Esternay gets more frosts than 92% of mainland French towns
Météo-France’s Esternay-Man station, 1.6 km north-east: January nights average 0.4°C, July afternoons 26.0°C, and a year brings 781 mm of rain.
A year in Esternay at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Esternay-Man station.
What a year in Esternay feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Esternay-Man.
About 781 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd wettest of 22 towns of 2,500+ in Marne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Troyes-Barberey
A frosty town: 72 frosts and 62 days of 25°C a year
On about 72 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 62 days a year reach 25°C, and 18 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Esternay-Man: 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 Esternay-Man
Esternay-Man is 1.6 km north-east of Esternay. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Esternay itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Esternay-Man (51237001) |
| Distance from the town | 1.6 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 175 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 148 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Troyes-Barberey, 57 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 Esternay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esternay | Esternay-Man | 26.0°C | 0.4°C | 781 mm |
| Sézanne 12 km | same station | 26.0°C about the same | 0.4°C about the same | 781 mm |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande 15 km | Romilly | 26.2°C about the same | 0.8°C about the same | 620 mm |
| Montmirail 16 km | Esternay | 25.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 0.9°C 0.5°C milder | 701 mm |
| La Ferté-Gaucher 19 km | Chevru | 25.3°C 0.7°C cooler | 1.3°C 0.9°C milder | 698 mm |
| Nogent-sur-Seine 27 km | Bouy-sur-Orvin | 26.3°C about the same | 1.3°C 0.9°C milder | 636 mm |
| Romilly-sur-Seine 27 km | Romilly | 26.2°C about the same | 0.8°C about the same | 620 mm |
Esternay weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Esternay-Man station; sunshine at Troyes-Barberey.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.5°C | 0.4°C | 3.4°C | 69 mm | 63 |
| February | 8.0°C | 0.1°C | 4.1°C | 60 mm | 90 |
| March | 12.4°C | 1.9°C | 7.1°C | 58 mm | 148 |
| April | 16.3°C | 3.6°C | 9.9°C | 53 mm | 190 |
| May | 20.1°C | 7.3°C | 13.7°C | 70 mm | 216 |
| June | 23.5°C | 10.4°C | 17.0°C | 60 mm | 231 |
| July | 26.0°C | 12.3°C | 19.2°C | 64 mm | 242 |
| August | 26.0°C | 12.0°C | 19.0°C | 56 mm | 232 |
| September | 21.7°C | 8.9°C | 15.3°C | 57 mm | 186 |
| October | 16.4°C | 6.8°C | 11.6°C | 75 mm | 125 |
| November | 10.5°C | 3.4°C | 6.9°C | 71 mm | 70 |
| December | 7.1°C | 1.1°C | 4.1°C | 87 mm | 57 |
| Year | 16.2°C | 5.7°C | 10.9°C | 781 mm | 1,851 |
Where Esternay’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Esternay-Man, 1.6 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, Troyes-Barberey, 57 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 Esternay’s climate
How warm does Esternay get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.0°C. About 62 days a year reach 25°C, more than 51% of mainland French towns, and about 18 reach 30°C.
How cold does Esternay get in winter?
February nights average 0.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 72 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Esternay get?
About 781 mm a year, more than 55% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (87 mm) and April the driest (53 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Troyes-Barberey (57 km away), averages 1,851 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Esternay itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Esternay, Esternay-Man, 1.6 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 ESTERNAY-MAN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Esternay →
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.