Fléville-Lixières has colder winter nights than 89% of mainland French towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 24.3°C. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month, April the driest. Keep the boiler serviced for the months from November to March, which average under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Malancourt station, 17 km east.
A year in Fléville-Lixières at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Malancourt station.
What a year in Fléville-Lixières feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Malancourt.
About 884 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 12th wettest of 57 towns of 2,500+ in Meurthe-et-Moselle.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Nonsard
A frosty town: 63 frosts and 42 days of 25°C a year
On about 63 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 14 days it stays below freezing all day. About 42 days a year reach 25°C, and 9 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Malancourt: 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 Malancourt
Malancourt is 17 km east of Fléville-Lixières. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Fléville-Lixières itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Malancourt (57019001) |
| Distance from the town | 17 km east |
| Station altitude | 346 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 236 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 10 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Nonsard, 35 km away |
Fléville-Lixières sits 110 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Fléville-Lixières 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 Fléville-Lixières 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 Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fléville-Lixières | Malancourt | 24.3°C | −0.4°C | 884 mm |
| Val de Briey 7.6 km | same station | 24.3°C about the same | −0.4°C about the same | 884 mm |
| Bouligny 7.9 km | Villette | 23.4°C 0.9°C cooler | −0.4°C about the same | 909 mm |
| Jarny 11 km | Metz-Frescaty | 25.8°C 1.5°C warmer | 0.0°C about the same | 714 mm |
| Trieux 11 km | same station | 24.3°C about the same | −0.4°C about the same | 884 mm |
| Auboué 12 km | Metz-Frescaty | 25.8°C 1.5°C warmer | 0.0°C about the same | 714 mm |
| Homécourt 12 km | same station | 24.3°C about the same | −0.4°C about the same | 884 mm |
Fléville-Lixières weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Malancourt station; sunshine at Nonsard.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C | −0.4°C | 1.8°C | 86 mm | 50 |
| February | 5.8°C | −0.3°C | 2.7°C | 70 mm | 79 |
| March | 10.4°C | 2.2°C | 6.3°C | 68 mm | 153 |
| April | 15.0°C | 4.9°C | 10.0°C | 53 mm | 192 |
| May | 18.8°C | 8.5°C | 13.7°C | 68 mm | 215 |
| June | 22.2°C | 11.5°C | 16.9°C | 68 mm | 236 |
| July | 24.3°C | 13.6°C | 18.9°C | 71 mm | 250 |
| August | 24.0°C | 13.4°C | 18.7°C | 70 mm | 212 |
| September | 19.4°C | 10.2°C | 14.8°C | 70 mm | 176 |
| October | 13.8°C | 7.1°C | 10.4°C | 80 mm | 103 |
| November | 8.1°C | 3.2°C | 5.7°C | 82 mm | 48 |
| December | 4.6°C | 0.6°C | 2.6°C | 100 mm | 40 |
| Year | 14.2°C | 6.2°C | 10.2°C | 884 mm | 1,753 |
Where Fléville-Lixières’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Malancourt, 17 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, Nonsard, 35 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 Meurthe-et-Moselle.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Fléville-Lixières’s climate
How warm does Fléville-Lixières get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.3°C. About 42 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 79% of mainland French towns, and about 9 reach 30°C.
How cold does Fléville-Lixières get in winter?
January nights average −0.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 63 nights a year, and about 14 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Fléville-Lixières get?
About 884 mm a year, more than 75% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (100 mm) and April the driest (53 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Nonsard (35 km away), averages 1,753 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Fléville-Lixières itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Fléville-Lixières, Malancourt, 17 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 MALANCOURT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Fléville-Lixières →
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.