Weather without surprises: Cholet keeps close to the norm for mainland French towns
July afternoons reach 25.0°C on a typical day and January nights drop to 2.9°C; 773 mm of rain falls in a year. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 72% of mainland French towns. Expect the heaviest rain in December and the lightest in June. Long walks are most pleasant from May to September, when afternoons reach 19–25°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Cholet station, 2.8 km north.
A year in Cholet at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Cholet station.
What a year in Cholet feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cholet.
About 773 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and June the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 69 towns of 2,500+ in Maine-et-Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Beaucouzé
34 frosts and 48 days of 25°C a year
On about 34 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 48 days a year reach 25°C, and 11 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cholet: 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 Cholet
Cholet is 2.8 km north of Cholet. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Cholet itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Cholet (49099003) |
| Distance from the town | 2.8 km north |
| Station altitude | 134 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 82 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Beaucouzé, 51 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 Cholet 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholet | Cholet | 25.0°C | 2.9°C | 773 mm |
| La Séguinière 5.1 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 773 mm |
| Saint-Léger-sous-Cholet 5.2 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 773 mm |
| Saint-Christophe-du-Bois 5.9 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 773 mm |
| La Tessoualle 6 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 773 mm |
| Mortagne-sur-Sèvre 8.9 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 773 mm |
| Le May-sur-Èvre 9.2 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 773 mm |
Cholet weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Cholet station; sunshine at Beaucouzé.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C | 2.9°C | 5.6°C | 83 mm | 68 |
| February | 9.5°C | 2.6°C | 6.1°C | 62 mm | 98 |
| March | 12.8°C | 4.4°C | 8.6°C | 58 mm | 142 |
| April | 15.7°C | 6.1°C | 10.9°C | 57 mm | 180 |
| May | 19.3°C | 9.5°C | 14.4°C | 64 mm | 205 |
| June | 22.9°C | 12.5°C | 17.7°C | 40 mm | 224 |
| July | 25.0°C | 14.1°C | 19.6°C | 49 mm | 235 |
| August | 25.2°C | 14.2°C | 19.7°C | 46 mm | 225 |
| September | 21.9°C | 11.6°C | 16.8°C | 62 mm | 192 |
| October | 16.9°C | 9.4°C | 13.1°C | 80 mm | 121 |
| November | 11.9°C | 5.7°C | 8.8°C | 85 mm | 84 |
| December | 8.9°C | 3.3°C | 6.1°C | 86 mm | 71 |
| Year | 16.5°C | 8.0°C | 12.3°C | 773 mm | 1,845 |
Where Cholet’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Cholet, 2.8 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, 51 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 Cholet’s climate
How warm does Cholet get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.2°C. About 48 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 71% of mainland French towns, and about 11 reach 30°C.
How cold does Cholet get in winter?
February nights average 2.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 34 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Cholet get?
About 773 mm a year, more than 54% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (86 mm) and June the driest (40 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Beaucouzé (51 km away), averages 1,845 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Cholet itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Cholet, Cholet, 2.8 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 CHOLET, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Cholet →
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.