Pillon has cooler summers than 91% of mainland French towns
A typical July afternoon reaches 23.4°C, a January night drops to −0.4°C, and 909 mm of rain falls in a year. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 89% of mainland French towns. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 78% of mainland French towns. Figures from Météo-France’s Villette station, 12 km north.
A year in Pillon at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Villette station.
What a year in Pillon feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Villette.
About 909 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 27 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 7th wettest of 10 towns of 2,500+ in Meuse.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Nonsard
A frosty town: 62 frosts and 35 days of 25°C a year
On about 62 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 13 days it stays below freezing all day. About 35 days a year reach 25°C, and 7 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Villette: 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 Villette
Villette is 12 km north of Pillon. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Pillon itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Villette (54582001) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km north |
| Station altitude | 345 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 234 m |
| Period | 1997–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Nonsard, 51 km away |
Pillon sits 111 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Pillon 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 Pillon 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 Meuse.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pillon | Villette | 23.4°C | −0.4°C | 909 mm |
| Longuyon 7.5 km | same station | 23.4°C about the same | −0.4°C about the same | 909 mm |
| Bouligny 15 km | same station | 23.4°C about the same | −0.4°C about the same | 909 mm |
| Lexy 18 km | same station | 23.4°C about the same | −0.4°C about the same | 909 mm |
| Étain 18 km | Metz-Frescaty | 25.8°C 2.4°C warmer | 0.0°C about the same | 714 mm |
| Réhon 19 km | same station | 23.4°C about the same | −0.4°C about the same | 909 mm |
| Cosnes-et-Romain 19 km | same station | 23.4°C about the same | −0.4°C about the same | 909 mm |
Pillon weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Villette station; sunshine at Nonsard.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.2°C | −0.4°C | 1.9°C | 88 mm | 50 |
| February | 5.6°C | −0.1°C | 2.7°C | 71 mm | 79 |
| March | 9.9°C | 2.3°C | 6.1°C | 67 mm | 153 |
| April | 14.4°C | 5.1°C | 9.7°C | 55 mm | 192 |
| May | 18.2°C | 8.6°C | 13.4°C | 74 mm | 215 |
| June | 21.6°C | 11.6°C | 16.6°C | 70 mm | 236 |
| July | 23.4°C | 13.3°C | 18.4°C | 76 mm | 250 |
| August | 23.2°C | 13.5°C | 18.4°C | 81 mm | 212 |
| September | 19.4°C | 10.5°C | 14.9°C | 61 mm | 176 |
| October | 13.9°C | 7.2°C | 10.6°C | 82 mm | 103 |
| November | 8.1°C | 3.3°C | 5.7°C | 82 mm | 48 |
| December | 4.8°C | 0.6°C | 2.7°C | 101 mm | 40 |
| Year | 13.9°C | 6.3°C | 10.1°C | 909 mm | 1,753 |
Where Pillon’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Villette, 12 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1997–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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, 51 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 Meuse.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Pillon’s climate
How warm does Pillon get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.4°C. About 35 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 86% of mainland French towns, and about 7 reach 30°C.
How cold does Pillon get in winter?
January nights average −0.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 62 nights a year, and about 13 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Pillon get?
About 909 mm a year, more than 78% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (101 mm) and April the driest (55 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Nonsard (51 km away), averages 1,753 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Pillon itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Pillon, Villette, 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 VILLETTE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Pillon →
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.