Hardly any mainland French towns collect less rain than Crécy-Couvé: 572 mm a year
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.5°C. Only 24°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. By warm days alone, it ranks cooler than 72% of mainland French towns. The outdoor season runs from June to September, with highs of 21–26°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Marville station, 7 km east.
A year in Crécy-Couvé at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Marville station.
What a year in Crécy-Couvé feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Marville.
About 572 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and September the driest. About 14 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 30th wettest of 33 towns of 2,500+ in Eure-et-Loir.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Chartres
49 frosts and 48 days of 25°C a year
On about 49 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 48 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Marville: 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 Marville
Marville is 7 km east of Crécy-Couvé. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Crécy-Couvé itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Marville (28239002) |
| Distance from the town | 7 km east |
| Station altitude | 153 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 165 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Chartres, 29 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 Crécy-Couvé 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 Eure-et-Loir.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crécy-Couvé | Marville | 25.5°C | 1.6°C | 572 mm |
| Vernouillet 7.8 km | same station | 25.5°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 572 mm |
| Dreux 9.8 km | same station | 25.5°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 572 mm |
| Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre 10 km | same station | 25.5°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 572 mm |
| Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais 10 km | Thimert | 26.0°C 0.5°C warmer | 1.7°C about the same | 635 mm |
| Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets 12 km | same station | 25.5°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 572 mm |
| Nogent-le-Roi 18 km | Houx | 25.7°C about the same | 1.2°C about the same | 622 mm |
Crécy-Couvé weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Marville station; sunshine at Chartres.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C | 1.6°C | 4.1°C | 46 mm | 64 |
| February | 7.9°C | 1.3°C | 4.6°C | 41 mm | 88 |
| March | 11.8°C | 3.0°C | 7.4°C | 42 mm | 140 |
| April | 15.3°C | 4.4°C | 9.8°C | 40 mm | 184 |
| May | 18.9°C | 7.5°C | 13.2°C | 61 mm | 209 |
| June | 22.6°C | 10.5°C | 16.6°C | 52 mm | 222 |
| July | 25.5°C | 12.5°C | 19.0°C | 48 mm | 230 |
| August | 25.4°C | 12.6°C | 19.0°C | 46 mm | 220 |
| September | 21.2°C | 10.1°C | 15.7°C | 40 mm | 181 |
| October | 15.9°C | 7.8°C | 11.8°C | 52 mm | 118 |
| November | 10.4°C | 4.4°C | 7.4°C | 48 mm | 72 |
| December | 7.1°C | 2.0°C | 4.5°C | 56 mm | 60 |
| Year | 15.7°C | 6.5°C | 11.1°C | 572 mm | 1,787 |
Where Crécy-Couvé’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Marville, 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, Chartres, 29 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 Eure-et-Loir.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Crécy-Couvé’s climate
How warm does Crécy-Couvé get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.5°C. About 48 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 72% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Crécy-Couvé get in winter?
February nights average 1.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 49 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Crécy-Couvé get?
About 572 mm a year, less than 98% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (61 mm) and September the driest (40 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chartres (29 km away), averages 1,787 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Crécy-Couvé itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Crécy-Couvé, Marville, 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 MARVILLE_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Crécy-Couvé →
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