A middle-of-the-road climate: Bourg-Archambault is close to most mainland French towns on every count
January nights average 2.6°C, July afternoons 26.3°C, and a year brings 782 mm of rain. November is the wettest month, July the driest. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 64% of mainland French towns. Windscreens need scraping on about 36 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Montmorillon station, 13 km west.
A year in Bourg-Archambault at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Montmorillon station.
What a year in Bourg-Archambault feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Montmorillon.
About 782 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 7th wettest of 37 towns of 2,500+ in Vienne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montmorillon
36 frosts and 63 days of 25°C a year
On about 36 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 63 days a year reach 25°C, and 18 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Montmorillon: 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 Montmorillon
Montmorillon is 13 km west of Bourg-Archambault. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bourg-Archambault itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Montmorillon (86165005) |
| Distance from the town | 13 km west |
| Station altitude | 153 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 169 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| 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 Bourg-Archambault 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 Vienne.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourg-Archambault | Montmorillon | 26.3°C | 2.6°C | 782 mm |
| Montmorillon 11 km | same station | 26.3°C about the same | 2.6°C about the same | 782 mm |
| Le Blanc 29 km | Le Blanc | 27.7°C 1.4°C warmer | 2.5°C about the same | 776 mm |
Bourg-Archambault weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Montmorillon station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C | 2.6°C | 5.4°C | 70 mm | 71 |
| February | 9.4°C | 2.2°C | 5.8°C | 56 mm | 104 |
| March | 13.3°C | 4.3°C | 8.8°C | 55 mm | 160 |
| April | 16.3°C | 6.3°C | 11.3°C | 66 mm | 191 |
| May | 20.0°C | 9.7°C | 14.9°C | 73 mm | 216 |
| June | 23.8°C | 13.0°C | 18.4°C | 64 mm | 234 |
| July | 26.3°C | 14.7°C | 20.5°C | 48 mm | 259 |
| August | 26.5°C | 14.6°C | 20.6°C | 55 mm | 237 |
| September | 22.5°C | 11.5°C | 17.0°C | 58 mm | 205 |
| October | 17.4°C | 9.3°C | 13.4°C | 78 mm | 136 |
| November | 11.9°C | 5.3°C | 8.6°C | 79 mm | 81 |
| December | 8.7°C | 3.0°C | 5.9°C | 79 mm | 76 |
| Year | 17.0°C | 8.0°C | 12.5°C | 782 mm | 1,969 |
Where Bourg-Archambault’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Montmorillon, 13 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, Montmorillon, 13 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 Vienne.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Bourg-Archambault’s climate
How warm does Bourg-Archambault get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.5°C. About 63 days a year reach 25°C, more than 54% of mainland French towns, and about 18 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bourg-Archambault get in winter?
February nights average 2.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 36 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bourg-Archambault get?
About 782 mm a year, more than 55% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (79 mm) and July the driest (48 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montmorillon (13 km away), averages 1,969 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bourg-Archambault itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bourg-Archambault, Montmorillon, 13 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 MONTMORILLON, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bourg-Archambault →
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.