January in Maisons-lès-Chaource bites harder than in 79% of mainland French towns
Sunny July days climb to about 25.5°C. October is the wettest month, February the driest. Of the 20 towns of 2,500+ in Aube, it is the wettest. Waterproofs come out on about 130 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Cruzy station, 18 km south.
A year in Maisons-lès-Chaource at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Cruzy station.
What a year in Maisons-lès-Chaource feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cruzy.
About 846 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. About 25 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 Châtillon/Seine
A frosty town: 56 frosts and 52 days of 25°C a year
On about 56 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 8 days it stays below freezing all day. About 52 days a year reach 25°C, and 15 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cruzy: 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 Cruzy
Cruzy is 18 km south of Maisons-lès-Chaource. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Maisons-lès-Chaource itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Cruzy (89131001) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km south |
| Station altitude | 291 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 244 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Châtillon/Seine, 36 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 Maisons-lès-Chaource 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maisons-lès-Chaource | Cruzy | 25.5°C | 0.6°C | 846 mm |
| Bar-sur-Seine 20 km | Mesnil-Saint-Père | 25.9°C about the same | 0.9°C about the same | 773 mm |
| Tonnerre 22 km | Chablis | 27.2°C 1.7°C warmer | 0.6°C about the same | 740 mm |
| Bréviandes 28 km | Saint-Pouange | 27.0°C 1.5°C warmer | 0.6°C about the same | 708 mm |
Maisons-lès-Chaource weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Cruzy station; sunshine at Châtillon/Seine.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C | 0.6°C | 3.3°C | 68 mm | 67 |
| February | 7.4°C | 0.6°C | 4.0°C | 60 mm | 90 |
| March | 11.6°C | 2.8°C | 7.2°C | 64 mm | 148 |
| April | 15.3°C | 5.1°C | 10.2°C | 63 mm | 183 |
| May | 19.1°C | 8.6°C | 13.9°C | 80 mm | 201 |
| June | 22.8°C | 11.8°C | 17.3°C | 64 mm | 229 |
| July | 25.5°C | 13.9°C | 19.7°C | 65 mm | 235 |
| August | 25.2°C | 13.9°C | 19.6°C | 68 mm | 215 |
| September | 20.7°C | 10.6°C | 15.7°C | 67 mm | 176 |
| October | 15.7°C | 7.8°C | 11.7°C | 85 mm | 121 |
| November | 9.9°C | 3.9°C | 6.9°C | 83 mm | 72 |
| December | 6.6°C | 1.4°C | 4.0°C | 81 mm | 57 |
| Year | 15.5°C | 6.8°C | 11.1°C | 846 mm | 1,792 |
Where Maisons-lès-Chaource’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Cruzy, 18 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, Châtillon/Seine, 36 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 Maisons-lès-Chaource’s climate
How warm does Maisons-lès-Chaource get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.5°C. About 52 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 66% of mainland French towns, and about 15 reach 30°C.
How cold does Maisons-lès-Chaource get in winter?
January nights average 0.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 56 nights a year, and about 8 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Maisons-lès-Chaource get?
About 846 mm a year, more than 69% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (85 mm) and February the driest (60 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Châtillon/Seine (36 km away), averages 1,792 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Maisons-lès-Chaource itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Maisons-lès-Chaource, Cruzy, 18 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 CRUZY_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Maisons-lès-Chaource →
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