Piton de la Fournaise massif · FranceSummit weather, forecast and climate

Cratère Bory

Shield volcano · last major eruption 19722,621 m

Elevation2,621 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation0.2 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul7°average high

21.24° S, 55.71° EElevation 2,621 mUTC+0 · Coordinated Universal Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Cratère Bory in brief

Cratère Bory rises to 2,621 m in the Piton de la Fournaise massif, France.

At the summit, January is the mildest month with average highs of 15°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Cratère Bory by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	15°	15°	14°	13°	11°	8°	7°	7°	9°	10°	12°	14°
Average low	10°	10°	10°	9°	6°	4°	3°	3°	4°	5°	7°	9°
Precipitation	677 mm	904 mm	676 mm	510 mm	356 mm	274 mm	299 mm	249 mm	211 mm	172 mm	203 mm	388 mm
Cloud cover	45%	44%	40%	33%	26%	21%	22%	21%	19%	23%	26%	39%
Daylight	13h 17	12h 48	12h 14	11h 37	11h 07	10h 51	10h 57	11h 22	11h 57	12h 34	13h 07	13h 25
Month score	44	44	43	40	28	25	25	25	25	26	37	41

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	4,550 m	4,550 m	4,500 m	4,300 m	3,900 m	3,500 m	3,350 m	3,350 m	3,550 m	3,800 m	4,050 m	4,350 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C

ivTerrain