Le Puy-en-Velay weather by month & the best time to visit
🇫🇷 France · small town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Le Puy-en-Velay is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 79/100), with August and September close behind. Le Puy-en-Velay averages about 2,071 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 64 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,071
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 79/100
- Rain / year
- 796 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 23k
- Elevation
- 830 m
When is the best time to visit Le Puy-en-Velay?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Le Puy-en-Velay is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 53 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Le Puy-en-Velay?
Le Puy-en-Velay gets a moderate 2,071 hours of sunshine a year. 79 Sunshine Score points separate July (79) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #35 of 53 destinations in France for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,146 hours. The year's 796 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -3° / 27°F | 53 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -3° / 27°F | 42 mm | 2 |
| March | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 0° / 32°F | 50 mm | 3 |
| April | 32 | 13° / 55°F | 3° / 37°F | 70 mm | 4 |
| May | 57 | 17° / 63°F | 6° / 43°F | 83 mm | 5 |
| June | 78 | 22° / 72°F | 10° / 50°F | 69 mm | 7 |
| July | 79 | 25° / 77°F | 12° / 54°F | 64 mm | 7 |
| August | 79 | 25° / 77°F | 12° / 54°F | 66 mm | 6 |
| September | 79 | 20° / 68°F | 8° / 46°F | 65 mm | 4 |
| October | 43 | 15° / 59°F | 5° / 41°F | 89 mm | 3 |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 1° / 34°F | 85 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -2° / 28°F | 60 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Lyon France · 126 km · best in Jul · 2,190 h sun/yr
- Grenoble France · 127 km · best in Sep · 2,189 h sun/yr
- Montpellier/Méditerranée France · 168 km · best in Jul · 2,544 h sun/yr
- Marseille France · 216 km · best in Jul · 2,885 h sun/yr
- Limoges/Bellegarde France · 219 km · best in Sep · 2,089 h sun/yr
- Geneva Switzerland · 223 km · best in Sep · 2,093 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Clermont-Ferrand France · 91 km · 2,073 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Aurillac France · 108 km · 2,258 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Rodez/Marcillac France · 126 km · 2,257 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Nîmes/Garons France · 156 km · 2,837 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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