Summer warmth: Bonnœil logs fewer 25-degree days than 91% of mainland French towns
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at 2.3°C on average. Only about 36 nights a year bring a frost, fewer than in 63% of mainland French towns. Temperatures cover 21°C across the year, low to high. Expect about 36 frosty starts a year, nights when the air falls below freezing.
Figures from Météo-France’s Pierrefitte Cin station, 4 km south-west.
A year in Bonnœil at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Pierrefitte Cin station.
What a year in Bonnœil feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pierrefitte Cin.
About 807 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 23 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 18th wettest of 53 towns of 2,500+ in Calvados.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Caen-Carpiquet
36 frosts and 31 days of 25°C a year
On about 36 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 31 days a year reach 25°C, and 6 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pierrefitte Cin: 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 Pierrefitte Cin
Pierrefitte Cin is 4 km south-west of Bonnœil. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bonnœil itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Pierrefitte Cin (14501002) |
| Distance from the town | 4 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 187 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 200 m |
| Period | 1997–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Caen-Carpiquet, 29 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 Bonnœil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnœil | Pierrefitte Cin | 23.5°C | 2.3°C | 807 mm |
| Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom 12 km | Fresney le Vieu | 22.8°C 0.7°C cooler | 2.1°C about the same | 826 mm |
| Falaise 13 km | Damblainville | 23.6°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 717 mm |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 16 km | same station | 23.5°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 807 mm |
| Condé-en-Normandie 16 km | same station | 23.5°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 807 mm |
| Saint-Martin-de-May 20 km | Caen-Carpiquet | 22.9°C 0.6°C cooler | 2.9°C 0.6°C milder | 740 mm |
| Les Monts d'Aunay 22 km | Saint-Georges D | 22.7°C 0.8°C cooler | 2.7°C about the same | 992 mm |
Bonnœil weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Pierrefitte Cin station; sunshine at Caen-Carpiquet.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C | 2.3°C | 4.9°C | 78 mm | 71 |
| February | 8.4°C | 2.2°C | 5.3°C | 58 mm | 90 |
| March | 11.2°C | 3.6°C | 7.4°C | 61 mm | 130 |
| April | 14.7°C | 5.2°C | 10.0°C | 57 mm | 179 |
| May | 17.9°C | 8.2°C | 13.0°C | 66 mm | 203 |
| June | 21.2°C | 11.0°C | 16.1°C | 58 mm | 213 |
| July | 23.5°C | 12.6°C | 18.0°C | 52 mm | 219 |
| August | 23.4°C | 12.8°C | 18.1°C | 66 mm | 205 |
| September | 20.6°C | 10.7°C | 15.7°C | 53 mm | 171 |
| October | 15.8°C | 8.6°C | 12.2°C | 85 mm | 117 |
| November | 11.1°C | 5.2°C | 8.1°C | 81 mm | 82 |
| December | 8.1°C | 2.9°C | 5.5°C | 94 mm | 67 |
| Year | 15.3°C | 7.1°C | 11.2°C | 807 mm | 1,746 |
Where Bonnœil’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Pierrefitte Cin, 4 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1997–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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, 29 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 Bonnœil’s climate
How warm does Bonnœil get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.5°C. About 31 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 91% of mainland French towns, and about 6 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bonnœil get in winter?
February nights average 2.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 36 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bonnœil get?
About 807 mm a year, more than 62% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (94 mm) and July the driest (52 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Caen-Carpiquet (29 km away), averages 1,746 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bonnœil itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bonnœil, Pierrefitte Cin, 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 PIERREFITTE CIN_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bonnœil →
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