Afternoon heat in Champagne-Vigny beats that of 72% of mainland French towns
Deep winter brings January lows near 2.8°C. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 69% of mainland French towns. Of all months, November brings the most rain and July the least. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 42 nights a year below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s La Couronne station, 14 km north.
A year in Champagne-Vigny at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the La Couronne station.
What a year in Champagne-Vigny feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at La Couronne.
About 845 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 26 towns of 2,500+ in Charente.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Rioux-Martin
42 frosts and 81 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 81 days a year reach 25°C, and 27 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at La Couronne: 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 La Couronne
La Couronne is 14 km north of Champagne-Vigny. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Champagne-Vigny itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | La Couronne (16113001) |
| Distance from the town | 14 km north |
| Station altitude | 58 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 98 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Rioux-Martin, 27 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 Champagne-Vigny 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champagne-Vigny | La Couronne | 27.5°C | 2.8°C | 845 mm |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 9.1 km | same station | 27.5°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 845 mm |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 12 km | same station | 27.5°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 845 mm |
| La Couronne 12 km | same station | 27.5°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 845 mm |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 15 km | Segonzac | 27.2°C about the same | 3.2°C about the same | 818 mm |
| Saint-Michel 16 km | same station | 27.5°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 845 mm |
| Angoulême 18 km | same station | 27.5°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 845 mm |
Champagne-Vigny weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the La Couronne station; sunshine at Rioux-Martin.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C | 2.8°C | 6.1°C | 77 mm | 82 |
| February | 11.0°C | 2.2°C | 6.6°C | 59 mm | 126 |
| March | 14.8°C | 4.4°C | 9.6°C | 60 mm | 173 |
| April | 17.6°C | 6.3°C | 12.0°C | 69 mm | 194 |
| May | 21.5°C | 9.8°C | 15.6°C | 69 mm | 222 |
| June | 25.1°C | 12.9°C | 19.0°C | 70 mm | 255 |
| July | 27.5°C | 14.2°C | 20.9°C | 55 mm | 270 |
| August | 27.7°C | 13.9°C | 20.8°C | 56 mm | 248 |
| September | 23.8°C | 10.9°C | 17.4°C | 69 mm | 214 |
| October | 19.0°C | 9.0°C | 14.0°C | 78 mm | 149 |
| November | 13.3°C | 5.3°C | 9.3°C | 93 mm | 102 |
| December | 10.2°C | 3.2°C | 6.7°C | 91 mm | 90 |
| Year | 18.4°C | 7.9°C | 13.2°C | 845 mm | 2,124 |
Where Champagne-Vigny’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for La Couronne, 14 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, Rioux-Martin, 27 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.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Champagne-Vigny’s climate
How warm does Champagne-Vigny get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.7°C. About 81 days a year reach 25°C, more than 72% of mainland French towns, and about 27 reach 30°C.
How cold does Champagne-Vigny get in winter?
February nights average 2.2°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 Champagne-Vigny get?
About 845 mm a year, more than 69% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (93 mm) and July the driest (55 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Rioux-Martin (27 km away), averages 2,124 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Champagne-Vigny itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Champagne-Vigny, La Couronne, 14 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 LA COURONNE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Champagne-Vigny →
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