A middle-of-the-road climate: Coron is close to most mainland French towns on every count
A typical year brings 773 mm of rain, with July afternoons around 25.0°C and January nights around 2.9°C. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 72% of mainland French towns. Rain peaks in December and eases off in June. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 115 times a year.
Figures from Météo-France’s Cholet station, 19 km west.
A year in Coron at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Cholet station.
What a year in Coron 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 19 km west of Coron. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Coron itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Cholet (49099003) |
| Distance from the town | 19 km west |
| Station altitude | 134 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 122 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Beaucouzé, 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 Coron 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coron | Cholet | 25.0°C | 2.9°C | 773 mm |
| Trémentines 11 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 773 mm |
| Chemillé-en-Anjou 11 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 773 mm |
| Lys-Haut-Layon 12 km | Nueil-les-Aubiers | 25.8°C 0.8°C warmer | 2.3°C 0.6°C colder | 812 mm |
| Maulévrier 15 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 773 mm |
| Bellevigne-en-Layon 18 km | Blaison-Gohier | 26.4°C 1.4°C warmer | 3.2°C about the same | 673 mm |
| Le May-sur-Èvre 19 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 773 mm |
Coron 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 Coron’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Cholet, 19 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, 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 Maine-et-Loire.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Coron’s climate
How warm does Coron 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 Coron 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 Coron 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 (39 km away), averages 1,845 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Coron itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Coron, Cholet, 19 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 Coron →
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.