Less rain falls on Bléré than on 83% of mainland French towns: 647 mm a year
Midsummer highs settle at about 25.8°C. Seasons differ by 24°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Waterproofs come out on about 109 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Sublaines station, 6.2 km south.
A year in Bléré at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Sublaines station.
What a year in Bléré feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Sublaines.
About 647 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and March the driest. About 17 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 44th wettest of 47 towns of 2,500+ in Indre-et-Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Tours
40 frosts and 56 days of 25°C a year
On about 40 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 56 days a year reach 25°C, and 14 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Sublaines: 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 Sublaines
Sublaines is 6.2 km south of Bléré. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bléré itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Sublaines (37253001) |
| Distance from the town | 6.2 km south |
| Station altitude | 111 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 77 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Tours, 24 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 Bléré 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bléré | Sublaines | 25.8°C | 2.2°C | 647 mm |
| La Croix-en-Touraine 2.6 km | Amboise - Lycee | 25.9°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 711 mm |
| Athée-sur-Cher 6.2 km | same station | 25.8°C about the same | 2.2°C about the same | 647 mm |
| Saint-Martin-le-Beau 8.2 km | Amboise - Lycee | 25.9°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 711 mm |
| Amboise 9.4 km | Amboise - Lycee | 25.9°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 711 mm |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Cher 10 km | same station | 25.8°C about the same | 2.2°C about the same | 647 mm |
| Azay-sur-Cher 12 km | Reignac | 26.8°C 1°C warmer | 1.9°C about the same | 669 mm |
Bléré weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Sublaines station; sunshine at Tours.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.6°C | 2.2°C | 4.9°C | 56 mm | 68 |
| February | 9.0°C | 2.1°C | 5.5°C | 47 mm | 95 |
| March | 12.9°C | 3.9°C | 8.4°C | 45 mm | 149 |
| April | 16.2°C | 5.8°C | 11.0°C | 48 mm | 187 |
| May | 19.8°C | 9.2°C | 14.5°C | 61 mm | 214 |
| June | 23.5°C | 12.4°C | 17.9°C | 46 mm | 229 |
| July | 25.8°C | 14.1°C | 20.0°C | 49 mm | 247 |
| August | 25.9°C | 14.0°C | 19.9°C | 49 mm | 238 |
| September | 21.9°C | 11.0°C | 16.5°C | 50 mm | 191 |
| October | 17.0°C | 8.8°C | 12.9°C | 66 mm | 123 |
| November | 11.3°C | 5.0°C | 8.1°C | 64 mm | 79 |
| December | 8.0°C | 2.6°C | 5.3°C | 66 mm | 65 |
| Year | 16.6°C | 7.6°C | 12.1°C | 647 mm | 1,885 |
Where Bléré’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Sublaines, 6.2 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, 24 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 Bléré’s climate
How warm does Bléré get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.9°C. About 56 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 58% of mainland French towns, and about 14 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bléré get in winter?
February nights average 2.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 40 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bléré get?
About 647 mm a year, less than 83% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (66 mm) and March the driest (45 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Tours (24 km away), averages 1,885 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bléré itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bléré, Sublaines, 6.2 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 SUBLAINES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bléré →
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