Warm afternoons come to Gouvets less often than to 90% of mainland French towns
In January the night’s low is typically 2.3°C. Its yearly rainfall tops that of 84% of mainland French towns. Of all months, December brings the most rain and July the least. From June to September, highs of 21–24°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
Figures from Météo-France’s Condé-sur-Vire station, 14 km north.
A year in Gouvets at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Condé-sur-Vire station.
What a year in Gouvets feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Condé-sur-Vire.
About 957 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 29 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 19th wettest of 39 towns of 2,500+ in Manche.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Caen-Carpiquet
A frosty town: 51 frosts and 33 days of 25°C a year
On about 51 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about under 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 33 days a year reach 25°C, and 6 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Condé-sur-Vire: 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 Condé-sur-Vire
Condé-sur-Vire is 14 km north of Gouvets. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Gouvets itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Condé-sur-Vire (50139001) |
| Distance from the town | 14 km north |
| Station altitude | 28 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 143 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Caen-Carpiquet, 54 km away |
Gouvets sits 115 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Gouvets to run about 0.7°C cooler than these figures.
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 Gouvets 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 Manche.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gouvets | Condé-sur-Vire | 23.6°C | 2.3°C | 957 mm |
| Percy-en-Normandie 7.2 km | same station | 23.6°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 957 mm |
| Noues de Sienne 12 km | Legast | 21.5°C 2.1°C cooler | 2.2°C about the same | 1,271 mm |
| Torigny-les-Villes 13 km | same station | 23.6°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 957 mm |
| Bourgvallées 13 km | same station | 23.6°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 957 mm |
| Condé-sur-Vire 14 km | same station | 23.6°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 957 mm |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 14 km | Legast | 21.5°C 2.1°C cooler | 2.2°C about the same | 1,271 mm |
Gouvets weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Condé-sur-Vire station; sunshine at Caen-Carpiquet.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.9°C | 2.3°C | 5.6°C | 98 mm | 71 |
| February | 9.9°C | 2.1°C | 6.0°C | 75 mm | 90 |
| March | 12.5°C | 3.3°C | 7.9°C | 69 mm | 130 |
| April | 15.1°C | 4.6°C | 9.8°C | 65 mm | 179 |
| May | 18.5°C | 7.7°C | 13.1°C | 66 mm | 203 |
| June | 21.3°C | 10.4°C | 15.9°C | 62 mm | 213 |
| July | 23.6°C | 12.3°C | 17.9°C | 56 mm | 219 |
| August | 23.8°C | 12.2°C | 18.0°C | 72 mm | 205 |
| September | 20.9°C | 9.6°C | 15.2°C | 69 mm | 171 |
| October | 16.7°C | 7.9°C | 12.3°C | 98 mm | 117 |
| November | 12.4°C | 4.7°C | 8.5°C | 105 mm | 82 |
| December | 9.2°C | 2.5°C | 5.9°C | 123 mm | 67 |
| Year | 16.1°C | 6.6°C | 11.3°C | 957 mm | 1,746 |
Where Gouvets’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Condé-sur-Vire, 14 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, Caen-Carpiquet, 54 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 Manche.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Gouvets’s climate
How warm does Gouvets get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.8°C. About 33 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 90% of mainland French towns, and about 6 reach 30°C.
How cold does Gouvets get in winter?
February nights average 2.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 51 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Gouvets get?
About 957 mm a year, more than 84% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (123 mm) and July the driest (56 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Caen-Carpiquet (54 km away), averages 1,746 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Gouvets itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Gouvets, Condé-sur-Vire, 14 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 CONDE SUR VIRE_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Gouvets →
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.