Hardly any mainland French towns collect less rain than Milly-la-Forêt: 595 mm a year
July afternoons average 26.3°C. May is the wettest month, February the driest. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 77% of mainland French towns. Radiators earn their keep from November to March, the months that average under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Courdimanche station, 7.2 km west.
A year in Milly-la-Forêt at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Courdimanche station.
What a year in Milly-la-Forêt feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Courdimanche.
About 595 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 15 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 90th wettest of 96 towns of 2,500+ in Essonne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Melun
A frosty town: 57 frosts and 58 days of 25°C a year
On about 57 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 58 days a year reach 25°C, and 15 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Courdimanche: 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 Courdimanche
Courdimanche is 7.2 km west of Milly-la-Forêt. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Milly-la-Forêt itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Courdimanche (91184001) |
| Distance from the town | 7.2 km west |
| Station altitude | 71 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 65 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Melun, 28 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 Milly-la-Forêt 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 Essonne.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milly-la-Forêt | Courdimanche | 26.3°C | 1.4°C | 595 mm |
| Maisse 6 km | same station | 26.3°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 595 mm |
| Boutigny-sur-Essonne 7.3 km | same station | 26.3°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 595 mm |
| La Ferté-Alais 12 km | same station | 26.3°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 595 mm |
| Champcueil 12 km | Seine-Port | 25.9°C about the same | 1.0°C about the same | 673 mm |
| Cerny 14 km | same station | 26.3°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 595 mm |
| Le Malesherbois 14 km | Boigneville | 26.0°C about the same | 1.7°C about the same | 616 mm |
Milly-la-Forêt weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Courdimanche station; sunshine at Melun.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C | 1.4°C | 4.3°C | 45 mm | 60 |
| February | 8.5°C | 1.0°C | 4.8°C | 42 mm | 83 |
| March | 12.8°C | 2.8°C | 7.8°C | 44 mm | 143 |
| April | 16.2°C | 4.7°C | 10.5°C | 43 mm | 188 |
| May | 19.7°C | 8.4°C | 14.1°C | 62 mm | 216 |
| June | 23.4°C | 11.5°C | 17.5°C | 56 mm | 226 |
| July | 26.3°C | 13.4°C | 19.8°C | 47 mm | 235 |
| August | 26.0°C | 13.0°C | 19.5°C | 49 mm | 225 |
| September | 21.9°C | 9.8°C | 15.9°C | 46 mm | 180 |
| October | 16.7°C | 7.6°C | 12.1°C | 55 mm | 119 |
| November | 11.0°C | 4.1°C | 7.5°C | 51 mm | 68 |
| December | 7.7°C | 1.9°C | 4.8°C | 55 mm | 54 |
| Year | 16.4°C | 6.6°C | 11.6°C | 595 mm | 1,798 |
Where Milly-la-Forêt’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Courdimanche, 7.2 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, Melun, 28 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 Essonne.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Milly-la-Forêt’s climate
How warm does Milly-la-Forêt get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.3°C. About 58 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 56% of mainland French towns, and about 15 reach 30°C.
How cold does Milly-la-Forêt get in winter?
February nights average 1.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 57 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Milly-la-Forêt get?
About 595 mm a year, less than 96% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (62 mm) and February the driest (42 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Melun (28 km away), averages 1,798 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Milly-la-Forêt itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Milly-la-Forêt, Courdimanche, 7.2 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 COURDIMANCHE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Milly-la-Forêt →
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