Frost comes to Bongheat more often than to 85% of mainland French towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 25.9°C. None of its 6 nearest neighbors gets more rain. The rainiest month is May; the driest is February. Central heating does most of its work from November to April, in months below 10°C on average.
Figures from Météo-France’s Fayet-le-Chatea station, 3.4 km south.
A year in Bongheat at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Fayet-le-Chatea station.
What a year in Bongheat feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Fayet-le-Chatea.
About 890 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 26 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 Clermont-Fd
A frosty town: 64 frosts and 63 days of 25°C a year
On about 64 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 11 days it stays below freezing all day. About 63 days a year reach 25°C, and 19 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Fayet-le-Chatea: 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 Fayet-le-Chatea
Fayet-le-Chatea is 3.4 km south of Bongheat. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bongheat itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Fayet-le-Chatea (63157001) |
| Distance from the town | 3.4 km south |
| Station altitude | 585 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 435 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Clermont-Fd, 23 km away |
Bongheat sits 150 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Bongheat to run about 1°C warmer 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 Bongheat 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bongheat | Fayet-le-Chatea | 25.9°C | 0.0°C | 890 mm |
| Billom 7.2 km | Clermont-Fd | 26.8°C 0.9°C warmer | 0.6°C 0.6°C milder | 563 mm |
| Courpière 9.4 km | Clermont-Fd | 26.8°C 0.9°C warmer | 0.6°C 0.6°C milder | 563 mm |
| Lezoux 12 km | Clermont-Fd | 26.8°C 0.9°C warmer | 0.6°C 0.6°C milder | 563 mm |
| Vertaizon 12 km | Clermont-Fd | 26.8°C 0.9°C warmer | 0.6°C 0.6°C milder | 563 mm |
| Mur-sur-Allier 15 km | Clermont-Fd | 26.8°C 0.9°C warmer | 0.6°C 0.6°C milder | 563 mm |
| Pont-du-Château 16 km | Clermont-Fd | 26.8°C 0.9°C warmer | 0.6°C 0.6°C milder | 563 mm |
Bongheat weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Fayet-le-Chatea station; sunshine at Clermont-Fd.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C | 0.0°C | 3.3°C | 55 mm | 85 |
| February | 8.1°C | −0.1°C | 4.0°C | 50 mm | 110 |
| March | 12.4°C | 2.3°C | 7.3°C | 51 mm | 165 |
| April | 15.4°C | 4.5°C | 9.9°C | 77 mm | 179 |
| May | 19.5°C | 8.1°C | 13.8°C | 98 mm | 200 |
| June | 23.4°C | 11.6°C | 17.5°C | 90 mm | 225 |
| July | 25.9°C | 13.5°C | 19.7°C | 78 mm | 256 |
| August | 26.0°C | 13.5°C | 19.8°C | 87 mm | 243 |
| September | 21.5°C | 10.1°C | 15.8°C | 82 mm | 191 |
| October | 16.7°C | 7.5°C | 12.1°C | 82 mm | 136 |
| November | 10.6°C | 3.3°C | 7.0°C | 83 mm | 90 |
| December | 7.3°C | 0.8°C | 4.1°C | 57 mm | 78 |
| Year | 16.1°C | 6.3°C | 11.2°C | 890 mm | 1,958 |
Where Bongheat’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Fayet-le-Chatea, 3.4 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, Clermont-Fd, 23 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 Bongheat’s climate
How warm does Bongheat get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.0°C. About 63 days a year reach 25°C, more than 53% of mainland French towns, and about 19 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bongheat get in winter?
February nights average −0.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 64 nights a year, and about 11 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bongheat get?
About 890 mm a year, more than 77% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (98 mm) and February the driest (50 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Clermont-Fd (23 km away), averages 1,958 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bongheat itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bongheat, Fayet-le-Chatea, 3.4 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 FAYET-LE-CHATEA, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bongheat →
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.