Few mainland French towns get more frosts than Virlet
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 24.8°C on average. It is the wettest of its 6 nearest neighbors. Rain peaks in May and eases off in February. Waterproofs come out on about 134 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Pionsat station, 5.8 km south.
A year in Virlet at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Pionsat station.
What a year in Virlet feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pionsat.
About 917 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 28 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th 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: 88 frosts and 51 days of 25°C a year
On about 88 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 9 days it stays below freezing all day. About 51 days a year reach 25°C, and 14 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pionsat: 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 Pionsat
Pionsat is 5.8 km south of Virlet. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Virlet itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Pionsat (63281001) |
| Distance from the town | 5.8 km south |
| Station altitude | 524 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 531 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Clermont-Fd, 54 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 Virlet 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virlet | Pionsat | 24.8°C | −0.9°C | 917 mm |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines 11 km | Durdat-Larequille | 25.2°C about the same | 0.3°C 1.2°C milder | 879 mm |
| Commentry 15 km | Durdat-Larequille | 25.2°C about the same | 0.3°C 1.2°C milder | 879 mm |
| Prémilhat 21 km | Tortezais | 26.7°C 1.9°C warmer | 0.6°C 1.5°C milder | 757 mm |
| Montluçon 22 km | Tortezais | 26.7°C 1.9°C warmer | 0.6°C 1.5°C milder | 757 mm |
| Désertines 23 km | Tortezais | 26.7°C 1.9°C warmer | 0.6°C 1.5°C milder | 757 mm |
| Domérat 25 km | Tortezais | 26.7°C 1.9°C warmer | 0.6°C 1.5°C milder | 757 mm |
Virlet weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Pionsat station; sunshine at Clermont-Fd.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C | −0.9°C | 3.0°C | 68 mm | 85 |
| February | 8.0°C | −1.1°C | 3.4°C | 56 mm | 110 |
| March | 11.6°C | 0.8°C | 6.2°C | 59 mm | 165 |
| April | 14.5°C | 3.0°C | 8.7°C | 81 mm | 179 |
| May | 18.6°C | 6.5°C | 12.5°C | 106 mm | 200 |
| June | 22.4°C | 10.0°C | 16.2°C | 81 mm | 225 |
| July | 24.8°C | 11.7°C | 18.3°C | 82 mm | 256 |
| August | 25.0°C | 11.3°C | 18.1°C | 77 mm | 243 |
| September | 20.6°C | 7.8°C | 14.2°C | 79 mm | 191 |
| October | 16.2°C | 5.8°C | 11.0°C | 75 mm | 136 |
| November | 10.7°C | 2.1°C | 6.4°C | 82 mm | 90 |
| December | 7.7°C | 0.0°C | 3.8°C | 72 mm | 78 |
| Year | 15.6°C | 4.7°C | 10.2°C | 917 mm | 1,958 |
Where Virlet’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Pionsat, 5.8 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, 54 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 Virlet’s climate
How warm does Virlet get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.0°C. About 51 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 68% of mainland French towns, and about 14 reach 30°C.
How cold does Virlet get in winter?
February nights average −1.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 88 nights a year, and about 9 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Virlet get?
About 917 mm a year, more than 79% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (106 mm) and February the driest (56 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Clermont-Fd (54 km away), averages 1,958 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Virlet itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Virlet, Pionsat, 5.8 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 PIONSAT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Virlet →
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