Frost comes to Rugles more often than to 85% of mainland French towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.2°C. By warm days alone, it ranks cooler than 69% of mainland French towns. A year here swings 25°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. An umbrella earns its place on about 125 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Les Bottereaux station, 6.5 km north.
A year in Rugles at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Les Bottereaux station.
What a year in Rugles feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Les Bottereaux.
About 737 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 19 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 20th 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: 64 frosts and 49 days of 25°C a year
On about 64 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 49 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Les Bottereaux: 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 Les Bottereaux
Les Bottereaux is 6.5 km north of Rugles. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Rugles itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Les Bottereaux (27096001) |
| Distance from the town | 6.5 km north |
| Station altitude | 212 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 197 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Evreux-Huest, 44 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 Rugles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rugles | Les Bottereaux | 25.2°C | 0.9°C | 737 mm |
| L'Aigle 8.8 km | L'Aigle | 23.6°C 1.6°C cooler | 1.4°C about the same | 730 mm |
| Breteuil 15 km | Breteuil | 25.2°C about the same | 1.2°C about the same | 698 mm |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 15 km | L'Aigle | 23.6°C 1.6°C cooler | 1.4°C about the same | 730 mm |
| Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton 17 km | Rueil | 25.2°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 663 mm |
| Mesnil-en-Ouche 19 km | same station | 25.2°C about the same | 0.9°C about the same | 737 mm |
| Conches-en-Ouche 23 km | Breteuil | 25.2°C about the same | 1.2°C about the same | 698 mm |
Rugles weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Les Bottereaux station; sunshine at Evreux-Huest.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C | 0.9°C | 4.0°C | 67 mm | 64 |
| February | 8.3°C | 0.6°C | 4.5°C | 59 mm | 80 |
| March | 12.1°C | 2.1°C | 7.1°C | 55 mm | 128 |
| April | 15.8°C | 3.4°C | 9.6°C | 48 mm | 173 |
| May | 19.3°C | 6.8°C | 13.0°C | 62 mm | 194 |
| June | 22.8°C | 9.9°C | 16.3°C | 59 mm | 208 |
| July | 25.2°C | 11.7°C | 18.5°C | 58 mm | 214 |
| August | 25.3°C | 11.6°C | 18.4°C | 52 mm | 206 |
| September | 21.2°C | 8.9°C | 15.0°C | 53 mm | 170 |
| October | 15.7°C | 6.8°C | 11.2°C | 69 mm | 120 |
| November | 10.5°C | 3.6°C | 7.1°C | 72 mm | 72 |
| December | 7.5°C | 1.2°C | 4.4°C | 83 mm | 62 |
| Year | 15.9°C | 5.6°C | 10.8°C | 737 mm | 1,690 |
Where Rugles’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Les Bottereaux, 6.5 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, 44 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 Rugles’s climate
How warm does Rugles get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.3°C. About 49 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 69% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Rugles get in winter?
February nights average 0.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 64 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Rugles get?
About 737 mm a year, less than 57% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (83 mm) and April the driest (48 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Evreux-Huest (44 km away), averages 1,690 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Rugles itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Rugles, Les Bottereaux, 6.5 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 LES BOTTEREAUX, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Rugles →
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