No extremes in Les Préaux: its weather tracks the middle of mainland French towns
A typical July afternoon reaches 25.0°C, a January night drops to 1.7°C, and 792 mm of rain falls in a year. A year here swings 24°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 72% of mainland French towns. Windscreens need scraping on about 52 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Brionne station, 23 km south-east.
A year in Les Préaux at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Brionne station.
What a year in Les Préaux feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Brionne.
About 792 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 12th wettest of 39 towns of 2,500+ in Eure.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Saint-Gatien des B
A frosty town: 52 frosts and 50 days of 25°C a year
On about 52 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 50 days a year reach 25°C, and 12 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Brionne: 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 Brionne
Brionne is 23 km south-east of Les Préaux. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Les Préaux itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Brionne (27116001) |
| Distance from the town | 23 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 59 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 101 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 7.6 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Saint-Gatien des B, 23 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 Les Préaux 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Préaux | Brionne | 25.0°C | 1.7°C | 792 mm |
| Pont-Audemer 4 km | Jumièges | 25.2°C about the same | 2.7°C 1°C milder | 844 mm |
| Beuzeville 10 km | Saint-Gatien des B | 21.6°C 3.4°C cooler | 2.5°C 0.8°C milder | 920 mm |
| La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur 18 km | Saint-Gatien des B | 21.6°C 3.4°C cooler | 2.5°C 0.8°C milder | 920 mm |
| Honfleur 20 km | Saint-Gatien des B | 21.6°C 3.4°C cooler | 2.5°C 0.8°C milder | 920 mm |
| Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine 20 km | Jumièges | 25.2°C about the same | 2.7°C 1°C milder | 844 mm |
| Pont-l'Évêque 22 km | Lisieux | 24.3°C 0.7°C cooler | 2.4°C 0.7°C milder | 881 mm |
Les Préaux weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Brionne station; sunshine at Saint-Gatien des B.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C | 1.7°C | 4.8°C | 72 mm | 67 |
| February | 9.2°C | 1.5°C | 5.4°C | 60 mm | 81 |
| March | 12.6°C | 3.1°C | 7.8°C | 58 mm | 128 |
| April | 16.0°C | 4.6°C | 10.3°C | 54 mm | 178 |
| May | 19.6°C | 8.0°C | 13.8°C | 62 mm | 190 |
| June | 23.0°C | 11.2°C | 17.1°C | 55 mm | 203 |
| July | 25.0°C | 12.8°C | 18.9°C | 60 mm | 205 |
| August | 24.9°C | 12.7°C | 18.8°C | 63 mm | 196 |
| September | 21.7°C | 9.8°C | 15.7°C | 61 mm | 160 |
| October | 16.6°C | 7.6°C | 12.1°C | 75 mm | 113 |
| November | 11.4°C | 4.2°C | 7.8°C | 79 mm | 71 |
| December | 8.2°C | 2.0°C | 5.1°C | 95 mm | 58 |
| Year | 16.3°C | 6.6°C | 11.5°C | 792 mm | 1,651 |
Where Les Préaux’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Brionne, 23 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, Saint-Gatien des B, 23 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 Les Préaux’s climate
How warm does Les Préaux get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.0°C. About 50 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 68% of mainland French towns, and about 12 reach 30°C.
How cold does Les Préaux get in winter?
February nights average 1.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 52 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Les Préaux get?
About 792 mm a year, more than 58% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (95 mm) and April the driest (54 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Saint-Gatien des B (23 km away), averages 1,651 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Les Préaux itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Les Préaux, Brionne, 23 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 BRIONNE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Les Préaux →
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