Rainfall in Villiers-le-Bâcle trails that of 76% of mainland French towns: 677 mm a year
January nights here settle around 1.6°C. By warm days alone, it ranks cooler than 71% of mainland French towns. Of all months, May brings the most rain and February the least. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 46 nights a year below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Toussus-le-Noble station, 2.7 km north.
A year in Villiers-le-Bâcle at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Toussus-le-Noble station.
What a year in Villiers-le-Bâcle feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Toussus-le-Noble.
About 677 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 18 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 23rd wettest of 96 towns of 2,500+ in Essonne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Trappes
46 frosts and 49 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 49 days a year reach 25°C, and 11 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Toussus-le-Noble: 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 Toussus-le-Noble
Toussus-le-Noble is 2.7 km north of Villiers-le-Bâcle. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Villiers-le-Bâcle itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Toussus-le-Noble (78620001) |
| Distance from the town | 2.7 km north |
| Station altitude | 154 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 145 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Trappes, 9.6 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 Villiers-le-Bâcle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villiers-le-Bâcle | Toussus-le-Noble | 25.2°C | 1.6°C | 677 mm |
| Magny-les-Hameaux 2.2 km | same station | 25.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 677 mm |
| Gif-sur-Yvette 3.6 km | Gometz-le-Chat. | 25.2°C about the same | 1.5°C about the same | 735 mm |
| Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse 3.9 km | same station | 25.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 677 mm |
| Saclay 4.2 km | same station | 25.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 677 mm |
| Bures-sur-Yvette 4.7 km | Gometz-le-Chat. | 25.2°C about the same | 1.5°C about the same | 735 mm |
| Buc 5.5 km | same station | 25.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 677 mm |
Villiers-le-Bâcle weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Toussus-le-Noble station; sunshine at Trappes.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C | 1.6°C | 4.2°C | 55 mm | 57 |
| February | 8.0°C | 1.4°C | 4.7°C | 47 mm | 81 |
| March | 12.1°C | 3.5°C | 7.8°C | 50 mm | 134 |
| April | 15.8°C | 5.5°C | 10.6°C | 50 mm | 176 |
| May | 19.3°C | 8.9°C | 14.1°C | 68 mm | 202 |
| June | 22.8°C | 12.1°C | 17.4°C | 55 mm | 210 |
| July | 25.2°C | 13.9°C | 19.6°C | 53 mm | 222 |
| August | 25.2°C | 13.6°C | 19.4°C | 58 mm | 216 |
| September | 21.0°C | 10.6°C | 15.8°C | 52 mm | 177 |
| October | 15.9°C | 8.0°C | 11.9°C | 61 mm | 117 |
| November | 10.4°C | 4.5°C | 7.4°C | 61 mm | 68 |
| December | 7.1°C | 2.1°C | 4.6°C | 66 mm | 55 |
| Year | 15.8°C | 7.1°C | 11.5°C | 677 mm | 1,714 |
Where Villiers-le-Bâcle’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Toussus-le-Noble, 2.7 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, 9.6 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 Villiers-le-Bâcle’s climate
How warm does Villiers-le-Bâcle get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.2°C. About 49 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 71% of mainland French towns, and about 11 reach 30°C.
How cold does Villiers-le-Bâcle get in winter?
February nights average 1.4°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 Villiers-le-Bâcle get?
About 677 mm a year, less than 76% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (68 mm) and February the driest (47 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Trappes (9.6 km away), averages 1,714 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Villiers-le-Bâcle itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Villiers-le-Bâcle, Toussus-le-Noble, 2.7 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 TOUSSUS LE NOBLE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Villiers-le-Bâcle →
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