No extremes in Paillé: its weather tracks the middle of mainland French towns
About 849 mm of rain falls in a typical year; July afternoons reach 26.8°C and January nights drop to 2.9°C. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 72% of mainland French towns. A year here swings 25°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 120 times a year.
Figures from Météo-France’s Nuaille sur Boutonne station, 3.5 km north.
A year in Paillé at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Nuaille sur Boutonne station.
What a year in Paillé feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Nuaille sur Boutonne.
About 849 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 27 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 19th wettest of 54 towns of 2,500+ in Charente-Maritime.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Niort
42 frosts and 73 days of 25°C a year
On about 42 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 73 days a year reach 25°C, and 22 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Nuaille sur Boutonne: 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 Nuaille sur Boutonne
Nuaille sur Boutonne is 3.5 km north of Paillé. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Paillé itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Nuaille sur Boutonne (17268002) |
| Distance from the town | 3.5 km north |
| Station altitude | 36 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 38 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Niort, 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 Paillé 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paillé | Nuaille sur Boutonne | 26.8°C | 2.9°C | 849 mm |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 11 km | same station | 26.8°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 849 mm |
| Val-de-Cognac 27 km | Cognac | 27.0°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 772 mm |
Paillé weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Nuaille sur Boutonne station; sunshine at Niort.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C | 2.9°C | 6.1°C | 80 mm | 76 |
| February | 10.8°C | 2.1°C | 6.4°C | 66 mm | 108 |
| March | 14.4°C | 4.1°C | 9.3°C | 66 mm | 160 |
| April | 17.3°C | 5.8°C | 11.6°C | 68 mm | 187 |
| May | 21.1°C | 9.4°C | 15.2°C | 65 mm | 219 |
| June | 24.6°C | 12.3°C | 18.5°C | 59 mm | 241 |
| July | 26.8°C | 13.6°C | 20.2°C | 47 mm | 257 |
| August | 26.9°C | 13.3°C | 20.1°C | 52 mm | 248 |
| September | 23.7°C | 10.7°C | 17.2°C | 67 mm | 207 |
| October | 18.8°C | 8.9°C | 13.8°C | 87 mm | 134 |
| November | 13.2°C | 5.3°C | 9.3°C | 95 mm | 93 |
| December | 9.9°C | 3.2°C | 6.5°C | 99 mm | 77 |
| Year | 18.1°C | 7.6°C | 12.9°C | 849 mm | 2,006 |
Where Paillé’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Nuaille sur Boutonne, 3.5 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, Niort, 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 Charente-Maritime.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Paillé’s climate
How warm does Paillé get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.9°C. About 73 days a year reach 25°C, more than 67% of mainland French towns, and about 22 reach 30°C.
How cold does Paillé get in winter?
February nights average 2.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 42 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Paillé get?
About 849 mm a year, more than 70% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (99 mm) and July the driest (47 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Niort (36 km away), averages 2,006 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Paillé itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Paillé, Nuaille sur Boutonne, 3.5 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 NUAILLE SUR BOUTONNE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Paillé →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.