Dry weather: only 635 mm a year falls on Thimert-Gâtelles, less than on 88% of mainland French towns
Midwinter brings lows of about 1.7°C. Winter and summer sit 25°C apart. About 50 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 69% of mainland French towns. Windscreens need scraping on about 50 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Thimert station, 4.2 km east.
A year in Thimert-Gâtelles at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Thimert station.
What a year in Thimert-Gâtelles feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Thimert.
About 635 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 17 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 7th wettest of 33 towns of 2,500+ in Eure-et-Loir.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Chartres
50 frosts and 59 days of 25°C a year
On about 50 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 59 days a year reach 25°C, and 17 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Thimert: 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 Thimert
Thimert is 4.2 km east of Thimert-Gâtelles. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Thimert-Gâtelles itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Thimert (28386001) |
| Distance from the town | 4.2 km east |
| Station altitude | 225 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 235 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Chartres, 21 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 Thimert-Gâtelles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thimert-Gâtelles | Thimert | 26.0°C | 1.7°C | 635 mm |
| Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais 2.8 km | same station | 26.0°C about the same | 1.7°C about the same | 635 mm |
| Courville-sur-Eure 12 km | Blandainville | 25.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.6°C about the same | 626 mm |
| Senonches 16 km | Senonches | 24.7°C 1.3°C cooler | 1.1°C 0.6°C colder | 817 mm |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Eure 17 km | Chartres | 25.2°C 0.8°C cooler | 1.8°C about the same | 606 mm |
| Lèves 19 km | Chartres | 25.2°C 0.8°C cooler | 1.8°C about the same | 606 mm |
| Mainvilliers 20 km | Chartres | 25.2°C 0.8°C cooler | 1.8°C about the same | 606 mm |
Thimert-Gâtelles weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Thimert station; sunshine at Chartres.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C | 1.7°C | 4.2°C | 59 mm | 64 |
| February | 8.2°C | 1.4°C | 4.8°C | 47 mm | 88 |
| March | 12.3°C | 3.0°C | 7.7°C | 48 mm | 140 |
| April | 16.1°C | 4.5°C | 10.3°C | 45 mm | 184 |
| May | 19.7°C | 7.8°C | 13.8°C | 60 mm | 209 |
| June | 23.2°C | 10.8°C | 17.0°C | 49 mm | 222 |
| July | 26.0°C | 12.6°C | 19.3°C | 47 mm | 230 |
| August | 26.1°C | 12.8°C | 19.5°C | 46 mm | 220 |
| September | 21.8°C | 10.3°C | 16.0°C | 47 mm | 181 |
| October | 16.2°C | 8.0°C | 12.1°C | 59 mm | 118 |
| November | 10.4°C | 4.5°C | 7.5°C | 60 mm | 72 |
| December | 7.1°C | 2.1°C | 4.6°C | 70 mm | 60 |
| Year | 16.1°C | 6.6°C | 11.4°C | 635 mm | 1,787 |
Where Thimert-Gâtelles’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Thimert, 4.2 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, 21 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 Thimert-Gâtelles’s climate
How warm does Thimert-Gâtelles get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.1°C. About 59 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 52% of mainland French towns, and about 17 reach 30°C.
How cold does Thimert-Gâtelles get in winter?
February nights average 1.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 50 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Thimert-Gâtelles get?
About 635 mm a year, less than 88% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (70 mm) and April the driest (45 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chartres (21 km away), averages 1,787 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Thimert-Gâtelles itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Thimert-Gâtelles, Thimert, 4.2 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 THIMERT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Thimert-Gâtelles →
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