Périgné is wetter than 77% of mainland French towns: 902 mm of rain a year
Expect July afternoons of about 26.9°C. About 78 days a year reach 25°C, more than in 70% of mainland French towns. A year here swings 25°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. An umbrella earns its place on about 127 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Celles-sur-Bell station, 8.3 km north.
A year in Périgné at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Celles-sur-Bell station.
What a year in Périgné feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Celles-sur-Bell.
About 902 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 29 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 3rd wettest of 24 towns of 2,500+ in Deux-Sèvres.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Niort
48 frosts and 78 days of 25°C a year
On about 48 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 78 days a year reach 25°C, and 27 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Celles-sur-Bell: 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 Celles-sur-Bell
Celles-sur-Bell is 8.3 km north of Périgné. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Périgné itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Celles-sur-Bell (79061001) |
| Distance from the town | 8.3 km north |
| Station altitude | 118 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 78 m |
| Period | 1991–2014 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Niort, 18 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 Périgné 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 Deux-Sèvres.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Périgné | Celles-sur-Bell | 26.9°C | 2.3°C | 902 mm |
| Celles-sur-Belle 6.7 km | same station | 26.9°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 902 mm |
| Melle 8.5 km | Melle | 26.2°C 0.7°C cooler | 2.9°C 0.6°C milder | 903 mm |
| Aigondigné 11 km | same station | 26.9°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 902 mm |
| Vouillé 17 km | Niort | 26.3°C 0.6°C cooler | 2.8°C 0.5°C milder | 847 mm |
| Aiffres 18 km | Niort | 26.3°C 0.6°C cooler | 2.8°C 0.5°C milder | 847 mm |
| La Crèche 20 km | Niort | 26.3°C 0.6°C cooler | 2.8°C 0.5°C milder | 847 mm |
Périgné weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Celles-sur-Bell station; sunshine at Niort.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C | 2.3°C | 5.5°C | 88 mm | 76 |
| February | 10.3°C | 1.7°C | 6.0°C | 70 mm | 108 |
| March | 14.4°C | 3.8°C | 9.1°C | 69 mm | 160 |
| April | 17.1°C | 5.6°C | 11.4°C | 71 mm | 187 |
| May | 21.1°C | 9.2°C | 15.2°C | 70 mm | 219 |
| June | 24.7°C | 12.2°C | 18.5°C | 60 mm | 241 |
| July | 26.9°C | 13.8°C | 20.4°C | 52 mm | 257 |
| August | 27.1°C | 13.9°C | 20.5°C | 57 mm | 248 |
| September | 23.6°C | 11.3°C | 17.4°C | 66 mm | 207 |
| October | 18.5°C | 9.1°C | 13.8°C | 89 mm | 134 |
| November | 12.5°C | 5.0°C | 8.8°C | 101 mm | 93 |
| December | 8.9°C | 2.5°C | 5.7°C | 109 mm | 77 |
| Year | 17.8°C | 7.5°C | 12.7°C | 902 mm | 2,006 |
Where Périgné’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Celles-sur-Bell, 8.3 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, Niort, 18 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 Deux-Sèvres.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Périgné’s climate
How warm does Périgné get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.1°C. About 78 days a year reach 25°C, more than 70% of mainland French towns, and about 27 reach 30°C.
How cold does Périgné get in winter?
February nights average 1.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 48 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Périgné get?
About 902 mm a year, more than 77% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (109 mm) and July the driest (52 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Niort (18 km away), averages 2,006 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Périgné itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Périgné, Celles-sur-Bell, 8.3 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 CELLES-SUR-BELL, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Périgné →
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