For weather, Bousse is about as ordinary as mainland French towns get
July afternoons reach 25.7°C on a typical day and January nights drop to 2.4°C; 745 mm of rain falls in a year. In January, nights here are milder than in 61% of mainland French towns. The rainiest month is December; the driest is June. Expect about 44 frosty starts a year, nights when the air falls below freezing.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Thorée-les-Pins station, 13 km south-east.
A year in Bousse at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Thorée-les-Pins station.
What a year in Bousse feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Thorée-les-Pins.
About 745 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and June the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 7th wettest of 41 towns of 2,500+ in Sarthe.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Le Mans
44 frosts and 58 days of 25°C a year
On about 44 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 58 days a year reach 25°C, and 15 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Thorée-les-Pins: 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 Thorée-les-Pins
Thorée-les-Pins is 13 km south-east of Bousse. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bousse itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Thorée-les-Pins (72357001) |
| Distance from the town | 13 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 78 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 77 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Le Mans, 27 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 Bousse 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 Sarthe.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bousse | Thorée-les-Pins | 25.7°C | 2.4°C | 745 mm |
| La Flèche 7.1 km | same station | 25.7°C about the same | 2.4°C about the same | 745 mm |
| Noyen-sur-Sarthe 12 km | Le Mans | 26.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
| Cérans-Foulletourte 12 km | Le Mans | 26.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
| La Suze-sur-Sarthe 15 km | Le Mans | 26.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
| Durtal 17 km | Montreuil-sur-Loir | 26.1°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 697 mm |
| Roëzé-sur-Sarthe 17 km | Le Mans | 26.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
Bousse weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Thorée-les-Pins station; sunshine at Le Mans.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C | 2.4°C | 5.3°C | 71 mm | 65 |
| February | 9.5°C | 2.1°C | 5.8°C | 57 mm | 94 |
| March | 13.1°C | 3.8°C | 8.5°C | 54 mm | 139 |
| April | 16.3°C | 5.6°C | 11.0°C | 54 mm | 180 |
| May | 19.9°C | 8.8°C | 14.4°C | 58 mm | 207 |
| June | 23.5°C | 11.9°C | 17.7°C | 51 mm | 221 |
| July | 25.7°C | 13.5°C | 19.6°C | 56 mm | 233 |
| August | 25.7°C | 13.3°C | 19.5°C | 52 mm | 226 |
| September | 22.0°C | 10.4°C | 16.2°C | 61 mm | 185 |
| October | 17.1°C | 8.3°C | 12.7°C | 75 mm | 118 |
| November | 11.9°C | 5.0°C | 8.4°C | 75 mm | 75 |
| December | 8.7°C | 2.8°C | 5.8°C | 81 mm | 67 |
| Year | 16.8°C | 7.3°C | 12.1°C | 745 mm | 1,809 |
Where Bousse’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Thorée-les-Pins, 13 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, Le Mans, 27 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 Sarthe.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Bousse’s climate
How warm does Bousse get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.7°C. About 58 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 56% of mainland French towns, and about 15 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bousse get in winter?
February nights average 2.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 44 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bousse get?
About 745 mm a year, less than 53% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (81 mm) and June the driest (51 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Le Mans (27 km away), averages 1,809 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bousse itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bousse, Thorée-les-Pins, 13 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 THOREE LES PINS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bousse →
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.