A middle-of-the-road climate: Taizé-Aizie is close to most mainland French towns on every count
A typical year brings 841 mm of rain, with July afternoons around 26.3°C and January nights around 2.8°C. In January, nights here are milder than in 69% of mainland French towns. Of all months, December brings the most rain and July the least. An umbrella earns its place on about 121 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Civray station, 12 km north.
A year in Taizé-Aizie at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Civray station.
What a year in Taizé-Aizie feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Civray.
About 841 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 26 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
36 frosts and 64 days of 25°C a year
On about 36 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 64 days a year reach 25°C, and 18 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Civray: 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 Civray
Civray is 12 km north of Taizé-Aizie. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Taizé-Aizie itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Civray (86078002) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km north |
| Station altitude | 143 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 103 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Montembœuf, 39 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 Taizé-Aizie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taizé-Aizie | Civray | 26.3°C | 2.8°C | 841 mm |
| Ruffec 5.1 km | Tusson | 27.3°C 1°C warmer | 2.0°C 0.8°C colder | 822 mm |
| Civray 10 km | same station | 26.3°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 841 mm |
| Valence-en-Poitou 28 km | Lusignan-Inrae | 25.9°C about the same | 2.4°C about the same | 814 mm |
Taizé-Aizie weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Civray station; sunshine at Montembœuf.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C | 2.8°C | 5.6°C | 81 mm | 78 |
| February | 9.8°C | 2.4°C | 6.1°C | 60 mm | 117 |
| March | 13.5°C | 4.3°C | 8.9°C | 61 mm | 162 |
| April | 16.4°C | 6.1°C | 11.3°C | 67 mm | 192 |
| May | 20.2°C | 9.7°C | 14.9°C | 67 mm | 216 |
| June | 23.9°C | 12.8°C | 18.4°C | 65 mm | 241 |
| July | 26.3°C | 14.4°C | 20.4°C | 50 mm | 258 |
| August | 26.4°C | 14.3°C | 20.3°C | 58 mm | 230 |
| September | 22.6°C | 11.5°C | 17.1°C | 60 mm | 209 |
| October | 17.7°C | 9.4°C | 13.5°C | 84 mm | 142 |
| November | 12.2°C | 5.5°C | 8.8°C | 90 mm | 96 |
| December | 8.9°C | 3.2°C | 6.0°C | 98 mm | 87 |
| Year | 17.2°C | 8.0°C | 12.6°C | 841 mm | 2,026 |
Where Taizé-Aizie’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Civray, 12 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, 39 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 Taizé-Aizie’s climate
How warm does Taizé-Aizie get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.4°C. About 64 days a year reach 25°C, more than 54% of mainland French towns, and about 18 reach 30°C.
How cold does Taizé-Aizie get in winter?
February nights average 2.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 36 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Taizé-Aizie get?
About 841 mm a year, more than 69% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (98 mm) and July the driest (50 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montembœuf (39 km away), averages 2,026 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Taizé-Aizie itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Taizé-Aizie, Civray, 12 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 CIVRAY, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Taizé-Aizie →
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