Frosty mornings in Bâlines outnumber those of 94% of mainland French towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 25.2°C. Seasons differ by 26°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Rain is light here, less than falls on 80% of mainland French towns. Plan for rain on about 118 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Rueil station, 3.9 km south.
A year in Bâlines at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Rueil station.
What a year in Bâlines feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Rueil.
About 663 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 16 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 25th wettest of 39 towns of 2,500+ in Eure.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Evreux-Huest
A frosty town: 79 frosts and 53 days of 25°C a year
On about 79 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 53 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Rueil: 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 Rueil
Rueil is 3.9 km south of Bâlines. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bâlines itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Rueil (28322001) |
| Distance from the town | 3.9 km south |
| Station altitude | 157 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 158 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Evreux-Huest, 36 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 Bâlines 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bâlines | Rueil | 25.2°C | 0.6°C | 663 mm |
| Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton 4.1 km | same station | 25.2°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 663 mm |
| Breteuil 11 km | Breteuil | 25.2°C about the same | 1.2°C 0.6°C milder | 698 mm |
| Mesnils-sur-Iton 14 km | Breteuil | 25.2°C about the same | 1.2°C 0.6°C milder | 698 mm |
| Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets 17 km | Marville | 25.5°C about the same | 1.6°C 1°C milder | 572 mm |
| Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre 20 km | Marville | 25.5°C about the same | 1.6°C 1°C milder | 572 mm |
| Senonches 21 km | Senonches | 24.7°C 0.5°C cooler | 1.1°C 0.5°C milder | 817 mm |
Bâlines weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Rueil station; sunshine at Evreux-Huest.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.6°C | 0.6°C | 4.1°C | 59 mm | 64 |
| February | 8.9°C | −0.1°C | 4.4°C | 50 mm | 80 |
| March | 12.5°C | 1.4°C | 7.0°C | 48 mm | 128 |
| April | 16.1°C | 2.5°C | 9.3°C | 45 mm | 173 |
| May | 19.5°C | 6.1°C | 12.8°C | 57 mm | 194 |
| June | 22.9°C | 9.2°C | 16.0°C | 54 mm | 208 |
| July | 25.2°C | 11.1°C | 18.2°C | 55 mm | 214 |
| August | 25.4°C | 11.0°C | 18.2°C | 49 mm | 206 |
| September | 21.7°C | 8.2°C | 15.0°C | 50 mm | 170 |
| October | 16.5°C | 6.3°C | 11.4°C | 63 mm | 120 |
| November | 11.2°C | 3.2°C | 7.2°C | 63 mm | 72 |
| December | 7.9°C | 1.0°C | 4.4°C | 71 mm | 62 |
| Year | 16.3°C | 5.0°C | 10.7°C | 663 mm | 1,690 |
Where Bâlines’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Rueil, 3.9 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, Evreux-Huest, 36 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.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Bâlines’s climate
How warm does Bâlines get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.4°C. About 53 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 65% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bâlines get in winter?
February nights average −0.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 79 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bâlines get?
About 663 mm a year, less than 80% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (71 mm) and April the driest (45 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Evreux-Huest (36 km away), averages 1,690 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bâlines itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bâlines, Rueil, 3.9 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 RUEIL, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bâlines →
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