Few mainland French towns get more rain than Vernines: 1,783 mm a year
January mornings start at about −2.2°C. Frosty nights outnumber those of almost every mainland French town. Temperatures cover 24°C across the year, low to high. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Le Mont-Dore Bg station, 12 km south-west.
A year in Vernines at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Le Mont-Dore Bg station.
What a year in Vernines feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Mont-Dore Bg.
About 1,783 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and August the driest. About 62 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 44 towns of 2,500+ in Puy-de-Dôme.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Chastreix
A frosty town: 103 frosts and 28 days of 25°C a year
On about 103 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 16 days it stays below freezing all day. About 28 days a year reach 25°C, and 4 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Mont-Dore Bg: 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 Le Mont-Dore Bg
Le Mont-Dore Bg is 12 km south-west of Vernines. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Vernines itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Le Mont-Dore Bg (63236002) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 1,050 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 1,014 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 1 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Chastreix, 17 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 Vernines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernines | Le Mont-Dore Bg | 21.9°C | −2.2°C | 1,783 mm |
| Aydat 9.1 km | Gelles | 23.6°C 1.7°C warmer | −1.2°C 1°C milder | 1,026 mm |
| Saint-Genès-Champanelle 12 km | Fontaine-du-Ber | 21.5°C about the same | −2.1°C about the same | 1,024 mm |
| Orcines 16 km | Gelles | 23.6°C 1.7°C warmer | −1.2°C 1°C milder | 1,026 mm |
| Ceyrat 16 km | Sayat | 25.4°C 3.5°C warmer | 0.0°C 2.2°C milder | 776 mm |
| Royat 17 km | Sayat | 25.4°C 3.5°C warmer | 0.0°C 2.2°C milder | 776 mm |
| Romagnat 18 km | Plauzat | 25.9°C 4°C warmer | 0.2°C 2.4°C milder | 607 mm |
Vernines weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Le Mont-Dore Bg station; sunshine at Chastreix.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.7°C | −2.2°C | 1.2°C | 161 mm | 98 |
| February | 5.3°C | −2.5°C | 1.4°C | 146 mm | 118 |
| March | 8.7°C | −0.1°C | 4.3°C | 140 mm | 153 |
| April | 11.6°C | 2.2°C | 6.9°C | 154 mm | 167 |
| May | 15.8°C | 5.5°C | 10.6°C | 153 mm | 171 |
| June | 19.6°C | 8.6°C | 14.1°C | 125 mm | 196 |
| July | 21.9°C | 10.2°C | 16.1°C | 119 mm | 229 |
| August | 21.9°C | 10.1°C | 16.0°C | 111 mm | 212 |
| September | 17.7°C | 7.0°C | 12.3°C | 132 mm | 177 |
| October | 13.6°C | 4.6°C | 9.1°C | 152 mm | 138 |
| November | 8.0°C | 0.9°C | 4.4°C | 196 mm | 87 |
| December | 5.2°C | −1.3°C | 2.0°C | 196 mm | 92 |
| Year | 12.8°C | 3.6°C | 8.2°C | 1,783 mm | 1,837 |
Where Vernines’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Le Mont-Dore Bg, 12 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, Chastreix, 17 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 Vernines’s climate
How warm does Vernines get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21.9°C. About 28 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 92% of mainland French towns, and about 4 reach 30°C.
How cold does Vernines get in winter?
February nights average −2.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 103 nights a year, and about 16 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Vernines get?
About 1,783 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. December is the wettest month (196 mm) and August the driest (111 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chastreix (17 km away), averages 1,837 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Vernines itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Vernines, Le Mont-Dore Bg, 12 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 LE MONT-DORE BG, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Vernines →
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.