Weather without surprises: Azay-le-Rideau keeps close to the norm for mainland French towns
July afternoons reach 26.6°C on a typical day and January nights drop to 2.2°C; 779 mm of rain falls in a year. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 64% of mainland French towns. A year here swings 25°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Expect about 47 frosty starts a year, nights when the air falls below freezing.
Figures from Météo-France’s Cheillé station, 4.4 km west.
A year in Azay-le-Rideau at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Cheillé station.
What a year in Azay-le-Rideau feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cheillé.
About 779 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 23 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 47 towns of 2,500+ in Indre-et-Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Tours
47 frosts and 67 days of 25°C a year
On about 47 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 67 days a year reach 25°C, and 18 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cheillé: 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 Cheillé
Cheillé is 4.4 km west of Azay-le-Rideau. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Azay-le-Rideau itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Cheillé (37067003) |
| Distance from the town | 4.4 km west |
| Station altitude | 60 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 89 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Tours, 28 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 Azay-le-Rideau 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 Indre-et-Loire.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azay-le-Rideau | Cheillé | 26.6°C | 2.2°C | 779 mm |
| Langeais 9.1 km | Lignières-de-T. | 26.0°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.8°C about the same | 700 mm |
| Cinq-Mars-la-Pile 9.6 km | Lignières-de-T. | 26.0°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.8°C about the same | 700 mm |
| Artannes-sur-Indre 10 km | same station | 26.6°C about the same | 2.2°C about the same | 779 mm |
| Savonnières 11 km | Fondettes | 25.9°C 0.7°C cooler | 2.0°C about the same | 726 mm |
| Monts 14 km | same station | 26.6°C about the same | 2.2°C about the same | 779 mm |
| Ballan-Miré 14 km | Fondettes | 25.9°C 0.7°C cooler | 2.0°C about the same | 726 mm |
Azay-le-Rideau weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Cheillé station; sunshine at Tours.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C | 2.2°C | 5.3°C | 73 mm | 68 |
| February | 9.9°C | 1.9°C | 5.9°C | 60 mm | 95 |
| March | 13.6°C | 3.4°C | 8.5°C | 57 mm | 149 |
| April | 17.0°C | 5.5°C | 11.2°C | 61 mm | 187 |
| May | 20.7°C | 9.0°C | 14.9°C | 68 mm | 214 |
| June | 24.4°C | 12.2°C | 18.3°C | 56 mm | 229 |
| July | 26.6°C | 13.8°C | 20.2°C | 50 mm | 247 |
| August | 26.6°C | 13.5°C | 20.1°C | 55 mm | 238 |
| September | 22.6°C | 10.4°C | 16.5°C | 56 mm | 191 |
| October | 17.6°C | 8.4°C | 13.0°C | 77 mm | 123 |
| November | 12.0°C | 4.8°C | 8.4°C | 78 mm | 79 |
| December | 8.8°C | 2.6°C | 5.7°C | 87 mm | 65 |
| Year | 17.3°C | 7.3°C | 12.3°C | 779 mm | 1,885 |
Where Azay-le-Rideau’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Cheillé, 4.4 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1992–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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, Tours, 28 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 Indre-et-Loire.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Azay-le-Rideau’s climate
How warm does Azay-le-Rideau get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.6°C. About 67 days a year reach 25°C, more than 58% of mainland French towns, and about 18 reach 30°C.
How cold does Azay-le-Rideau get in winter?
February nights average 1.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 47 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Azay-le-Rideau get?
About 779 mm a year, more than 55% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (87 mm) and July the driest (50 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Tours (28 km away), averages 1,885 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Azay-le-Rideau itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Azay-le-Rideau, Cheillé, 4.4 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 CHEILLE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Azay-le-Rideau →
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