Escoutoux is among the driest of mainland French towns: 563 mm of rain a year
In January the night’s low is typically 0.6°C. A year here swings 26°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 79% of mainland French towns. Frost greets about 56 mornings a year, so leave time to clear the car.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Clermont-Fd station, 31 km west; at that distance they describe the area more than the town.
A year in Escoutoux at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Clermont-Fd station.
What a year in Escoutoux feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Clermont-Fd.
About 563 mm of rain a year
June is the wettest month and February the driest. About 15 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 21st 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: 56 frosts and 70 days of 25°C a year
On about 56 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 22 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Clermont-Fd: 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 Clermont-Fd
Clermont-Fd is 31 km west of Escoutoux. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Escoutoux itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Clermont-Fd (63113001) |
| Distance from the town | 31 km west |
| Station altitude | 331 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 365 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 8 km |
| 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 Escoutoux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escoutoux | Clermont-Fd | 26.8°C | 0.6°C | 563 mm |
| Thiers 3.8 km | same station | 26.8°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 563 mm |
| Courpière 7.3 km | same station | 26.8°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 563 mm |
| Lezoux 12 km | same station | 26.8°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 563 mm |
| Puy-Guillaume 16 km | Vichy-Ville | 27.6°C 0.8°C warmer | 1.6°C 1°C milder | 800 mm |
| Billom 20 km | same station | 26.8°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 563 mm |
| Maringues 20 km | Charmes | 26.9°C about the same | 0.7°C about the same | 675 mm |
Escoutoux weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Clermont-Fd station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C | 0.6°C | 4.3°C | 27 mm | 85 |
| February | 9.5°C | 0.6°C | 5.1°C | 19 mm | 110 |
| March | 13.7°C | 3.0°C | 8.3°C | 26 mm | 165 |
| April | 16.6°C | 5.3°C | 10.9°C | 51 mm | 179 |
| May | 20.5°C | 9.1°C | 14.8°C | 67 mm | 200 |
| June | 24.2°C | 12.6°C | 18.4°C | 68 mm | 225 |
| July | 26.8°C | 14.5°C | 20.6°C | 63 mm | 256 |
| August | 26.8°C | 14.4°C | 20.6°C | 62 mm | 243 |
| September | 22.5°C | 10.9°C | 16.7°C | 58 mm | 191 |
| October | 17.8°C | 8.3°C | 13.0°C | 49 mm | 136 |
| November | 12.0°C | 3.9°C | 7.9°C | 46 mm | 90 |
| December | 8.6°C | 1.4°C | 5.0°C | 29 mm | 78 |
| Year | 17.3°C | 7.1°C | 12.1°C | 563 mm | 1,958 |
Where Escoutoux’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Clermont-Fd, 31 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, 31 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 Escoutoux’s climate
How warm does Escoutoux 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 64% of mainland French towns, and about 22 reach 30°C.
How cold does Escoutoux get in winter?
January nights average 0.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 56 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Escoutoux get?
About 563 mm a year, less than 98% of mainland French towns. June is the wettest month (68 mm) and February the driest (19 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Clermont-Fd (31 km away), averages 1,958 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Escoutoux itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Escoutoux, Clermont-Fd, 31 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 CLERMONT-FD, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Escoutoux →
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.