Château-Renard is drier than 84% of mainland French towns: 643 mm of rain a year
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 26.8°C. Of all months, May brings the most rain and March the least. Frost is common: about 58 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 78% of mainland French towns. Waterproofs come out on about 113 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Amilly station, 15 km west.
A year in Château-Renard at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Amilly station.
What a year in Château-Renard feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Amilly.
About 643 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and March the driest. About 16 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 43rd wettest of 53 towns of 2,500+ in Loiret.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Melun
A frosty town: 58 frosts and 66 days of 25°C a year
On about 58 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 66 days a year reach 25°C, and 21 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Amilly: 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 Amilly
Amilly is 15 km west of Château-Renard. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Château-Renard itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Amilly (45004001) |
| Distance from the town | 15 km west |
| Station altitude | 91 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 111 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Melun, 78 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 Château-Renard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Château-Renard | Amilly | 26.8°C | 1.3°C | 643 mm |
| Amilly 13 km | same station | 26.8°C about the same | 1.3°C about the same | 643 mm |
| Courtenay 14 km | Savigny/Clairis | 25.6°C 1.2°C cooler | 1.4°C about the same | 732 mm |
| Charny Orée de Puisaye 15 km | Grandchamp | 25.8°C 1°C cooler | 1.2°C about the same | 759 mm |
| Montargis 16 km | same station | 26.8°C about the same | 1.3°C about the same | 643 mm |
| Nogent-sur-Vernisson 17 km | Nogent-sur-V. | 26.2°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.2°C about the same | 739 mm |
| Villemandeur 18 km | same station | 26.8°C about the same | 1.3°C about the same | 643 mm |
Château-Renard weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Amilly station; sunshine at Melun.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C | 1.3°C | 4.3°C | 47 mm | 60 |
| February | 8.9°C | 0.8°C | 4.8°C | 44 mm | 83 |
| March | 13.1°C | 2.7°C | 7.9°C | 44 mm | 143 |
| April | 16.7°C | 4.6°C | 10.7°C | 51 mm | 188 |
| May | 20.6°C | 8.4°C | 14.5°C | 66 mm | 216 |
| June | 24.2°C | 11.7°C | 17.9°C | 52 mm | 226 |
| July | 26.8°C | 13.3°C | 20.0°C | 56 mm | 235 |
| August | 26.7°C | 12.9°C | 19.8°C | 50 mm | 225 |
| September | 22.4°C | 9.6°C | 16.0°C | 49 mm | 180 |
| October | 17.2°C | 7.4°C | 12.3°C | 62 mm | 119 |
| November | 11.2°C | 3.9°C | 7.6°C | 62 mm | 68 |
| December | 7.9°C | 1.8°C | 4.8°C | 61 mm | 54 |
| Year | 16.9°C | 6.5°C | 11.7°C | 643 mm | 1,798 |
Where Château-Renard’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Amilly, 15 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, Melun, 78 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 Château-Renard’s climate
How warm does Château-Renard get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.8°C. About 66 days a year reach 25°C, more than 57% of mainland French towns, and about 21 reach 30°C.
How cold does Château-Renard get in winter?
February nights average 0.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 58 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Château-Renard get?
About 643 mm a year, less than 84% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (66 mm) and March the driest (44 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Melun (78 km away), averages 1,798 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Château-Renard itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Château-Renard, Amilly, 15 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 AMILLY, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Château-Renard →
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