Frost comes to Ruffec more often than to 75% of mainland French towns
A typical January night drops to 2.0°C and a July afternoon reaches 27.3°C; 822 mm of rain falls in a year. Summers, though, are warm: afternoons in July are warmer than in 71% of mainland French towns. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 65% of mainland French towns. Figures from Météo-France’s Tusson station, 14 km south-west.
A year in Ruffec at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Tusson station.
What a year in Ruffec feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tusson.
About 822 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 25 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 20th wettest of 26 towns of 2,500+ in Charente.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montembœuf
A frosty town: 55 frosts and 75 days of 25°C a year
On about 55 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 75 days a year reach 25°C, and 24 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tusson: 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 Tusson
Tusson is 14 km south-west of Ruffec. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Ruffec itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Tusson (16390001) |
| Distance from the town | 14 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 88 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 109 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Montembœuf, 38 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 Ruffec 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruffec | Tusson | 27.3°C | 2.0°C | 822 mm |
| Civray 15 km | Civray | 26.3°C 1°C cooler | 2.8°C 0.8°C milder | 841 mm |
Ruffec weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Tusson station; sunshine at Montembœuf.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C | 2.0°C | 5.4°C | 78 mm | 78 |
| February | 10.4°C | 1.2°C | 5.8°C | 59 mm | 117 |
| March | 14.2°C | 3.0°C | 8.6°C | 61 mm | 162 |
| April | 17.0°C | 4.6°C | 10.8°C | 65 mm | 192 |
| May | 21.0°C | 8.1°C | 14.6°C | 65 mm | 216 |
| June | 24.7°C | 11.1°C | 17.9°C | 65 mm | 241 |
| July | 27.3°C | 13.0°C | 20.1°C | 48 mm | 258 |
| August | 27.4°C | 13.0°C | 20.2°C | 57 mm | 230 |
| September | 23.4°C | 10.3°C | 16.8°C | 61 mm | 209 |
| October | 18.3°C | 8.4°C | 13.4°C | 82 mm | 142 |
| November | 12.7°C | 4.7°C | 8.7°C | 91 mm | 96 |
| December | 9.5°C | 2.4°C | 5.9°C | 91 mm | 87 |
| Year | 17.9°C | 6.8°C | 12.3°C | 822 mm | 2,026 |
Where Ruffec’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Tusson, 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, Montembœuf, 38 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 Ruffec’s climate
How warm does Ruffec get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.4°C. About 75 days a year reach 25°C, more than 67% of mainland French towns, and about 24 reach 30°C.
How cold does Ruffec get in winter?
February nights average 1.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 55 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Ruffec get?
About 822 mm a year, more than 65% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (91 mm) and July the driest (48 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montembœuf (38 km away), averages 2,026 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Ruffec itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Ruffec, Tusson, 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 TUSSON, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Ruffec →
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