Rainfall in Cerelles trails that of 76% of mainland French towns: 678 mm a year
Deep winter brings January lows near 2.5°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 24°C. By January nights alone, it runs milder than 63% of mainland French towns. Expect about 36 frosty starts a year, nights when the air falls below freezing.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Tours station, 7.1 km south-east.
A year in Cerelles at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Tours station.
What a year in Cerelles feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tours.
About 678 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and August the driest. About 19 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 25th wettest of 47 towns of 2,500+ in Indre-et-Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Tours
36 frosts and 57 days of 25°C a year
On about 36 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 57 days a year reach 25°C, and 14 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tours: 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 Tours
Tours is 7.1 km south-east of Cerelles. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Cerelles itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Tours (37179001) |
| Distance from the town | 7.1 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 108 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 100 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
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 Cerelles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerelles | Tours | 25.9°C | 2.5°C | 678 mm |
| Chanceaux-sur-Choisille 3.3 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 678 mm |
| Notre-Dame-d'Oé 5.5 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 678 mm |
| Monnaie 7.9 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 678 mm |
| La Membrolle-sur-Choisille 8 km | Fondettes | 25.9°C about the same | 2.0°C 0.5°C colder | 726 mm |
| Parçay-Meslay 8.1 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 678 mm |
| Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 10 km | Fondettes | 25.9°C about the same | 2.0°C 0.5°C colder | 726 mm |
Cerelles weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Tours station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C | 2.5°C | 5.1°C | 63 mm | 68 |
| February | 9.0°C | 2.3°C | 5.6°C | 52 mm | 95 |
| March | 12.9°C | 4.3°C | 8.6°C | 49 mm | 149 |
| April | 16.0°C | 6.0°C | 11.0°C | 53 mm | 187 |
| May | 19.6°C | 9.4°C | 14.5°C | 58 mm | 214 |
| June | 23.4°C | 12.6°C | 18.0°C | 53 mm | 229 |
| July | 25.9°C | 14.4°C | 20.2°C | 47 mm | 247 |
| August | 26.0°C | 14.3°C | 20.2°C | 44 mm | 238 |
| September | 22.1°C | 11.4°C | 16.8°C | 52 mm | 191 |
| October | 17.0°C | 9.0°C | 13.0°C | 66 mm | 123 |
| November | 11.4°C | 5.3°C | 8.3°C | 69 mm | 79 |
| December | 8.1°C | 2.9°C | 5.5°C | 72 mm | 65 |
| Year | 16.6°C | 7.9°C | 12.2°C | 678 mm | 1,885 |
Where Cerelles’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Tours, 7.1 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, Tours, 7.1 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 Cerelles’s climate
How warm does Cerelles get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.0°C. About 57 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 57% of mainland French towns, and about 14 reach 30°C.
How cold does Cerelles get in winter?
February nights average 2.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 36 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Cerelles get?
About 678 mm a year, less than 76% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (72 mm) and August the driest (44 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Tours (7.1 km away), averages 1,885 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Cerelles itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Cerelles, Tours, 7.1 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 TOURS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Cerelles →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.