Weather without surprises: Ruffigné keeps close to the norm for mainland French towns
January nights average 2.8°C, July afternoons 25.4°C, and a year brings 826 mm of rain. Winter and summer sit 23°C apart. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 69% of mainland French towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from November to March, when means dip under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Soudan station, 17 km east.
A year in Ruffigné at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Soudan station.
What a year in Ruffigné feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Soudan.
About 826 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 24 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 36th wettest of 133 towns of 2,500+ in Loire-Atlantique.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Rennes-Saint-Jacques
41 frosts and 53 days of 25°C a year
On about 41 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 53 days a year reach 25°C, and 12 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Soudan: 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 Soudan
Soudan is 17 km east of Ruffigné. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Ruffigné itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Soudan (44199002) |
| Distance from the town | 17 km east |
| Station altitude | 77 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 69 m |
| Period | 1994–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Rennes-Saint-Jacques, 39 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 Ruffigné 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 Loire-Atlantique.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruffigné | Soudan | 25.4°C | 2.8°C | 826 mm |
| Châteaubriant 10 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 826 mm |
| Martigné-Ferchaud 16 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 826 mm |
| Erbray 16 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 826 mm |
| Derval 17 km | La Noë-Blanche | 25.0°C about the same | 3.2°C about the same | 781 mm |
| Bain-de-Bretagne 17 km | La Noë-Blanche | 25.0°C about the same | 3.2°C about the same | 781 mm |
| Grand-Fougeray 18 km | La Noë-Blanche | 25.0°C about the same | 3.2°C about the same | 781 mm |
Ruffigné weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Soudan station; sunshine at Rennes-Saint-Jacques.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C | 2.8°C | 5.9°C | 90 mm | 68 |
| February | 10.3°C | 2.6°C | 6.5°C | 73 mm | 93 |
| March | 13.3°C | 3.9°C | 8.6°C | 58 mm | 134 |
| April | 16.2°C | 5.3°C | 10.7°C | 59 mm | 174 |
| May | 19.6°C | 8.6°C | 14.1°C | 62 mm | 202 |
| June | 23.2°C | 11.5°C | 17.3°C | 57 mm | 213 |
| July | 25.4°C | 13.1°C | 19.2°C | 47 mm | 220 |
| August | 25.4°C | 13.0°C | 19.2°C | 49 mm | 207 |
| September | 22.3°C | 10.5°C | 16.4°C | 61 mm | 181 |
| October | 17.6°C | 8.7°C | 13.2°C | 81 mm | 117 |
| November | 12.6°C | 5.4°C | 9.0°C | 89 mm | 84 |
| December | 9.5°C | 3.1°C | 6.3°C | 100 mm | 69 |
| Year | 17.0°C | 7.4°C | 12.2°C | 826 mm | 1,762 |
Where Ruffigné’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Soudan, 17 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1994–2020, 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, Rennes-Saint-Jacques, 39 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 Loire-Atlantique.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Ruffigné’s climate
How warm does Ruffigné get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.4°C. About 53 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 64% of mainland French towns, and about 12 reach 30°C.
How cold does Ruffigné get in winter?
February nights average 2.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 41 nights a year, and about 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Ruffigné get?
About 826 mm a year, more than 67% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (100 mm) and July the driest (47 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Rennes-Saint-Jacques (39 km away), averages 1,762 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Ruffigné itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Ruffigné, Soudan, 17 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 SOUDAN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Ruffigné →
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