Summer arrives softly in Menat, cooler than in 85% of mainland French towns
Nights in January average 0.3°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 82% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month, February the driest. An umbrella earns its place on about 128 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Échassières station, 11 km north-east.
A year in Menat at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Échassières station.
What a year in Menat feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Échassières.
About 847 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 24 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 6th 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: 58 frosts and 39 days of 25°C a year
On about 58 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 14 days it stays below freezing all day. About 39 days a year reach 25°C, and 9 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Échassières: 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 Échassières
Échassières is 11 km north-east of Menat. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Menat itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Échassières (03108001) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 650 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 568 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Vichy-Charmeil, 40 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 Menat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menat | Échassières | 23.8°C | 0.3°C | 847 mm |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines 7.5 km | Durdat-Larequille | 25.2°C 1.4°C warmer | 0.3°C about the same | 879 mm |
| Commentry 23 km | Durdat-Larequille | 25.2°C 1.4°C warmer | 0.3°C about the same | 879 mm |
| Gannat 24 km | Charmes | 26.9°C 3.1°C warmer | 0.7°C about the same | 675 mm |
| Châtel-Guyon 25 km | Sayat | 25.4°C 1.6°C warmer | 0.0°C about the same | 776 mm |
| Aigueperse 26 km | Charmes | 26.9°C 3.1°C warmer | 0.7°C about the same | 675 mm |
| Volvic 28 km | Sayat | 25.4°C 1.6°C warmer | 0.0°C about the same | 776 mm |
Menat weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Échassières station; sunshine at Vichy-Charmeil.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C | 0.3°C | 2.9°C | 60 mm | 72 |
| February | 6.4°C | 0.1°C | 3.3°C | 49 mm | 97 |
| March | 10.4°C | 2.4°C | 6.4°C | 52 mm | 156 |
| April | 13.4°C | 4.4°C | 8.9°C | 72 mm | 181 |
| May | 17.4°C | 7.8°C | 12.6°C | 90 mm | 204 |
| June | 21.3°C | 11.0°C | 16.2°C | 83 mm | 225 |
| July | 23.8°C | 13.0°C | 18.4°C | 74 mm | 254 |
| August | 23.9°C | 13.4°C | 18.7°C | 82 mm | 245 |
| September | 19.4°C | 10.3°C | 14.8°C | 76 mm | 190 |
| October | 14.8°C | 7.8°C | 11.3°C | 70 mm | 128 |
| November | 9.3°C | 3.5°C | 6.4°C | 75 mm | 80 |
| December | 6.3°C | 1.1°C | 3.7°C | 64 mm | 61 |
| Year | 14.3°C | 6.3°C | 10.3°C | 847 mm | 1,892 |
Where Menat’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Échassières, 11 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, 40 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 Menat’s climate
How warm does Menat get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.9°C. About 39 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 82% of mainland French towns, and about 9 reach 30°C.
How cold does Menat get in winter?
February nights average 0.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 58 nights a year, and about 14 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Menat get?
About 847 mm a year, more than 70% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (90 mm) and February the driest (49 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Vichy-Charmeil (40 km away), averages 1,892 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Menat itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Menat, Échassières, 11 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 ECHASSIERES_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Menat →
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.