Fewer days reach 25 degrees in Reims than in 78% of mainland French towns
In January the night’s low is typically 1.2°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 24°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 70% of mainland French towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 120 times a year.
Figures from Météo-France’s Mailly-Civc station, 12 km south-east.
A year in Reims at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Mailly-Civc station.
What a year in Reims feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mailly-Civc.
About 756 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 22 towns of 2,500+ in Marne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Charleville-Mez
45 frosts and 43 days of 25°C a year
On about 45 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 8 days it stays below freezing all day. About 43 days a year reach 25°C, and 9 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mailly-Civc: 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 Mailly-Civc
Mailly-Civc is 12 km south-east of Reims. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Reims itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Mailly-Civc (51338001) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 182 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 82 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Charleville-Mez, 74 km away |
Reims sits 100 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Reims to run about 0.7°C warmer 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 Reims 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reims | Mailly-Civc | 24.8°C | 1.2°C | 756 mm |
| Tinqueux 2.8 km | Chambrecy-Civc | 25.4°C 0.6°C warmer | 0.4°C 0.8°C colder | 734 mm |
| Saint-Brice-Courcelles 3.4 km | Chambrecy-Civc | 25.4°C 0.6°C warmer | 0.4°C 0.8°C colder | 734 mm |
| Cormontreuil 3.7 km | same station | 24.8°C about the same | 1.2°C about the same | 756 mm |
| Bétheny 3.8 km | same station | 24.8°C about the same | 1.2°C about the same | 756 mm |
| Bezannes 4.1 km | Chambrecy-Civc | 25.4°C 0.6°C warmer | 0.4°C 0.8°C colder | 734 mm |
| Witry-lès-Reims 7.4 km | same station | 24.8°C about the same | 1.2°C about the same | 756 mm |
Reims weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Mailly-Civc station; sunshine at Charleville-Mez.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C | 1.2°C | 3.5°C | 69 mm | 50 |
| February | 6.9°C | 1.2°C | 4.0°C | 56 mm | 69 |
| March | 11.2°C | 3.6°C | 7.4°C | 52 mm | 128 |
| April | 15.2°C | 6.1°C | 10.6°C | 46 mm | 177 |
| May | 19.0°C | 9.7°C | 14.3°C | 61 mm | 197 |
| June | 22.3°C | 12.5°C | 17.4°C | 65 mm | 203 |
| July | 24.8°C | 14.4°C | 19.6°C | 64 mm | 214 |
| August | 24.5°C | 14.1°C | 19.3°C | 63 mm | 199 |
| September | 20.2°C | 11.1°C | 15.6°C | 56 mm | 153 |
| October | 15.2°C | 8.4°C | 11.8°C | 69 mm | 97 |
| November | 9.5°C | 4.5°C | 7.0°C | 70 mm | 48 |
| December | 6.4°C | 2.0°C | 4.2°C | 86 mm | 41 |
| Year | 15.1°C | 7.4°C | 11.2°C | 756 mm | 1,576 |
Where Reims’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Mailly-Civc, 12 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, Charleville-Mez, 74 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 Reims’s climate
How warm does Reims get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.8°C. About 43 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 78% of mainland French towns, and about 9 reach 30°C.
How cold does Reims get in winter?
January nights average 1.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 45 nights a year, and about 8 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Reims get?
About 756 mm a year, more than 50% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (86 mm) and April the driest (46 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Charleville-Mez (74 km away), averages 1,576 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Reims itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Reims, Mailly-Civc, 12 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 MAILLY-CIVC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Reims →
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.