Empuré gets more days of 25 degrees or more than 71% of mainland French towns
July afternoons reach 27.2°C on a typical day and January nights drop to 2.3°C; 854 mm of rain falls in a year. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 71% of mainland French towns. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 59% of mainland French towns. Figures from Météo-France’s Hanc station, 6.4 km north-west.
A year in Empuré at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Hanc station.
What a year in Empuré feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Hanc.
About 854 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 27 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 Montembœuf
42 frosts and 79 days of 25°C a year
On about 42 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 79 days a year reach 25°C, and 27 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Hanc: 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 Hanc
Hanc is 6.4 km north-west of Empuré. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Empuré itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Hanc (79140002) |
| Distance from the town | 6.4 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 125 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 115 m |
| Period | 1991–2014 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Montembœuf, 46 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 Empuré 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empuré | Hanc | 27.2°C | 2.3°C | 854 mm |
| Ruffec 12 km | Tusson | 27.3°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 822 mm |
| Civray 23 km | Civray | 26.3°C 0.9°C cooler | 2.8°C 0.5°C milder | 841 mm |
| Melle 27 km | Melle | 26.2°C 1°C cooler | 2.9°C 0.6°C milder | 903 mm |
| Rouillac 27 km | Tusson | 27.3°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 822 mm |
Empuré weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Hanc station; sunshine at Montembœuf.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C | 2.3°C | 5.5°C | 85 mm | 78 |
| February | 10.3°C | 1.8°C | 6.1°C | 66 mm | 117 |
| March | 14.4°C | 4.0°C | 9.2°C | 63 mm | 162 |
| April | 17.1°C | 5.8°C | 11.4°C | 69 mm | 192 |
| May | 21.3°C | 9.4°C | 15.3°C | 65 mm | 216 |
| June | 24.9°C | 12.4°C | 18.6°C | 59 mm | 241 |
| July | 27.2°C | 13.9°C | 20.6°C | 48 mm | 258 |
| August | 27.4°C | 14.1°C | 20.8°C | 53 mm | 230 |
| September | 23.6°C | 11.4°C | 17.5°C | 63 mm | 209 |
| October | 18.5°C | 9.1°C | 13.8°C | 86 mm | 142 |
| November | 12.5°C | 5.1°C | 8.8°C | 97 mm | 96 |
| December | 8.9°C | 2.5°C | 5.7°C | 102 mm | 87 |
| Year | 17.9°C | 7.6°C | 12.8°C | 854 mm | 2,026 |
Where Empuré’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Hanc, 6.4 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1991–2014, 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, Montembœuf, 46 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 Empuré’s climate
How warm does Empuré get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.4°C. About 79 days a year reach 25°C, more than 71% of mainland French towns, and about 27 reach 30°C.
How cold does Empuré get in winter?
February nights average 1.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 42 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Empuré get?
About 854 mm a year, more than 71% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (102 mm) and July the driest (48 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montembœuf (46 km away), averages 2,026 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Empuré itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Empuré, Hanc, 6.4 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 HANC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Empuré →
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