Less rain falls on Dolus-le-Sec than on 78% of mainland French towns: 669 mm a year
Deep winter brings January lows near 1.9°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs hotter than 65% of mainland French towns. Temperatures cover 25°C across the year, low to high. From May to October, highs of 18–27°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Reignac station, 6 km north.
A year in Dolus-le-Sec at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Reignac station.
What a year in Dolus-le-Sec feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Reignac.
About 669 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and March the driest. About 18 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 39th 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 19 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Reignac: 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 Reignac
Reignac is 6 km north of Dolus-le-Sec. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Dolus-le-Sec itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Reignac (37192001) |
| Distance from the town | 6 km north |
| Station altitude | 90 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 108 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Tours, 33 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 Dolus-le-Sec 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolus-le-Sec | Reignac | 26.8°C | 1.9°C | 669 mm |
| Loches 8.8 km | Perrusson | 26.8°C about the same | 2.2°C about the same | 730 mm |
| Saint-Branchs 12 km | same station | 26.8°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 669 mm |
| Esvres 16 km | same station | 26.8°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 669 mm |
| Sorigny 17 km | Saint-Épain | 26.1°C 0.7°C cooler | 2.4°C 0.5°C milder | 746 mm |
| Athée-sur-Cher 17 km | Sublaines | 25.8°C 1°C cooler | 2.2°C about the same | 647 mm |
| Veigné 19 km | same station | 26.8°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 669 mm |
Dolus-le-Sec weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Reignac station; sunshine at Tours.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C | 1.9°C | 4.9°C | 58 mm | 68 |
| February | 9.4°C | 1.7°C | 5.6°C | 47 mm | 95 |
| March | 13.4°C | 3.3°C | 8.4°C | 45 mm | 149 |
| April | 16.7°C | 5.0°C | 10.9°C | 51 mm | 187 |
| May | 20.5°C | 8.5°C | 14.5°C | 61 mm | 214 |
| June | 24.4°C | 11.6°C | 18.0°C | 51 mm | 229 |
| July | 26.8°C | 13.3°C | 20.0°C | 48 mm | 247 |
| August | 26.7°C | 13.2°C | 20.0°C | 51 mm | 238 |
| September | 22.6°C | 10.2°C | 16.4°C | 54 mm | 191 |
| October | 17.5°C | 8.3°C | 12.9°C | 65 mm | 123 |
| November | 11.7°C | 4.7°C | 8.2°C | 66 mm | 79 |
| December | 8.3°C | 2.4°C | 5.4°C | 71 mm | 65 |
| Year | 17.2°C | 7.0°C | 12.1°C | 669 mm | 1,885 |
Where Dolus-le-Sec’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Reignac, 6 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, 33 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 Dolus-le-Sec’s climate
How warm does Dolus-le-Sec get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.8°C. About 67 days a year reach 25°C, more than 59% of mainland French towns, and about 19 reach 30°C.
How cold does Dolus-le-Sec get in winter?
February nights average 1.7°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 Dolus-le-Sec get?
About 669 mm a year, less than 78% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (71 mm) and March the driest (45 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Tours (33 km away), averages 1,885 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Dolus-le-Sec itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Dolus-le-Sec, Reignac, 6 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 REIGNAC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Dolus-le-Sec →
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