Hardly any mainland French towns collect less rain than Dancy: 592 mm a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.8°C. About 49 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 69% of mainland French towns. Expect the heaviest rain in December and the lightest in September. Windscreens need scraping on about 49 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Pré-Saint-Évroult station, 3.1 km north.
A year in Dancy at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Pré-Saint-Évroult station.
What a year in Dancy feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pré-Saint-Évroult.
About 592 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and September the driest. About 15 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 29th wettest of 33 towns of 2,500+ in Eure-et-Loir.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Chateaudun
49 frosts and 52 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 52 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pré-Saint-Évroult: 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 Pré-Saint-Évroult
Pré-Saint-Évroult is 3.1 km north of Dancy. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Dancy itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Pré-Saint-Évroult (28305001) |
| Distance from the town | 3.1 km north |
| Station altitude | 129 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 132 m |
| Period | 1995–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Chateaudun, 12 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 Dancy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dancy | Pré-Saint-Évroult | 25.8°C | 1.5°C | 592 mm |
| Bonneval 6.1 km | same station | 25.8°C about the same | 1.5°C about the same | 592 mm |
| Châteaudun 13 km | Chateaudun | 25.8°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 603 mm |
| Les Villages Vovéens 17 km | Viabon | 26.2°C about the same | 1.7°C about the same | 601 mm |
| Brou 23 km | Blandainville | 25.4°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 626 mm |
| Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières 23 km | Chateaudun | 25.8°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 603 mm |
| Illiers-Combray 23 km | Blandainville | 25.4°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 626 mm |
Dancy weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Pré-Saint-Évroult station; sunshine at Chateaudun.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C | 1.5°C | 4.1°C | 46 mm | 65 |
| February | 8.3°C | 1.3°C | 4.8°C | 42 mm | 92 |
| March | 12.2°C | 2.9°C | 7.5°C | 44 mm | 144 |
| April | 15.8°C | 4.5°C | 10.1°C | 44 mm | 189 |
| May | 19.1°C | 8.0°C | 13.6°C | 55 mm | 216 |
| June | 23.0°C | 11.1°C | 17.0°C | 52 mm | 226 |
| July | 25.8°C | 12.7°C | 19.2°C | 51 mm | 238 |
| August | 25.7°C | 12.7°C | 19.2°C | 47 mm | 233 |
| September | 21.8°C | 9.9°C | 15.9°C | 39 mm | 187 |
| October | 16.6°C | 7.8°C | 12.2°C | 56 mm | 121 |
| November | 10.7°C | 4.2°C | 7.4°C | 56 mm | 73 |
| December | 7.3°C | 2.0°C | 4.6°C | 61 mm | 63 |
| Year | 16.1°C | 6.5°C | 11.3°C | 592 mm | 1,846 |
Where Dancy’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Pré-Saint-Évroult, 3.1 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1995–2020, 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, Chateaudun, 12 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 Dancy’s climate
How warm does Dancy get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.8°C. About 52 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 66% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Dancy 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 Dancy get?
About 592 mm a year, less than 96% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (61 mm) and September the driest (39 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chateaudun (12 km away), averages 1,846 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Dancy itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Dancy, Pré-Saint-Évroult, 3.1 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 PRE-ST-EVROULT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Dancy →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.