A middle-of-the-road climate: Charentilly is close to most mainland French towns on every count
July afternoons reach 25.9°C on a typical day and January nights drop to 2.0°C; 726 mm of rain falls in a year. Rain is light here, less than falls on 61% of mainland French towns. A year here swings 24°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Waterproofs come out on about 114 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Fondettes station, 4.9 km south.
A year in Charentilly at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Fondettes station.
What a year in Charentilly feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Fondettes.
About 726 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 8th wettest of 47 towns of 2,500+ in Indre-et-Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Tours
45 frosts and 57 days of 25°C a year
On about 45 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 15 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Fondettes: 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 Fondettes
Fondettes is 4.9 km south of Charentilly. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Charentilly itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Fondettes (37109001) |
| Distance from the town | 4.9 km south |
| Station altitude | 93 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 90 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Tours, 9.5 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 Charentilly 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charentilly | Fondettes | 25.9°C | 2.0°C | 726 mm |
| La Membrolle-sur-Choisille 3.7 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 726 mm |
| Chanceaux-sur-Choisille 7 km | Tours | 25.9°C about the same | 2.5°C 0.5°C milder | 678 mm |
| Fondettes 7.4 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 726 mm |
| Notre-Dame-d'Oé 7.6 km | Tours | 25.9°C about the same | 2.5°C 0.5°C milder | 678 mm |
| Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 7.8 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 726 mm |
| Luynes 9.4 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 726 mm |
Charentilly weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Fondettes station; sunshine at Tours.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C | 2.0°C | 4.9°C | 68 mm | 68 |
| February | 9.2°C | 1.8°C | 5.5°C | 58 mm | 95 |
| March | 12.9°C | 3.4°C | 8.2°C | 54 mm | 149 |
| April | 16.2°C | 5.3°C | 10.7°C | 57 mm | 187 |
| May | 19.9°C | 8.8°C | 14.4°C | 62 mm | 214 |
| June | 23.6°C | 12.0°C | 17.8°C | 53 mm | 229 |
| July | 25.9°C | 13.5°C | 19.7°C | 47 mm | 247 |
| August | 25.9°C | 13.3°C | 19.6°C | 47 mm | 238 |
| September | 22.1°C | 10.3°C | 16.2°C | 53 mm | 191 |
| October | 17.0°C | 8.3°C | 12.7°C | 70 mm | 123 |
| November | 11.5°C | 4.7°C | 8.1°C | 76 mm | 79 |
| December | 8.3°C | 2.4°C | 5.3°C | 80 mm | 65 |
| Year | 16.7°C | 7.2°C | 11.9°C | 726 mm | 1,885 |
Where Charentilly’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Fondettes, 4.9 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, 9.5 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 Charentilly’s climate
How warm does Charentilly get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.9°C. About 57 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 58% of mainland French towns, and about 15 reach 30°C.
How cold does Charentilly get in winter?
February nights average 1.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 45 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Charentilly get?
About 726 mm a year, less than 61% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (80 mm) and July the driest (47 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Tours (9.5 km away), averages 1,885 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Charentilly itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Charentilly, Fondettes, 4.9 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 FONDETTES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Charentilly →
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