January in Drouilly bites harder than in 76% of mainland French towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 26.1°C. By rainfall alone, it ranks drier than 69% of mainland French towns. Expect the heaviest rain in December and the lightest in April. For walks and days out, the stretch from May to September brings highs of 20–26°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Frignicourt station, 10 km south-east.
A year in Drouilly at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Frignicourt station.
What a year in Drouilly feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Frignicourt.
About 695 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 18 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 14th wettest of 22 towns of 2,500+ in Marne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Saint-Dizier
A frosty town: 54 frosts and 59 days of 25°C a year
On about 54 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 6 days it stays below freezing all day. About 59 days a year reach 25°C, and 16 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Frignicourt: 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 Frignicourt
Frignicourt is 10 km south-east of Drouilly. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Drouilly itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Frignicourt (51262001) |
| Distance from the town | 10 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 113 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 99 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Saint-Dizier, 32 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 Drouilly 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 Marne.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drouilly | Frignicourt | 26.1°C | 0.9°C | 695 mm |
| Vitry-le-François 7.1 km | same station | 26.1°C about the same | 0.9°C about the same | 695 mm |
| Saint-Memmie 23 km | Fagnières-Inrae | 25.9°C about the same | 0.5°C about the same | 632 mm |
| Châlons-en-Champagne 23 km | Fagnières-Inrae | 25.9°C about the same | 0.5°C about the same | 632 mm |
| Fagnières 25 km | Fagnières-Inrae | 25.9°C about the same | 0.5°C about the same | 632 mm |
Drouilly weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Frignicourt station; sunshine at Saint-Dizier.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.5°C | 0.9°C | 3.7°C | 56 mm | 61 |
| February | 7.9°C | 0.9°C | 4.4°C | 51 mm | 81 |
| March | 12.3°C | 2.9°C | 7.6°C | 51 mm | 143 |
| April | 16.3°C | 5.1°C | 10.7°C | 47 mm | 183 |
| May | 20.1°C | 9.0°C | 14.6°C | 62 mm | 216 |
| June | 23.5°C | 11.9°C | 17.7°C | 53 mm | 228 |
| July | 26.1°C | 13.7°C | 19.9°C | 59 mm | 235 |
| August | 25.9°C | 13.5°C | 19.7°C | 59 mm | 224 |
| September | 21.5°C | 10.2°C | 15.9°C | 57 mm | 173 |
| October | 16.3°C | 7.6°C | 12.0°C | 66 mm | 116 |
| November | 10.3°C | 4.1°C | 7.2°C | 60 mm | 63 |
| December | 7.0°C | 1.7°C | 4.4°C | 74 mm | 53 |
| Year | 16.1°C | 6.8°C | 11.5°C | 695 mm | 1,776 |
Where Drouilly’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Frignicourt, 10 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, Saint-Dizier, 32 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 Marne.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Drouilly’s climate
How warm does Drouilly get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.1°C. About 59 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 54% of mainland French towns, and about 16 reach 30°C.
How cold does Drouilly get in winter?
January nights average 0.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 54 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Drouilly get?
About 695 mm a year, less than 69% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (74 mm) and April the driest (47 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Saint-Dizier (32 km away), averages 1,776 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Drouilly itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Drouilly, Frignicourt, 10 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 FRIGNICOURT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Drouilly →
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.