Frost comes to Pecqueuse more often than to 73% of mainland French towns
Météo-France’s Choisel station, 5.8 km north-west: January nights average 1.3°C, July afternoons 25.1°C, and a year brings 709 mm of rain. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 70% of mainland French towns. It is a dry place: less rain falls here than on 66% of mainland French towns.
A year in Pecqueuse at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Choisel station.
What a year in Pecqueuse feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Choisel.
About 709 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 20 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 9th wettest of 96 towns of 2,500+ in Essonne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Trappes
A frosty town: 53 frosts and 49 days of 25°C a year
On about 53 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 49 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Choisel: 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 Choisel
Choisel is 5.8 km north-west of Pecqueuse. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Pecqueuse itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Choisel (78162001) |
| Distance from the town | 5.8 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 176 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 173 m |
| Period | 1991–2019 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Trappes, 15 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 Pecqueuse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pecqueuse | Choisel | 25.1°C | 1.3°C | 709 mm |
| Limours 1.8 km | Gometz-le-Chat. | 25.2°C about the same | 1.5°C about the same | 735 mm |
| Forges-les-Bains 3.1 km | Fontenay-lès-B. | 26.1°C 1°C warmer | 1.5°C about the same | 696 mm |
| Briis-sous-Forges 6 km | Fontenay-lès-B. | 26.1°C 1°C warmer | 1.5°C about the same | 696 mm |
| Chevreuse 7.2 km | same station | 25.1°C about the same | 1.3°C about the same | 709 mm |
| Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse 7.4 km | Toussus-le-Noble | 25.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 677 mm |
| Gif-sur-Yvette 7.7 km | Gometz-le-Chat. | 25.2°C about the same | 1.5°C about the same | 735 mm |
Pecqueuse weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Choisel station; sunshine at Trappes.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C | 1.3°C | 4.0°C | 61 mm | 57 |
| February | 7.7°C | 1.0°C | 4.4°C | 52 mm | 81 |
| March | 11.9°C | 3.1°C | 7.5°C | 52 mm | 134 |
| April | 15.3°C | 5.0°C | 10.1°C | 49 mm | 176 |
| May | 19.2°C | 8.4°C | 13.8°C | 68 mm | 202 |
| June | 22.6°C | 11.4°C | 17.0°C | 62 mm | 210 |
| July | 25.1°C | 13.2°C | 19.2°C | 52 mm | 222 |
| August | 25.0°C | 13.0°C | 19.0°C | 56 mm | 216 |
| September | 20.8°C | 10.1°C | 15.4°C | 52 mm | 177 |
| October | 15.8°C | 7.4°C | 11.6°C | 66 mm | 117 |
| November | 10.4°C | 4.1°C | 7.2°C | 65 mm | 68 |
| December | 6.9°C | 1.6°C | 4.2°C | 76 mm | 55 |
| Year | 15.6°C | 6.6°C | 11.1°C | 709 mm | 1,714 |
Where Pecqueuse’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Choisel, 5.8 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1991–2019, 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, Trappes, 15 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 Pecqueuse’s climate
How warm does Pecqueuse get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.1°C. About 49 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 70% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Pecqueuse get in winter?
February nights average 1.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 53 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Pecqueuse get?
About 709 mm a year, less than 66% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (76 mm) and April the driest (49 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Trappes (15 km away), averages 1,714 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Pecqueuse itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Pecqueuse, Choisel, 5.8 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 CHOISEL, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Pecqueuse →
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