Warm afternoons come to Avenay less often than to 93% of mainland French towns
Nights in January average 2.9°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 20°C. Frost is rarer than in 78% of mainland French towns: about 29 nights a year drop below freezing. Plan time outside from May to September, when highs sit at 17–23°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Caen-Carpiquet station, 8.9 km north.
A year in Avenay at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Caen-Carpiquet station.
What a year in Avenay feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Caen-Carpiquet.
About 740 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and March the driest. About 20 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 19th wettest of 53 towns of 2,500+ in Calvados.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Caen-Carpiquet
29 frosts and 24 days of 25°C a year
On about 29 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 24 days a year reach 25°C, and 4 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Caen-Carpiquet: 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 Caen-Carpiquet
Caen-Carpiquet is 8.9 km north of Avenay. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Avenay itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Caen-Carpiquet (14137001) |
| Distance from the town | 8.9 km north |
| Station altitude | 67 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 70 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
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 Avenay 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 Calvados.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avenay | Caen-Carpiquet | 22.9°C | 2.9°C | 740 mm |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour 4.9 km | same station | 22.9°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 740 mm |
| Verson 6.2 km | same station | 22.9°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 740 mm |
| Saint-Martin-de-May 6.6 km | same station | 22.9°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 740 mm |
| Louvigny 7.9 km | same station | 22.9°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 740 mm |
| Bretteville-sur-Odon 8.4 km | same station | 22.9°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 740 mm |
| Fleury-sur-Orne 8.5 km | same station | 22.9°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 740 mm |
Avenay weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Caen-Carpiquet station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C | 2.9°C | 5.6°C | 63 mm | 71 |
| February | 9.1°C | 2.8°C | 5.9°C | 53 mm | 90 |
| March | 11.7°C | 4.2°C | 8.0°C | 50 mm | 130 |
| April | 14.4°C | 5.5°C | 10.0°C | 53 mm | 179 |
| May | 17.4°C | 8.5°C | 13.0°C | 59 mm | 203 |
| June | 20.5°C | 11.2°C | 15.9°C | 58 mm | 213 |
| July | 22.9°C | 13.1°C | 18.0°C | 51 mm | 219 |
| August | 23.2°C | 13.3°C | 18.3°C | 60 mm | 205 |
| September | 20.4°C | 11.1°C | 15.8°C | 54 mm | 171 |
| October | 16.2°C | 8.8°C | 12.5°C | 79 mm | 117 |
| November | 11.8°C | 5.6°C | 8.7°C | 79 mm | 82 |
| December | 8.8°C | 3.3°C | 6.1°C | 81 mm | 67 |
| Year | 15.4°C | 7.5°C | 11.5°C | 740 mm | 1,746 |
Where Avenay’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Caen-Carpiquet, 8.9 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, Caen-Carpiquet, 8.9 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 Calvados.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Avenay’s climate
How warm does Avenay get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.2°C. About 24 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 93% of mainland French towns, and about 4 reach 30°C.
How cold does Avenay get in winter?
February nights average 2.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 29 nights a year, and about 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Avenay get?
About 740 mm a year, less than 54% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (81 mm) and March the driest (50 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Caen-Carpiquet (8.9 km away), averages 1,746 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Avenay itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Avenay, Caen-Carpiquet, 8.9 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 CAEN-CARPIQUET, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Avenay →
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