Vanault-le-Châtel gets more frosts than 88% of mainland French towns
July afternoons average 25.3°C. By warm days alone, it ranks cooler than 69% of mainland French towns. Of all months, December brings the most rain and April the least. Keep the boiler serviced for the months from November to April, which average under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Somme-Vesle station, 19 km north-west.
A year in Vanault-le-Châtel at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Somme-Vesle station.
What a year in Vanault-le-Châtel feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Somme-Vesle.
About 782 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The 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: 66 frosts and 49 days of 25°C a year
On about 66 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 49 days a year reach 25°C, and 12 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Somme-Vesle: 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 Somme-Vesle
Somme-Vesle is 19 km north-west of Vanault-le-Châtel. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Vanault-le-Châtel itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Somme-Vesle (51548001) |
| Distance from the town | 19 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 162 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 161 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Saint-Dizier, 29 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 Vanault-le-Châtel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanault-le-Châtel | Somme-Vesle | 25.3°C | 0.1°C | 782 mm |
| Vitry-le-François 19 km | Frignicourt | 26.1°C 0.8°C warmer | 0.9°C 0.8°C milder | 695 mm |
| Saint-Memmie 27 km | Fagnières-Inrae | 25.9°C 0.6°C warmer | 0.5°C about the same | 632 mm |
| Châlons-en-Champagne 28 km | Fagnières-Inrae | 25.9°C 0.6°C warmer | 0.5°C about the same | 632 mm |
| Sainte-Menehould 28 km | same station | 25.3°C about the same | 0.1°C about the same | 782 mm |
Vanault-le-Châtel weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Somme-Vesle station; sunshine at Saint-Dizier.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C | 0.1°C | 3.0°C | 70 mm | 61 |
| February | 7.4°C | 0.4°C | 3.9°C | 63 mm | 81 |
| March | 11.6°C | 2.1°C | 6.8°C | 60 mm | 143 |
| April | 15.7°C | 3.9°C | 9.8°C | 52 mm | 183 |
| May | 19.5°C | 7.8°C | 13.6°C | 66 mm | 216 |
| June | 22.8°C | 10.6°C | 16.7°C | 64 mm | 228 |
| July | 25.3°C | 12.6°C | 18.9°C | 65 mm | 235 |
| August | 25.0°C | 12.6°C | 18.8°C | 67 mm | 224 |
| September | 20.8°C | 9.5°C | 15.1°C | 52 mm | 173 |
| October | 15.5°C | 6.9°C | 11.2°C | 70 mm | 116 |
| November | 9.6°C | 3.5°C | 6.5°C | 71 mm | 63 |
| December | 6.3°C | 1.0°C | 3.7°C | 83 mm | 53 |
| Year | 15.4°C | 5.9°C | 10.7°C | 782 mm | 1,776 |
Where Vanault-le-Châtel’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Somme-Vesle, 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, Saint-Dizier, 29 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 Vanault-le-Châtel’s climate
How warm does Vanault-le-Châtel get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.3°C. About 49 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 69% of mainland French towns, and about 12 reach 30°C.
How cold does Vanault-le-Châtel get in winter?
January nights average 0.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 66 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Vanault-le-Châtel get?
About 782 mm a year, more than 56% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (83 mm) and April the driest (52 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Saint-Dizier (29 km away), averages 1,776 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Vanault-le-Châtel itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Vanault-le-Châtel, Somme-Vesle, 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 SOMME-VESLE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Vanault-le-Châtel →
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