Summer warmth: Tincques logs fewer 25-degree days than 93% of mainland French towns
Deep winter brings January lows near 1.3°C. Rain is plentiful here, more than falls on 77% of mainland French towns. Of all months, December brings the most rain and April the least. Radiators earn their keep from November to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Saulty station, 15 km south.
A year in Tincques at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saulty station.
What a year in Tincques feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saulty.
About 900 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 20th wettest of 131 towns of 2,500+ in Pas-de-Calais.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Lille-Lesquin
43 frosts and 26 days of 25°C a year
On about 43 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 8 days it stays below freezing all day. About 26 days a year reach 25°C, and 5 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saulty: 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 Saulty
Saulty is 15 km south of Tincques. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Tincques itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saulty (62784001) |
| Distance from the town | 15 km south |
| Station altitude | 174 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 118 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Lille-Lesquin, 49 km away |
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 Tincques 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 Pas-de-Calais.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tincques | Saulty | 22.9°C | 1.3°C | 900 mm |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 12 km | Fiefs | 22.7°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 1,071 mm |
| Houdain 12 km | Fiefs | 22.7°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 1,071 mm |
| Divion 13 km | Fiefs | 22.7°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 1,071 mm |
| Barlin 14 km | Arras | 23.6°C 0.7°C warmer | 1.3°C about the same | 711 mm |
| Haillicourt 14 km | Fiefs | 22.7°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 1,071 mm |
| Bruay-la-Buissière 14 km | Fiefs | 22.7°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 1,071 mm |
Tincques weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saulty station; sunshine at Lille-Lesquin.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.7°C | 1.3°C | 3.5°C | 79 mm | 62 |
| February | 6.5°C | 1.4°C | 4.0°C | 69 mm | 74 |
| March | 10.1°C | 3.3°C | 6.7°C | 70 mm | 127 |
| April | 13.9°C | 5.1°C | 9.5°C | 53 mm | 176 |
| May | 17.2°C | 8.0°C | 12.6°C | 67 mm | 196 |
| June | 20.2°C | 10.8°C | 15.5°C | 72 mm | 202 |
| July | 22.9°C | 12.8°C | 17.8°C | 77 mm | 210 |
| August | 23.0°C | 13.1°C | 18.0°C | 81 mm | 197 |
| September | 19.4°C | 10.7°C | 15.0°C | 67 mm | 155 |
| October | 14.5°C | 7.9°C | 11.2°C | 79 mm | 115 |
| November | 9.4°C | 4.5°C | 6.9°C | 85 mm | 62 |
| December | 6.2°C | 1.9°C | 4.0°C | 101 mm | 53 |
| Year | 14.1°C | 6.7°C | 10.4°C | 900 mm | 1,627 |
Where Tincques’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saulty, 15 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, Lille-Lesquin, 49 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 Pas-de-Calais.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Tincques’s climate
How warm does Tincques get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.0°C. About 26 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 93% of mainland French towns, and about 5 reach 30°C.
How cold does Tincques get in winter?
January nights average 1.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 43 nights a year, and about 8 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Tincques get?
About 900 mm a year, more than 77% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (101 mm) and April the driest (53 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Lille-Lesquin (49 km away), averages 1,627 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Tincques itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Tincques, Saulty, 15 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 SAULTY, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Tincques →
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.