Rainfall in Orbeil trails that of 94% of mainland French towns: 611 mm a year
On a normal January night the air cools to about −0.1°C. A year here swings 28°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Frosty nights outnumber those of 89% of mainland French towns. Waterproofs come out on about 91 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Issoire station, 3.7 km south-west.
A year in Orbeil at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Issoire station.
What a year in Orbeil 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 3.7 km south-west of Orbeil. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Orbeil itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Issoire (63178001) |
| Distance from the town | 3.7 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 372 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 468 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 Orbeil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orbeil | Issoire | 27.7°C | −0.1°C | 611 mm |
| Issoire 3.8 km | same station | 27.7°C about the same | −0.1°C about the same | 611 mm |
| Vic-le-Comte 9.9 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 15 km | Plauzat | 25.9°C 1.8°C cooler | 0.2°C about the same | 607 mm |
| Brassac-les-Mines 17 km | Fontannes | 27.8°C about the same | −0.7°C 0.6°C colder | 612 mm |
| Orcet 18 km | Clermont-Fd | 26.8°C 0.9°C cooler | 0.6°C 0.7°C milder | 563 mm |
Orbeil 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 Orbeil’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Issoire, 3.7 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, 3.7 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 Orbeil’s climate
How warm does Orbeil 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 Orbeil 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 Orbeil 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 (3.7 km away), averages 1,899 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Orbeil itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Orbeil, Issoire, 3.7 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 Orbeil →
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