More rain falls on Verruyes than on 92% of mainland French towns: 1,097 mm a year
January mornings start at about 2.1°C. Seasons differ by 24°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. About 50 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 70% of mainland French towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 129 times a year.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Secondigny station, 15 km north-west.
A year in Verruyes at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Secondigny station.
What a year in Verruyes feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Secondigny.
About 1,097 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and August the driest. About 37 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 24 towns of 2,500+ in Deux-Sèvres.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Niort
A frosty town: 50 frosts and 57 days of 25°C a year
On about 50 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 57 days a year reach 25°C, and 15 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Secondigny: 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 Secondigny
Secondigny is 15 km north-west of Verruyes. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Verruyes itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Secondigny (79311002) |
| Distance from the town | 15 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 198 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 188 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 13 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Niort, 24 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 Verruyes 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verruyes | Secondigny | 25.8°C | 2.1°C | 1,097 mm |
| Saint-Maixent-l'École 13 km | Ménigoute | 27.0°C 1.2°C warmer | 2.2°C about the same | 957 mm |
| Parthenay 15 km | Parthenay | 26.6°C 0.8°C warmer | 2.5°C about the same | 831 mm |
| Châtillon-sur-Thouet 16 km | Parthenay | 26.6°C 0.8°C warmer | 2.5°C about the same | 831 mm |
| Échiré 17 km | Niort | 26.3°C 0.5°C warmer | 2.8°C 0.7°C milder | 847 mm |
| La Crèche 18 km | Niort | 26.3°C 0.5°C warmer | 2.8°C 0.7°C milder | 847 mm |
| Chauray 20 km | Niort | 26.3°C 0.5°C warmer | 2.8°C 0.7°C milder | 847 mm |
Verruyes weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Secondigny station; sunshine at Niort.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C | 2.1°C | 5.0°C | 128 mm | 76 |
| February | 9.4°C | 1.5°C | 5.4°C | 96 mm | 108 |
| March | 13.1°C | 3.3°C | 8.2°C | 86 mm | 160 |
| April | 16.1°C | 5.1°C | 10.6°C | 78 mm | 187 |
| May | 19.9°C | 8.5°C | 14.2°C | 75 mm | 219 |
| June | 23.5°C | 11.4°C | 17.4°C | 62 mm | 241 |
| July | 25.8°C | 13.0°C | 19.4°C | 61 mm | 257 |
| August | 25.8°C | 12.9°C | 19.4°C | 56 mm | 248 |
| September | 22.2°C | 10.1°C | 16.2°C | 76 mm | 207 |
| October | 17.1°C | 8.4°C | 12.8°C | 118 mm | 134 |
| November | 11.9°C | 4.8°C | 8.3°C | 122 mm | 93 |
| December | 8.5°C | 2.4°C | 5.5°C | 139 mm | 77 |
| Year | 16.8°C | 7.0°C | 11.9°C | 1,097 mm | 2,006 |
Where Verruyes’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Secondigny, 15 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, Niort, 24 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 Verruyes’s climate
How warm does Verruyes get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.8°C. About 57 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 57% of mainland French towns, and about 15 reach 30°C.
How cold does Verruyes get in winter?
February nights average 1.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 50 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Verruyes get?
About 1,097 mm a year, more than 92% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (139 mm) and August the driest (56 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Niort (24 km away), averages 2,006 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Verruyes itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Verruyes, Secondigny, 15 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 SECONDIGNY, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Verruyes →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.