Pont-de-Veyle has colder winter nights than 78% of mainland French towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 27.1°C. Only 26°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. By July afternoons alone, it runs hotter than 69% of mainland French towns. An umbrella earns its place on about 112 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Mâcon station, 8 km north-west.
A year in Pont-de-Veyle at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Mâcon station.
What a year in Pont-de-Veyle feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mâcon.
About 834 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and February the driest. About 24 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 47th wettest of 60 towns of 2,500+ in Ain.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Mâcon
47 frosts and 72 days of 25°C a year
On about 47 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 72 days a year reach 25°C, and 22 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mâcon: 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 Mâcon
Mâcon is 8 km north-west of Pont-de-Veyle. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Pont-de-Veyle itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Mâcon (71105001) |
| Distance from the town | 8 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 219 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 177 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 Pont-de-Veyle 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 Ain.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-de-Veyle | Mâcon | 27.1°C | 0.7°C | 834 mm |
| Replonges 4.8 km | same station | 27.1°C about the same | 0.7°C about the same | 834 mm |
| Mâcon 7.3 km | same station | 27.1°C about the same | 0.7°C about the same | 834 mm |
| Feillens 8.1 km | same station | 27.1°C about the same | 0.7°C about the same | 834 mm |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon 8.3 km | same station | 27.1°C about the same | 0.7°C about the same | 834 mm |
| Crêches-sur-Saône 8.3 km | same station | 27.1°C about the same | 0.7°C about the same | 834 mm |
| Bâgé-Dommartin 9.2 km | same station | 27.1°C about the same | 0.7°C about the same | 834 mm |
Pont-de-Veyle weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Mâcon station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C | 0.7°C | 3.5°C | 58 mm | 62 |
| February | 8.3°C | 1.0°C | 4.6°C | 49 mm | 96 |
| March | 13.2°C | 3.8°C | 8.5°C | 49 mm | 164 |
| April | 16.8°C | 6.5°C | 11.7°C | 66 mm | 192 |
| May | 20.8°C | 10.5°C | 15.7°C | 76 mm | 217 |
| June | 24.8°C | 14.1°C | 19.5°C | 70 mm | 249 |
| July | 27.1°C | 15.9°C | 21.5°C | 72 mm | 275 |
| August | 26.9°C | 15.4°C | 21.1°C | 73 mm | 251 |
| September | 22.3°C | 11.7°C | 17.0°C | 71 mm | 195 |
| October | 16.9°C | 8.6°C | 12.7°C | 91 mm | 120 |
| November | 10.5°C | 4.2°C | 7.4°C | 93 mm | 71 |
| December | 6.7°C | 1.5°C | 4.1°C | 67 mm | 52 |
| Year | 16.7°C | 7.8°C | 12.3°C | 834 mm | 1,943 |
Where Pont-de-Veyle’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Mâcon, 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, Mâcon, 8 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 Ain.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Pont-de-Veyle’s climate
How warm does Pont-de-Veyle get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.1°C. About 72 days a year reach 25°C, more than 66% of mainland French towns, and about 22 reach 30°C.
How cold does Pont-de-Veyle get in winter?
January nights average 0.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 47 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Pont-de-Veyle get?
About 834 mm a year, more than 68% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (93 mm) and February the driest (49 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Mâcon (8 km away), averages 1,943 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Pont-de-Veyle itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Pont-de-Veyle, Mâcon, 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 MACON, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Pont-de-Veyle →
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.