Few mainland French towns get more rain than Ménessaire: 1,252 mm a year
Midsummer highs settle at about 23.6°C. Wet weather is most frequent in December and least in June. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 89% of mainland French towns. Radiators earn their keep from November to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Château Chinon station, 18 km south-west.
A year in Ménessaire at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Château Chinon station.
What a year in Ménessaire feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Château Chinon.
About 1,252 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and June the driest. About 44 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 21 towns of 2,500+ in Côte-d'Or.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Autun
A frosty town: 57 frosts and 39 days of 25°C a year
On about 57 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 12 days it stays below freezing all day. About 39 days a year reach 25°C, and 7 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Château Chinon: 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 Château Chinon
Château Chinon is 18 km south-west of Ménessaire. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Ménessaire itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Château Chinon (58062001) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 598 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 550 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Autun, 20 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 Ménessaire 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 Côte-d'Or.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ménessaire | Château Chinon | 23.6°C | 0.2°C | 1,252 mm |
| Autun 23 km | Autun | 25.9°C 2.3°C warmer | −0.3°C 0.5°C colder | 857 mm |
Ménessaire weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Château Chinon station; sunshine at Autun.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C | 0.2°C | 2.7°C | 120 mm | 67 |
| February | 6.2°C | 0.2°C | 3.2°C | 95 mm | 103 |
| March | 10.4°C | 2.9°C | 6.7°C | 92 mm | 162 |
| April | 14.1°C | 5.3°C | 9.7°C | 95 mm | 197 |
| May | 17.9°C | 8.7°C | 13.3°C | 108 mm | 209 |
| June | 21.5°C | 11.9°C | 16.7°C | 91 mm | 245 |
| July | 23.6°C | 13.8°C | 18.7°C | 94 mm | 262 |
| August | 23.6°C | 14.0°C | 18.8°C | 91 mm | 228 |
| September | 19.3°C | 10.8°C | 15.0°C | 94 mm | 192 |
| October | 14.5°C | 7.9°C | 11.2°C | 114 mm | 124 |
| November | 8.9°C | 3.5°C | 6.2°C | 130 mm | 72 |
| December | 5.9°C | 1.1°C | 3.5°C | 130 mm | 59 |
| Year | 14.3°C | 6.7°C | 10.5°C | 1,252 mm | 1,918 |
Where Ménessaire’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Château Chinon, 18 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, Autun, 20 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 Côte-d'Or.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Ménessaire’s climate
How warm does Ménessaire get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.6°C. About 39 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 82% of mainland French towns, and about 7 reach 30°C.
How cold does Ménessaire get in winter?
January nights average 0.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 57 nights a year, and about 12 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Ménessaire get?
About 1,252 mm a year, more than 97% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (130 mm) and June the driest (91 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Autun (20 km away), averages 1,918 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Ménessaire itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Ménessaire, Château Chinon, 18 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 CHATEAU CHINON, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Ménessaire →
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