Fewer days reach 25 degrees in Guerquesalles than in 93% of mainland French towns
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at 1.9°C on average. Winter and summer sit 21°C apart. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 67% of mainland French towns. Windscreens need scraping on about 40 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Ticheville station, 2.7 km east.
A year in Guerquesalles at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Ticheville station.
What a year in Guerquesalles feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ticheville.
About 826 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 23 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 9th wettest of 20 towns of 2,500+ in Orne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Saint-Gatien des B
40 frosts and 28 days of 25°C a year
On about 40 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 28 days a year reach 25°C, and 5 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ticheville: 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 Ticheville
Ticheville is 2.7 km east of Guerquesalles. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Guerquesalles itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Ticheville (61485002) |
| Distance from the town | 2.7 km east |
| Station altitude | 225 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 113 m |
| Period | 1997–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Saint-Gatien des B, 51 km away |
Guerquesalles sits 112 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Guerquesalles 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 Guerquesalles 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 Orne.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guerquesalles | Ticheville | 22.9°C | 1.9°C | 826 mm |
| Vimoutiers 2.6 km | same station | 22.9°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 826 mm |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 12 km | same station | 22.9°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 826 mm |
| Gouffern en Auge 16 km | Argentan | 24.4°C 1.5°C warmer | 1.7°C about the same | 692 mm |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 20 km | L Oudon Lieury | 24.2°C 1.3°C warmer | 2.0°C about the same | 677 mm |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 22 km | L'Aigle | 23.6°C 0.7°C warmer | 1.4°C 0.5°C colder | 730 mm |
| Argentan 25 km | Argentan | 24.4°C 1.5°C warmer | 1.7°C about the same | 692 mm |
Guerquesalles weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Ticheville station; sunshine at Saint-Gatien des B.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C | 1.9°C | 4.3°C | 73 mm | 67 |
| February | 7.7°C | 1.8°C | 4.7°C | 60 mm | 81 |
| March | 10.8°C | 3.3°C | 7.0°C | 62 mm | 128 |
| April | 14.4°C | 5.3°C | 9.8°C | 64 mm | 178 |
| May | 17.7°C | 8.3°C | 13.0°C | 68 mm | 190 |
| June | 20.9°C | 11.2°C | 16.1°C | 60 mm | 203 |
| July | 22.9°C | 12.7°C | 17.8°C | 57 mm | 205 |
| August | 22.9°C | 12.9°C | 17.9°C | 64 mm | 196 |
| September | 20.1°C | 10.7°C | 15.4°C | 62 mm | 160 |
| October | 15.3°C | 8.4°C | 11.9°C | 83 mm | 113 |
| November | 10.5°C | 5.0°C | 7.7°C | 80 mm | 71 |
| December | 7.6°C | 2.5°C | 5.0°C | 93 mm | 58 |
| Year | 14.8°C | 7.0°C | 10.9°C | 826 mm | 1,651 |
Where Guerquesalles’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Ticheville, 2.7 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, Saint-Gatien des B, 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 Orne.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Guerquesalles’s climate
How warm does Guerquesalles get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22.9°C. About 28 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 93% of mainland French towns, and about 5 reach 30°C.
How cold does Guerquesalles get in winter?
February nights average 1.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 40 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Guerquesalles get?
About 826 mm a year, more than 67% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (93 mm) and July the driest (57 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Saint-Gatien des B (51 km away), averages 1,651 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Guerquesalles itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Guerquesalles, Ticheville, 2.7 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 TICHEVILLE_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Guerquesalles →
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.