Boulay-les-Barres is drier than 88% of mainland French towns: 636 mm of rain a year
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.8°C. About 49 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 68% of mainland French towns. Of all months, May brings the most rain and March the least. Keep the boiler serviced for the months from November to March, which average under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Orleans station, 1.6 km north-west.
A year in Boulay-les-Barres at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Orleans station.
What a year in Boulay-les-Barres feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Orleans.
About 636 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and March the driest. About 17 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 50th wettest of 53 towns of 2,500+ in Loiret.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Orleans
49 frosts and 54 days of 25°C a year
On about 49 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 54 days a year reach 25°C, and 14 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Orleans: 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 Orleans
Orleans is 1.6 km north-west of Boulay-les-Barres. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Boulay-les-Barres itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Orleans (45055001) |
| Distance from the town | 1.6 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 123 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 125 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 Boulay-les-Barres 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 Loiret.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulay-les-Barres | Orleans | 25.8°C | 1.7°C | 636 mm |
| Ormes 4.6 km | same station | 25.8°C about the same | 1.7°C about the same | 636 mm |
| Ingré 7.1 km | Fleury-les-Aub. | 26.0°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 729 mm |
| Saran 8.3 km | Fleury-les-Aub. | 26.0°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 729 mm |
| Chevilly 9.3 km | Trinay | 25.7°C about the same | 1.5°C about the same | 645 mm |
| Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle 9.7 km | Fleury-les-Aub. | 26.0°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 729 mm |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin 10 km | Fleury-les-Aub. | 26.0°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 729 mm |
Boulay-les-Barres weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Orleans station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C | 1.7°C | 4.4°C | 48 mm | 64 |
| February | 8.5°C | 1.3°C | 4.9°C | 45 mm | 91 |
| March | 12.6°C | 3.3°C | 7.9°C | 44 mm | 146 |
| April | 16.0°C | 5.2°C | 10.6°C | 47 mm | 186 |
| May | 19.6°C | 8.8°C | 14.2°C | 63 mm | 215 |
| June | 23.1°C | 11.8°C | 17.5°C | 51 mm | 220 |
| July | 25.8°C | 13.6°C | 19.7°C | 57 mm | 232 |
| August | 25.8°C | 13.6°C | 19.7°C | 51 mm | 229 |
| September | 21.7°C | 10.5°C | 16.1°C | 51 mm | 185 |
| October | 16.5°C | 8.2°C | 12.4°C | 59 mm | 121 |
| November | 10.9°C | 4.5°C | 7.7°C | 60 mm | 74 |
| December | 7.5°C | 2.1°C | 4.8°C | 59 mm | 61 |
| Year | 16.3°C | 7.0°C | 11.7°C | 636 mm | 1,823 |
Where Boulay-les-Barres’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Orleans, 1.6 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, Orleans, 1.6 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 Loiret.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Boulay-les-Barres’s climate
How warm does Boulay-les-Barres get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.8°C. About 54 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 64% of mainland French towns, and about 14 reach 30°C.
How cold does Boulay-les-Barres get in winter?
February nights average 1.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 49 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Boulay-les-Barres get?
About 636 mm a year, less than 88% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (63 mm) and March the driest (44 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Orleans (1.6 km away), averages 1,823 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Boulay-les-Barres itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Boulay-les-Barres, Orleans, 1.6 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 ORLEANS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Boulay-les-Barres →
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