 mm) and February the driest (23 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Issoire (5.4 km away), averages 1,899 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Aulhat-Flat itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Aulhat-Flat, Issoire, 5.4 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 ISSOIRE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Aulhat-Flat →
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