Few mainland French towns get less rain than Fains: 601 mm a year
Météo-France’s Evreux-Huest station, 12 km west: about 601 mm of rain falls in a typical year; July afternoons reach 24.2°C and January nights drop to 1.6°C. Days of 25°C are scarce: about 36 a year, fewer than in 85% of mainland French towns. Rain is spread evenly through the year: the wettest month, December, gets little more than the driest, February.
A year in Fains at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Evreux-Huest station.
What a year in Fains feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Evreux-Huest.
About 601 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and February the driest. About 14 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 33rd wettest of 39 towns of 2,500+ in Eure.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Evreux-Huest
45 frosts and 36 days of 25°C a year
On about 45 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 36 days a year reach 25°C, and 8 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Evreux-Huest: 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 Evreux-Huest
Evreux-Huest is 12 km west of Fains. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Fains itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Evreux-Huest (27347001) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km west |
| Station altitude | 138 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 43 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
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 Fains 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fains | Evreux-Huest | 24.2°C | 1.6°C | 601 mm |
| Pacy-sur-Eure 2.2 km | same station | 24.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 601 mm |
| Saint-Marcel 12 km | same station | 24.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 601 mm |
| Vernon 12 km | Magnanville | 25.5°C 1.3°C warmer | 1.7°C about the same | 642 mm |
| La Chapelle-Longueville 13 km | same station | 24.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 601 mm |
| Saint-André-de-l'Eure 13 km | Guichainville | 25.1°C 0.9°C warmer | 1.3°C about the same | 660 mm |
| Ivry-la-Bataille 13 km | Bû | 25.1°C 0.9°C warmer | 1.7°C about the same | 633 mm |
Fains weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Evreux-Huest station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.0°C | 1.6°C | 4.3°C | 49 mm | 64 |
| February | 8.1°C | 1.5°C | 4.8°C | 44 mm | 80 |
| March | 11.7°C | 3.4°C | 7.5°C | 44 mm | 128 |
| April | 15.0°C | 5.1°C | 10.0°C | 44 mm | 173 |
| May | 18.3°C | 8.4°C | 13.3°C | 54 mm | 194 |
| June | 21.6°C | 11.4°C | 16.5°C | 51 mm | 208 |
| July | 24.2°C | 13.3°C | 18.8°C | 49 mm | 214 |
| August | 24.2°C | 13.3°C | 18.8°C | 45 mm | 206 |
| September | 20.7°C | 10.6°C | 15.6°C | 45 mm | 170 |
| October | 15.7°C | 8.0°C | 11.9°C | 58 mm | 120 |
| November | 10.6°C | 4.5°C | 7.6°C | 54 mm | 72 |
| December | 7.4°C | 2.0°C | 4.7°C | 65 mm | 62 |
| Year | 15.4°C | 6.9°C | 11.2°C | 601 mm | 1,690 |
Where Fains’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Evreux-Huest, 12 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, 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.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Fains’s climate
How warm does Fains get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.2°C. About 36 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 85% of mainland French towns, and about 8 reach 30°C.
How cold does Fains get in winter?
February nights average 1.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 45 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Fains get?
About 601 mm a year, less than 96% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (65 mm) and February the driest (44 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Evreux-Huest (12 km away), averages 1,690 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Fains itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Fains, Evreux-Huest, 12 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 EVREUX-HUEST, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Fains →
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