Ponchon gets fewer days of 25 degrees or more than 82% of mainland French towns
January mornings start at about 1.4°C. December is the wettest month, April the driest. Its yearly rainfall falls short of 82% of mainland French towns. Expect about 53 frosty starts a year, nights when the air falls below freezing.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Beauvais-Tillé station, 12 km north.
A year in Ponchon at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Beauvais-Tillé station.
What a year in Ponchon feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Beauvais-Tillé.
About 656 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 16 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 39th wettest of 59 towns of 2,500+ in Oise.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Beauvais-Tillé
A frosty town: 53 frosts and 38 days of 25°C a year
On about 53 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 38 days a year reach 25°C, and 9 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Beauvais-Tillé: 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 Beauvais-Tillé
Beauvais-Tillé is 12 km north of Ponchon. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Ponchon itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Beauvais-Tillé (60639001) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km north |
| Station altitude | 89 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 80 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
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 Ponchon 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 Oise.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponchon | Beauvais-Tillé | 24.4°C | 1.4°C | 656 mm |
| Noailles 2.5 km | same station | 24.4°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 656 mm |
| Sainte-Geneviève 6.6 km | same station | 24.4°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 656 mm |
| Bresles 7.8 km | same station | 24.4°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 656 mm |
| Mouy 10 km | Creil | 24.9°C 0.5°C warmer | 1.4°C about the same | 662 mm |
| Andeville 10 km | Jaméricourt | 25.1°C 0.7°C warmer | 1.5°C about the same | 696 mm |
| Beauvais 12 km | same station | 24.4°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 656 mm |
Ponchon weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Beauvais-Tillé station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C | 1.4°C | 4.1°C | 54 mm | 60 |
| February | 7.8°C | 1.2°C | 4.5°C | 45 mm | 79 |
| March | 11.6°C | 3.0°C | 7.3°C | 46 mm | 127 |
| April | 15.2°C | 4.4°C | 9.8°C | 45 mm | 179 |
| May | 18.6°C | 7.9°C | 13.2°C | 61 mm | 203 |
| June | 21.8°C | 11.0°C | 16.4°C | 53 mm | 209 |
| July | 24.4°C | 12.8°C | 18.6°C | 54 mm | 220 |
| August | 24.4°C | 12.9°C | 18.6°C | 58 mm | 208 |
| September | 20.6°C | 10.1°C | 15.4°C | 49 mm | 164 |
| October | 15.7°C | 7.6°C | 11.7°C | 58 mm | 112 |
| November | 10.4°C | 4.3°C | 7.4°C | 58 mm | 68 |
| December | 7.1°C | 1.8°C | 4.5°C | 76 mm | 55 |
| Year | 15.4°C | 6.5°C | 11.0°C | 656 mm | 1,682 |
Where Ponchon’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Beauvais-Tillé, 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.
- Sunshine: the nearest station with at least 10 years of sunshine records, Beauvais-Tillé, 12 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 Oise.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Ponchon’s climate
How warm does Ponchon get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.4°C. About 38 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 82% of mainland French towns, and about 9 reach 30°C.
How cold does Ponchon get in winter?
February nights average 1.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 53 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Ponchon get?
About 656 mm a year, less than 82% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (76 mm) and April the driest (45 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Beauvais-Tillé (12 km away), averages 1,682 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Ponchon itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Ponchon, Beauvais-Tillé, 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 BEAUVAIS-TILLE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Ponchon →
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