Few mainland French towns get more frosts than Vertolaye
Expect July afternoons of about 26.0°C. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 72% of mainland French towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 28°C apart. Plan time outside from June to August, when highs sit at 24–26°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Ambert station, 15 km south.
A year in Vertolaye at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Ambert station.
What a year in Vertolaye feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ambert.
About 860 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and March the driest. About 24 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 5th wettest of 44 towns of 2,500+ in Puy-de-Dôme.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Saint-Germain-l He
A frosty town: 99 frosts and 60 days of 25°C a year
On about 99 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 9 days it stays below freezing all day. About 60 days a year reach 25°C, and 20 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ambert: 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 Ambert
Ambert is 15 km south of Vertolaye. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Vertolaye itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Ambert (63003004) |
| Distance from the town | 15 km south |
| Station altitude | 555 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 543 m |
| Period | 1993–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 12 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Saint-Germain-l He, 25 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 Vertolaye 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vertolaye | Ambert | 26.0°C | −1.9°C | 860 mm |
| Ambert 12 km | same station | 26.0°C about the same | −1.9°C about the same | 860 mm |
| Courpière 18 km | Clermont-Fd | 26.8°C 0.8°C warmer | 0.6°C 2.5°C milder | 563 mm |
| Boën-sur-Lignon 25 km | Boën-sur-Lignon | 27.4°C 1.4°C warmer | −0.3°C 1.6°C milder | 630 mm |
| Thiers 27 km | Clermont-Fd | 26.8°C 0.8°C warmer | 0.6°C 2.5°C milder | 563 mm |
| Montbrison 28 km | Savigneux | 26.5°C 0.5°C warmer | −1.0°C 0.9°C milder | 665 mm |
Vertolaye weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Ambert station; sunshine at Saint-Germain-l He.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.5°C | −1.9°C | 2.3°C | 59 mm | 83 |
| February | 8.1°C | −1.9°C | 3.1°C | 48 mm | 106 |
| March | 12.3°C | −0.1°C | 6.1°C | 47 mm | 160 |
| April | 15.4°C | 2.5°C | 8.9°C | 65 mm | 176 |
| May | 19.4°C | 6.3°C | 12.8°C | 90 mm | 182 |
| June | 23.7°C | 9.6°C | 16.6°C | 79 mm | 214 |
| July | 26.0°C | 11.2°C | 18.6°C | 90 mm | 242 |
| August | 25.8°C | 10.7°C | 18.2°C | 87 mm | 230 |
| September | 21.2°C | 7.4°C | 14.3°C | 81 mm | 188 |
| October | 16.8°C | 5.3°C | 11.1°C | 77 mm | 130 |
| November | 10.5°C | 1.4°C | 6.0°C | 81 mm | 82 |
| December | 7.1°C | −1.2°C | 3.0°C | 58 mm | 76 |
| Year | 16.1°C | 4.1°C | 10.1°C | 860 mm | 1,869 |
Where Vertolaye’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Ambert, 15 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1993–2020, 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, Saint-Germain-l He, 25 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 Vertolaye’s climate
How warm does Vertolaye get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.0°C. About 60 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 50% of mainland French towns, and about 20 reach 30°C.
How cold does Vertolaye get in winter?
January nights average −1.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 99 nights a year, and about 9 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Vertolaye get?
About 860 mm a year, more than 72% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (90 mm) and March the driest (47 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Saint-Germain-l He (25 km away), averages 1,869 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Vertolaye itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Vertolaye, Ambert, 15 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 AMBERT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Vertolaye →
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