For weather, Bouhet is about as ordinary as mainland French towns get
July afternoons reach 27.0°C on a typical day and January nights drop to 2.8°C; 837 mm of rain falls in a year. November is the wettest month, July the driest. Warm days come often: about 77 a year reach 25°C, more than in 70% of mainland French towns. Homes need heating from November to March, the months averaging under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Prin-Deyrançon station, 19 km east.
A year in Bouhet at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Prin-Deyrançon station.
What a year in Bouhet feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Prin-Deyrançon.
About 837 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 20th wettest of 54 towns of 2,500+ in Charente-Maritime.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at La Rochelle-Île de Re
45 frosts and 77 days of 25°C a year
On about 45 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 77 days a year reach 25°C, and 24 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Prin-Deyrançon: 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 Prin-Deyrançon
Prin-Deyrançon is 19 km east of Bouhet. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bouhet itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Prin-Deyrançon (79220001) |
| Distance from the town | 19 km east |
| Station altitude | 14 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 16 m |
| Period | 1991–2019 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | La Rochelle-Île de Re, 25 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 Bouhet 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 Charente-Maritime.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouhet | Prin-Deyrançon | 27.0°C | 2.8°C | 837 mm |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis 7.4 km | Saint-Laurent Prée-Inrae | 25.0°C 2°C cooler | 3.5°C 0.7°C milder | 781 mm |
| Surgères 11 km | same station | 27.0°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 837 mm |
| La Jarrie 12 km | La Rochelle-Île de Re | 24.6°C 2.4°C cooler | 4.4°C 1.6°C milder | 754 mm |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay 12 km | Marans | 26.3°C 0.7°C cooler | 3.4°C 0.6°C milder | 740 mm |
| Sainte-Soulle 12 km | La Rochelle-Île de Re | 24.6°C 2.4°C cooler | 4.4°C 1.6°C milder | 754 mm |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer 16 km | La Rochelle-Île de Re | 24.6°C 2.4°C cooler | 4.4°C 1.6°C milder | 754 mm |
Bouhet weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Prin-Deyrançon station; sunshine at La Rochelle-Île de Re.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C | 2.8°C | 6.0°C | 85 mm | 91 |
| February | 10.8°C | 2.1°C | 6.4°C | 63 mm | 131 |
| March | 14.6°C | 3.9°C | 9.2°C | 63 mm | 179 |
| April | 17.4°C | 5.6°C | 11.5°C | 65 mm | 231 |
| May | 21.3°C | 9.2°C | 15.2°C | 64 mm | 258 |
| June | 24.9°C | 12.3°C | 18.6°C | 51 mm | 253 |
| July | 27.0°C | 13.9°C | 20.4°C | 43 mm | 297 |
| August | 27.2°C | 13.7°C | 20.4°C | 54 mm | 278 |
| September | 23.8°C | 10.8°C | 17.3°C | 64 mm | 234 |
| October | 18.8°C | 8.9°C | 13.8°C | 91 mm | 155 |
| November | 13.1°C | 5.4°C | 9.2°C | 100 mm | 109 |
| December | 9.7°C | 3.0°C | 6.4°C | 96 mm | 90 |
| Year | 18.2°C | 7.6°C | 12.9°C | 837 mm | 2,303 |
Where Bouhet’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Prin-Deyrançon, 19 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1991–2019, 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, La Rochelle-Île de Re, 25 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 Charente-Maritime.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Bouhet’s climate
How warm does Bouhet get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.2°C. About 77 days a year reach 25°C, more than 70% of mainland French towns, and about 24 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bouhet get in winter?
February nights average 2.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 45 nights a year, and about 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bouhet get?
About 837 mm a year, more than 68% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (100 mm) and July the driest (43 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, La Rochelle-Île de Re (25 km away), averages 2,303 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bouhet itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bouhet, Prin-Deyrançon, 19 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 PRIN-DEYRANCON, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bouhet →
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