Benais is drier than 86% of mainland French towns: 638 mm of rain a year
January mornings start at about 2.8°C. Wet weather is most frequent in November and least in August. None of the 47 towns of 2,500+ in Indre-et-Loire has milder January nights. Homes need heating from November to March, the months averaging under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Savigny - Véron station, 9.3 km south-west.
A year in Benais at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Savigny - Véron station.
What a year in Benais feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Savigny - Véron.
About 638 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and August the driest. About 17 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 46th wettest of 47 towns of 2,500+ in Indre-et-Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Loudun
38 frosts and 66 days of 25°C a year
On about 38 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 66 days a year reach 25°C, and 19 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Savigny - Véron: 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 Savigny - Véron
Savigny - Véron is 9.3 km south-west of Benais. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Benais itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Savigny - Véron (37242002) |
| Distance from the town | 9.3 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 33 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 57 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 7.8 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Loudun, 31 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 Benais 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benais | Savigny - Véron | 26.5°C | 2.8°C | 638 mm |
| Bourgueil 3.2 km | same station | 26.5°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 638 mm |
| Beaumont-en-Véron 11 km | same station | 26.5°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 638 mm |
| Langeais 14 km | Lignières-de-T. | 26.0°C 0.5°C cooler | 1.8°C 1°C colder | 700 mm |
| Allonnes 14 km | same station | 26.5°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 638 mm |
| Chinon 15 km | Chinon - Viti | 26.9°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 672 mm |
| Cinq-Mars-la-Pile 19 km | Lignières-de-T. | 26.0°C 0.5°C cooler | 1.8°C 1°C colder | 700 mm |
Benais weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Savigny - Véron station; sunshine at Loudun.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C | 2.8°C | 5.7°C | 58 mm | 70 |
| February | 9.9°C | 2.4°C | 6.2°C | 45 mm | 105 |
| March | 13.8°C | 4.2°C | 9.0°C | 46 mm | 156 |
| April | 17.0°C | 6.1°C | 11.6°C | 52 mm | 198 |
| May | 20.6°C | 9.6°C | 15.1°C | 52 mm | 229 |
| June | 24.4°C | 12.6°C | 18.5°C | 46 mm | 247 |
| July | 26.5°C | 14.0°C | 20.3°C | 49 mm | 260 |
| August | 26.6°C | 13.8°C | 20.2°C | 44 mm | 237 |
| September | 22.8°C | 10.7°C | 16.7°C | 50 mm | 206 |
| October | 17.7°C | 8.7°C | 13.2°C | 64 mm | 130 |
| November | 12.3°C | 5.2°C | 8.8°C | 67 mm | 87 |
| December | 9.0°C | 3.1°C | 6.1°C | 65 mm | 78 |
| Year | 17.4°C | 7.8°C | 12.6°C | 638 mm | 2,003 |
Where Benais’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Savigny - Véron, 9.3 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, Loudun, 31 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 Benais’s climate
How warm does Benais get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.6°C. About 66 days a year reach 25°C, more than 56% of mainland French towns, and about 19 reach 30°C.
How cold does Benais get in winter?
February nights average 2.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 38 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Benais get?
About 638 mm a year, less than 86% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (67 mm) and August the driest (44 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Loudun (31 km away), averages 2,003 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Benais itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Benais, Savigny - Véron, 9.3 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 SAVIGNY - VERON, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Benais →
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