Few mainland French towns get less rain than Thouars: 576 mm a year
Sunny July days climb to about 27.5°C. Winter and summer sit 25°C apart. Of the 24 towns of 2,500+ in Deux-Sèvres, it has the warmest July afternoons. Expect about 35 frosty starts a year, nights when the air falls below freezing.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Thouars-Stna station, 1.5 km north-east.
A year in Thouars at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Thouars-Stna station.
What a year in Thouars feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Thouars-Stna.
About 576 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and August the driest. About 16 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 23rd wettest of 24 towns of 2,500+ in Deux-Sèvres.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Loudun
35 frosts and 78 days of 25°C a year
On about 35 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 78 days a year reach 25°C, and 26 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Thouars-Stna: 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 Thouars-Stna
Thouars-Stna is 1.5 km north-east of Thouars. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Thouars itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Thouars-Stna (79329001) |
| Distance from the town | 1.5 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 81 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 59 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Loudun, 25 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 Thouars 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thouars | Thouars-Stna | 27.5°C | 2.9°C | 576 mm |
| Loretz-d'Argenton 9.3 km | same station | 27.5°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 576 mm |
| Argentonnay 16 km | Nueil-les-Aubiers | 25.8°C 1.7°C cooler | 2.3°C 0.6°C colder | 812 mm |
| Montreuil-Bellay 18 km | Mont-Bellay-Inrae | 26.4°C 1.1°C cooler | 2.9°C about the same | 616 mm |
| Airvault 18 km | Glénay | 27.1°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 648 mm |
| Loudun 24 km | Loudun | 26.0°C 1.5°C cooler | 2.7°C about the same | 632 mm |
| Doué-en-Anjou 24 km | Mont-Bellay-Inrae | 26.4°C 1.1°C cooler | 2.9°C about the same | 616 mm |
Thouars weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Thouars-Stna station; sunshine at Loudun.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.9°C | 2.9°C | 5.9°C | 51 mm | 70 |
| February | 10.4°C | 2.5°C | 6.5°C | 39 mm | 105 |
| March | 14.3°C | 4.3°C | 9.3°C | 40 mm | 156 |
| April | 17.5°C | 6.1°C | 11.8°C | 46 mm | 198 |
| May | 21.4°C | 9.7°C | 15.5°C | 50 mm | 229 |
| June | 25.2°C | 12.9°C | 19.0°C | 43 mm | 247 |
| July | 27.5°C | 14.6°C | 21.0°C | 38 mm | 260 |
| August | 27.5°C | 14.5°C | 21.0°C | 38 mm | 237 |
| September | 23.7°C | 11.5°C | 17.6°C | 49 mm | 206 |
| October | 18.2°C | 9.3°C | 13.7°C | 65 mm | 130 |
| November | 12.7°C | 5.6°C | 9.1°C | 59 mm | 87 |
| December | 9.4°C | 3.2°C | 6.3°C | 57 mm | 78 |
| Year | 18.1°C | 8.1°C | 13.1°C | 576 mm | 2,003 |
Where Thouars’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Thouars-Stna, 1.5 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, Loudun, 25 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 Thouars’s climate
How warm does Thouars get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.5°C. About 78 days a year reach 25°C, more than 70% of mainland French towns, and about 26 reach 30°C.
How cold does Thouars get in winter?
February nights average 2.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 35 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Thouars get?
About 576 mm a year, less than 98% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (65 mm) and August the driest (38 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Loudun (25 km away), averages 2,003 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Thouars itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Thouars, Thouars-Stna, 1.5 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 THOUARS-STNA, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Thouars →
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