Weather without surprises: Montpothier keeps close to the norm for mainland French towns
July afternoons reach 25.6°C on a typical day and January nights drop to 1.2°C; 741 mm of rain falls in a year. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 70% of mainland French towns. Winter and summer sit 24°C apart. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 120 times a year.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Voulton station, 13 km west.
A year in Montpothier at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Voulton station.
What a year in Montpothier feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Voulton.
About 741 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 3rd wettest of 20 towns of 2,500+ in Aube.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Troyes-Barberey
47 frosts and 51 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 51 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Voulton: 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 Voulton
Voulton is 13 km west of Montpothier. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Montpothier itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Voulton (77530001) |
| Distance from the town | 13 km west |
| Station altitude | 175 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 154 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Troyes-Barberey, 46 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 Montpothier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montpothier | Voulton | 25.6°C | 1.2°C | 741 mm |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande 3.5 km | Romilly | 26.2°C 0.6°C warmer | 0.8°C about the same | 620 mm |
| Nogent-sur-Seine 8.9 km | Bouy-sur-Orvin | 26.3°C 0.7°C warmer | 1.3°C about the same | 636 mm |
| Provins 16 km | same station | 25.6°C about the same | 1.2°C about the same | 741 mm |
| Romilly-sur-Seine 17 km | Romilly | 26.2°C 0.6°C warmer | 0.8°C about the same | 620 mm |
| Sézanne 22 km | Esternay-Man | 26.0°C about the same | 0.4°C 0.8°C colder | 781 mm |
| La Ferté-Gaucher 28 km | Chevru | 25.3°C about the same | 1.3°C about the same | 698 mm |
Montpothier weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Voulton station; sunshine at Troyes-Barberey.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.0°C | 1.2°C | 3.6°C | 64 mm | 63 |
| February | 7.4°C | 1.3°C | 4.3°C | 57 mm | 90 |
| March | 11.7°C | 3.3°C | 7.5°C | 56 mm | 148 |
| April | 15.6°C | 5.4°C | 10.5°C | 52 mm | 190 |
| May | 19.2°C | 8.7°C | 14.0°C | 65 mm | 216 |
| June | 22.8°C | 11.7°C | 17.2°C | 57 mm | 231 |
| July | 25.6°C | 13.7°C | 19.6°C | 59 mm | 242 |
| August | 25.6°C | 13.6°C | 19.6°C | 55 mm | 232 |
| September | 21.2°C | 10.7°C | 16.0°C | 57 mm | 186 |
| October | 15.8°C | 8.1°C | 11.9°C | 70 mm | 125 |
| November | 9.9°C | 4.4°C | 7.1°C | 67 mm | 70 |
| December | 6.6°C | 2.0°C | 4.3°C | 83 mm | 57 |
| Year | 15.6°C | 7.0°C | 11.3°C | 741 mm | 1,851 |
Where Montpothier’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Voulton, 13 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, 46 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 Montpothier’s climate
How warm does Montpothier get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.6°C. About 51 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 68% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Montpothier get in winter?
January nights average 1.2°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 Montpothier get?
About 741 mm a year, less than 54% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (83 mm) and April the driest (52 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Troyes-Barberey (46 km away), averages 1,851 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Montpothier itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Montpothier, Voulton, 13 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 VOULTON_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Montpothier →
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