Vanault-les-Dames has colder winter nights than 76% of mainland French towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 26.1°C. Its yearly rainfall falls short of 69% of mainland French towns. Temperatures cover 25°C across the year, low to high. Expect about 54 frosty starts a year, nights when the air falls below freezing.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Frignicourt station, 19 km south-west.
A year in Vanault-les-Dames at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Frignicourt station.
What a year in Vanault-les-Dames 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 19 km south-west of Vanault-les-Dames. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Vanault-les-Dames itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Frignicourt (51262001) |
| Distance from the town | 19 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 113 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 139 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Saint-Dizier, 26 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-les-Dames 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-les-Dames | Frignicourt | 26.1°C | 0.9°C | 695 mm |
| Vitry-le-François 19 km | same station | 26.1°C about the same | 0.9°C about the same | 695 mm |
| Saint-Dizier 27 km | Saint-Dizier | 26.0°C about the same | 0.8°C about the same | 795 mm |
Vanault-les-Dames 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 Vanault-les-Dames’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Frignicourt, 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, 26 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-les-Dames’s climate
How warm does Vanault-les-Dames 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 Vanault-les-Dames 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 Vanault-les-Dames 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 (26 km away), averages 1,776 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Vanault-les-Dames itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Vanault-les-Dames, Frignicourt, 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 FRIGNICOURT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Vanault-les-Dames →
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