Garnay is among the driest of mainland French towns: 572 mm of rain a year
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 25.5°C. By warm days alone, it ranks cooler than 72% of mainland French towns. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 24°C. Radiators earn their keep from November to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Marville station, 6.2 km south.
A year in Garnay at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Marville station.
What a year in Garnay 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 6.2 km south of Garnay. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Garnay itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Marville (28239002) |
| Distance from the town | 6.2 km south |
| Station altitude | 153 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 97 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Chartres, 30 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 Garnay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garnay | Marville | 25.5°C | 1.6°C | 572 mm |
| Vernouillet 2.3 km | same station | 25.5°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 572 mm |
| Dreux 4.1 km | same station | 25.5°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 572 mm |
| Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre 9.4 km | same station | 25.5°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 572 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 15 km | Houx | 25.7°C about the same | 1.2°C about the same | 622 mm |
| Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais 16 km | Thimert | 26.0°C 0.5°C warmer | 1.7°C about the same | 635 mm |
Garnay 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 Garnay’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Marville, 6.2 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, 30 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 Garnay’s climate
How warm does Garnay 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 Garnay 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 Garnay 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 (30 km away), averages 1,787 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Garnay itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Garnay, Marville, 6.2 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 Garnay →
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