Frosty mornings in Dosches outnumber those of 81% of mainland French towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 25.9°C. Wet weather is most frequent in October and least in February. An umbrella earns its place on about 125 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Mesnil-Saint-Père station, 10 km south-east.
A year in Dosches at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Mesnil-Saint-Père station.
What a year in Dosches feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mesnil-Saint-Père.
About 773 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd 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: 60 frosts and 59 days of 25°C a year
On about 60 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 6 days it stays below freezing all day. About 59 days a year reach 25°C, and 16 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mesnil-Saint-Père: 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 Mesnil-Saint-Père
Mesnil-Saint-Père is 10 km south-east of Dosches. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Dosches itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Mesnil-Saint-Père (10238001) |
| Distance from the town | 10 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 142 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 169 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Mathaux-Etape, 16 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 Dosches 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dosches | Mesnil-Saint-Père | 25.9°C | 0.9°C | 773 mm |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres 11 km | Troyes-Barberey | 26.2°C about the same | 0.5°C about the same | 645 mm |
| Pont-Sainte-Marie 11 km | Troyes-Barberey | 26.2°C about the same | 0.5°C about the same | 645 mm |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas 13 km | Saint-Pouange | 27.0°C 1.1°C warmer | 0.6°C about the same | 708 mm |
| Troyes 14 km | Troyes-Barberey | 26.2°C about the same | 0.5°C about the same | 645 mm |
| Bréviandes 14 km | Saint-Pouange | 27.0°C 1.1°C warmer | 0.6°C about the same | 708 mm |
| Rosières-près-Troyes 15 km | Saint-Pouange | 27.0°C 1.1°C warmer | 0.6°C about the same | 708 mm |
Dosches weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Mesnil-Saint-Père station; sunshine at Mathaux-Etape.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.6°C | 0.9°C | 3.8°C | 61 mm | 69 |
| February | 8.1°C | 0.8°C | 4.4°C | 55 mm | 97 |
| March | 12.3°C | 2.7°C | 7.5°C | 55 mm | 157 |
| April | 16.0°C | 4.7°C | 10.4°C | 58 mm | 207 |
| May | 19.8°C | 8.7°C | 14.3°C | 71 mm | 223 |
| June | 23.3°C | 12.0°C | 17.6°C | 63 mm | 248 |
| July | 25.9°C | 13.9°C | 19.9°C | 62 mm | 252 |
| August | 25.6°C | 13.4°C | 19.5°C | 66 mm | 223 |
| September | 21.4°C | 10.2°C | 15.8°C | 60 mm | 189 |
| October | 16.5°C | 7.7°C | 12.1°C | 78 mm | 127 |
| November | 10.6°C | 4.1°C | 7.3°C | 72 mm | 74 |
| December | 7.2°C | 1.8°C | 4.5°C | 74 mm | 64 |
| Year | 16.1°C | 6.7°C | 11.4°C | 773 mm | 1,930 |
Where Dosches’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Mesnil-Saint-Père, 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, 16 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 Dosches’s climate
How warm does Dosches get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.9°C. About 59 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 54% of mainland French towns, and about 16 reach 30°C.
How cold does Dosches get in winter?
February nights average 0.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 60 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Dosches get?
About 773 mm a year, more than 54% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (78 mm) and February the driest (55 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Mathaux-Etape (16 km away), averages 1,930 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Dosches itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Dosches, Mesnil-Saint-Père, 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 MESNIL-ST-PERE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Dosches →
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