Frosty mornings in Buchères outnumber those of 83% of mainland French towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 27.0°C. None of the 20 towns of 2,500+ in Aube has warmer July afternoons. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 27°C. The heating season runs November to March: each of those months averages under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Saint-Pouange station, 4.4 km west.
A year in Buchères at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saint-Pouange station.
What a year in Buchères feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Pouange.
About 708 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and March the driest. About 19 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 5th wettest of 20 towns of 2,500+ in Aube.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Troyes-Barberey
A frosty town: 62 frosts and 69 days of 25°C a year
On about 62 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 69 days a year reach 25°C, and 22 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Pouange: 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 Saint-Pouange
Saint-Pouange is 4.4 km west of Buchères. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Buchères itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saint-Pouange (10360001) |
| Distance from the town | 4.4 km west |
| Station altitude | 122 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 123 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Troyes-Barberey, 12 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 Buchères 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchères | Saint-Pouange | 27.0°C | 0.6°C | 708 mm |
| Bréviandes 2.3 km | same station | 27.0°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 708 mm |
| Rosières-près-Troyes 4.1 km | same station | 27.0°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 708 mm |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas 4.2 km | same station | 27.0°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 708 mm |
| Saint-André-les-Vergers 6.1 km | same station | 27.0°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 708 mm |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres 6.7 km | Troyes-Barberey | 26.2°C 0.8°C cooler | 0.5°C about the same | 645 mm |
| Troyes 6.9 km | Troyes-Barberey | 26.2°C 0.8°C cooler | 0.5°C about the same | 645 mm |
Buchères weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saint-Pouange station; sunshine at Troyes-Barberey.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C | 0.6°C | 3.7°C | 58 mm | 63 |
| February | 8.5°C | 0.5°C | 4.5°C | 51 mm | 90 |
| March | 12.9°C | 2.3°C | 7.6°C | 50 mm | 148 |
| April | 16.5°C | 4.4°C | 10.4°C | 54 mm | 190 |
| May | 20.6°C | 8.2°C | 14.4°C | 67 mm | 216 |
| June | 24.3°C | 11.4°C | 17.9°C | 58 mm | 231 |
| July | 27.0°C | 13.4°C | 20.2°C | 56 mm | 242 |
| August | 26.8°C | 13.2°C | 20.0°C | 58 mm | 232 |
| September | 22.3°C | 9.8°C | 16.0°C | 55 mm | 186 |
| October | 16.9°C | 7.2°C | 12.1°C | 70 mm | 125 |
| November | 10.8°C | 3.6°C | 7.2°C | 64 mm | 70 |
| December | 7.4°C | 1.4°C | 4.4°C | 68 mm | 57 |
| Year | 16.7°C | 6.3°C | 11.5°C | 708 mm | 1,851 |
Where Buchères’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saint-Pouange, 4.4 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, Troyes-Barberey, 12 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 Buchères’s climate
How warm does Buchères get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.0°C. About 69 days a year reach 25°C, more than 62% of mainland French towns, and about 22 reach 30°C.
How cold does Buchères get in winter?
February nights average 0.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 62 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Buchères get?
About 708 mm a year, less than 66% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (70 mm) and March the driest (50 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Troyes-Barberey (12 km away), averages 1,851 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Buchères itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Buchères, Saint-Pouange, 4.4 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 ST-POUANGE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Buchères →
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