Photo: Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.0January in Angers stays gentler than in 80% of mainland French towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.8°C. It is a dry place: less rain falls here than on 65% of mainland French towns. Wet weather is most frequent in December and least in July. Homes need heating from November to March, the months averaging under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Beaucouzé station, 4.7 km west.
A year in Angers at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Beaucouzé station.
What a year in Angers feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Beaucouzé.
About 709 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 20th wettest of 69 towns of 2,500+ in Maine-et-Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Beaucouzé
32 frosts and 56 days of 25°C a year
On about 32 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 56 days a year reach 25°C, and 14 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Beaucouzé: 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 Beaucouzé
Beaucouzé is 4.7 km west of Angers. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Angers itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Beaucouzé (49020001) |
| Distance from the town | 4.7 km west |
| Station altitude | 50 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 45 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 Angers 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 Maine-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angers | Beaucouzé | 25.8°C | 3.3°C | 709 mm |
| Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou 4.4 km | same station | 25.8°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 709 mm |
| Les Ponts-de-Cé 4.5 km | same station | 25.8°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 709 mm |
| Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire 4.7 km | same station | 25.8°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 709 mm |
| Avrillé 4.7 km | same station | 25.8°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 709 mm |
| Trélazé 5.5 km | same station | 25.8°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 709 mm |
| Bouchemaine 5.6 km | same station | 25.8°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 709 mm |
Angers weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Beaucouzé station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C | 3.3°C | 6.0°C | 70 mm | 68 |
| February | 9.9°C | 2.9°C | 6.4°C | 54 mm | 98 |
| March | 13.3°C | 4.6°C | 9.0°C | 53 mm | 142 |
| April | 16.4°C | 6.3°C | 11.3°C | 55 mm | 180 |
| May | 19.9°C | 9.6°C | 14.7°C | 59 mm | 205 |
| June | 23.5°C | 12.6°C | 18.1°C | 49 mm | 224 |
| July | 25.8°C | 14.3°C | 20.0°C | 45 mm | 235 |
| August | 25.9°C | 14.3°C | 20.1°C | 48 mm | 225 |
| September | 22.4°C | 11.4°C | 16.9°C | 57 mm | 192 |
| October | 17.4°C | 9.3°C | 13.4°C | 72 mm | 121 |
| November | 12.3°C | 5.9°C | 9.1°C | 73 mm | 84 |
| December | 9.2°C | 3.5°C | 6.3°C | 75 mm | 71 |
| Year | 17.1°C | 8.2°C | 12.6°C | 709 mm | 1,845 |
Where Angers’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Beaucouzé, 4.7 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, Beaucouzé, 4.7 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 Maine-et-Loire.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Angers’s climate
How warm does Angers get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.9°C. About 56 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 59% of mainland French towns, and about 14 reach 30°C.
How cold does Angers get in winter?
February nights average 2.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 32 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Angers get?
About 709 mm a year, less than 65% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (75 mm) and July the driest (45 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Beaucouzé (4.7 km away), averages 1,845 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Angers itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Angers, Beaucouzé, 4.7 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 BEAUCOUZE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Angers →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.