Bligny gets more frosts than 81% of mainland French towns
Expect July afternoons of about 26.2°C. None of the 20 towns of 2,500+ in Aube gets more rain. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 26°C. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from November to March, when means dip under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Ailleville station, 10 km north-east.
A year in Bligny at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Ailleville station.
What a year in Bligny feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ailleville.
About 834 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and February the driest. About 23 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 20 towns of 2,500+ in Aube.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Mathaux-Etape
A frosty town: 61 frosts and 61 days of 25°C a year
On about 61 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 61 days a year reach 25°C, and 19 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ailleville: 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 Ailleville
Ailleville is 10 km north-east of Bligny. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bligny itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Ailleville (10002001) |
| Distance from the town | 10 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 195 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 227 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Mathaux-Etape, 23 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 Bligny 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 Aube.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bligny | Ailleville | 26.2°C | 0.6°C | 834 mm |
| Bar-sur-Aube 9.3 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 834 mm |
| Bar-sur-Seine 19 km | Mesnil-Saint-Père | 25.9°C about the same | 0.9°C about the same | 773 mm |
| Brienne-le-Château 25 km | Mathaux-Etape | 26.1°C about the same | 1.2°C 0.6°C milder | 734 mm |
Bligny weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Ailleville station; sunshine at Mathaux-Etape.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.6°C | 0.6°C | 3.6°C | 66 mm | 69 |
| February | 8.2°C | 0.5°C | 4.3°C | 62 mm | 97 |
| March | 12.6°C | 2.4°C | 7.5°C | 65 mm | 157 |
| April | 16.4°C | 4.5°C | 10.5°C | 62 mm | 207 |
| May | 20.2°C | 8.4°C | 14.3°C | 76 mm | 223 |
| June | 23.7°C | 11.6°C | 17.6°C | 64 mm | 248 |
| July | 26.2°C | 13.5°C | 19.8°C | 70 mm | 252 |
| August | 26.0°C | 13.2°C | 19.6°C | 64 mm | 223 |
| September | 21.7°C | 9.9°C | 15.8°C | 68 mm | 189 |
| October | 16.6°C | 7.5°C | 12.0°C | 78 mm | 127 |
| November | 10.6°C | 3.9°C | 7.3°C | 79 mm | 74 |
| December | 7.2°C | 1.6°C | 4.4°C | 82 mm | 64 |
| Year | 16.3°C | 6.5°C | 11.4°C | 834 mm | 1,930 |
Where Bligny’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Ailleville, 10 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, Mathaux-Etape, 23 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 Aube.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Bligny’s climate
How warm does Bligny get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.2°C. About 61 days a year reach 25°C, more than 51% of mainland French towns, and about 19 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bligny get in winter?
February nights average 0.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 61 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bligny get?
About 834 mm a year, more than 68% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (82 mm) and February the driest (62 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Mathaux-Etape (23 km away), averages 1,930 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bligny itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bligny, Ailleville, 10 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 AILLEVILLE_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bligny →
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.