Weather without surprises: Saint-Aubin keeps close to the norm for mainland French towns
January nights average 1.5°C, July afternoons 25.2°C, and a year brings 735 mm of rain. Of all months, December brings the most rain and April the least. By warm days alone, it ranks cooler than 68% of mainland French towns. From May to September, highs of 19–25°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
Figures from Météo-France’s Gometz-le-Chat. station, 4.3 km south.
A year in Saint-Aubin at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Gometz-le-Chat. station.
What a year in Saint-Aubin feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Gometz-le-Chat..
About 735 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 20 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 96 towns of 2,500+ in Essonne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Trappes
46 frosts and 50 days of 25°C a year
On about 46 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 50 days a year reach 25°C, and 12 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Gometz-le-Chat.: 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 Gometz-le-Chat.
Gometz-le-Chat. is 4.3 km south of Saint-Aubin. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Aubin itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Gometz-le-Chat. (91275001) |
| Distance from the town | 4.3 km south |
| Station altitude | 159 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 161 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Trappes, 11 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 Saint-Aubin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Aubin | Gometz-le-Chat. | 25.2°C | 1.5°C | 735 mm |
| Gif-sur-Yvette 2.6 km | same station | 25.2°C about the same | 1.5°C about the same | 735 mm |
| Bures-sur-Yvette 3 km | same station | 25.2°C about the same | 1.5°C about the same | 735 mm |
| Magny-les-Hameaux 3.6 km | Toussus-le-Noble | 25.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 677 mm |
| Saclay 3.8 km | Toussus-le-Noble | 25.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 677 mm |
| Gometz-le-Châtel 4 km | same station | 25.2°C about the same | 1.5°C about the same | 735 mm |
| Les Ulis 4.3 km | same station | 25.2°C about the same | 1.5°C about the same | 735 mm |
Saint-Aubin weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Gometz-le-Chat. station; sunshine at Trappes.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C | 1.5°C | 4.1°C | 60 mm | 57 |
| February | 7.9°C | 1.3°C | 4.6°C | 54 mm | 81 |
| March | 11.9°C | 3.4°C | 7.7°C | 54 mm | 134 |
| April | 15.6°C | 5.3°C | 10.5°C | 52 mm | 176 |
| May | 19.2°C | 8.6°C | 13.9°C | 73 mm | 202 |
| June | 22.6°C | 11.6°C | 17.1°C | 61 mm | 210 |
| July | 25.2°C | 13.4°C | 19.3°C | 61 mm | 222 |
| August | 25.2°C | 13.2°C | 19.2°C | 60 mm | 216 |
| September | 21.1°C | 10.4°C | 15.8°C | 53 mm | 177 |
| October | 15.9°C | 7.9°C | 11.9°C | 65 mm | 117 |
| November | 10.3°C | 4.4°C | 7.4°C | 67 mm | 68 |
| December | 7.1°C | 2.0°C | 4.5°C | 77 mm | 55 |
| Year | 15.7°C | 6.9°C | 11.3°C | 735 mm | 1,714 |
Where Saint-Aubin’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Gometz-le-Chat., 4.3 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, Trappes, 11 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 Saint-Aubin’s climate
How warm does Saint-Aubin get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.2°C. About 50 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 68% of mainland French towns, and about 12 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Aubin get in winter?
February nights average 1.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 46 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Aubin get?
About 735 mm a year, less than 58% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (77 mm) and April the driest (52 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Trappes (11 km away), averages 1,714 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Aubin itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Aubin, Gometz-le-Chat., 4.3 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 GOMETZ-LE-CHAT., edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Aubin →
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