Summers in Ballots are cooler than in 66% of mainland French towns
Météo-France’s Cossé-le-Vivien station, 12 km north-east: July afternoons reach 25.4°C on a typical day and January nights drop to 2.5°C; 796 mm of rain falls in a year. Winters go the other way: nights in January are milder than in 63% of mainland French towns. Rain is plentiful here, more than falls on 59% of mainland French towns.
A year in Ballots at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Cossé-le-Vivien station.
What a year in Ballots feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cossé-le-Vivien.
About 796 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 8th wettest of 19 towns of 2,500+ in Mayenne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
43 frosts and 54 days of 25°C a year
On about 43 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 54 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cossé-le-Vivien: 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 Cossé-le-Vivien
Cossé-le-Vivien is 12 km north-east of Ballots. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Ballots itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Cossé-le-Vivien (53077001) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 95 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 71 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 1.3 km |
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 Ballots 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 Mayenne.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballots | Cossé-le-Vivien | 25.4°C | 2.5°C | 796 mm |
| Craon 9.4 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 796 mm |
| Cossé-le-Vivien 11 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 796 mm |
| Renazé 12 km | Soudan | 25.4°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 826 mm |
| La Guerche-de-Bretagne 14 km | Soudan | 25.4°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 826 mm |
| Argentré-du-Plessis 19 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 796 mm |
| Ombrée d'Anjou 20 km | Soudan | 25.4°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 826 mm |
Ballots weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Cossé-le-Vivien station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C | 2.5°C | 5.6°C | 78 mm |
| February | 9.9°C | 2.0°C | 6.0°C | 65 mm |
| March | 13.2°C | 3.7°C | 8.4°C | 57 mm |
| April | 16.2°C | 5.3°C | 10.7°C | 59 mm |
| May | 19.7°C | 8.6°C | 14.1°C | 59 mm |
| June | 23.1°C | 11.4°C | 17.3°C | 56 mm |
| July | 25.4°C | 12.9°C | 19.2°C | 48 mm |
| August | 25.6°C | 12.9°C | 19.2°C | 51 mm |
| September | 22.2°C | 10.4°C | 16.3°C | 65 mm |
| October | 17.2°C | 8.3°C | 12.7°C | 84 mm |
| November | 12.1°C | 4.9°C | 8.5°C | 83 mm |
| December | 9.1°C | 2.8°C | 5.9°C | 92 mm |
| Year | 16.9°C | 7.1°C | 12.0°C | 796 mm |
Where Ballots’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Cossé-le-Vivien, 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.
- Comparisons: every town of 2,500 or more in mainland France, read the same way; the dots are the towns of 2,500+ in Mayenne.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Ballots’s climate
How warm does Ballots get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.6°C. About 54 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 64% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Ballots get in winter?
February nights average 2.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 43 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Ballots get?
About 796 mm a year, more than 59% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (92 mm) and July the driest (48 mm).
Are these figures for Ballots itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Ballots, Cossé-le-Vivien, 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 COSSE-LE-VIVIEN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Ballots →
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.