Weather without surprises: Fay keeps close to the norm for mainland French towns
January nights average 2.7°C, July afternoons 26.0°C, and a year brings 693 mm of rain. By rainfall alone, it ranks drier than 71% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month, August the driest. The heating season runs November to March: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Le Mans station, 11 km south-east.
A year in Fay at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Le Mans station.
What a year in Fay feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Mans.
About 693 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and August the driest. About 20 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 14th wettest of 41 towns of 2,500+ in Sarthe.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Le Mans
40 frosts and 58 days of 25°C a year
On about 40 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 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 Le Mans: 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 Le Mans
Le Mans is 11 km south-east of Fay. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Fay itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Le Mans (72181001) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 51 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 81 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 Fay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fay | Le Mans | 26.0°C | 2.7°C | 693 mm |
| La Milesse 7.8 km | same station | 26.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
| Allonnes 7.9 km | same station | 26.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
| Saint-Saturnin 8.8 km | same station | 26.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
| Le Mans 9.7 km | same station | 26.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
| Coulaines 10 km | same station | 26.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
| Spay 11 km | same station | 26.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
Fay weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Le Mans station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C | 2.7°C | 5.5°C | 66 mm | 65 |
| February | 9.7°C | 2.2°C | 5.9°C | 49 mm | 94 |
| March | 13.3°C | 4.0°C | 8.7°C | 52 mm | 139 |
| April | 16.6°C | 6.0°C | 11.3°C | 51 mm | 180 |
| May | 20.1°C | 9.7°C | 14.9°C | 63 mm | 207 |
| June | 23.6°C | 12.9°C | 18.2°C | 55 mm | 221 |
| July | 26.0°C | 14.6°C | 20.3°C | 49 mm | 233 |
| August | 26.0°C | 14.3°C | 20.1°C | 49 mm | 226 |
| September | 22.2°C | 11.2°C | 16.7°C | 51 mm | 185 |
| October | 17.2°C | 8.8°C | 13.0°C | 66 mm | 118 |
| November | 11.9°C | 5.2°C | 8.6°C | 67 mm | 75 |
| December | 8.8°C | 2.9°C | 5.9°C | 75 mm | 67 |
| Year | 17.0°C | 7.9°C | 12.4°C | 693 mm | 1,809 |
Where Fay’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Le Mans, 11 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, 11 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 Fay’s climate
How warm does Fay get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.0°C. About 58 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 55% of mainland French towns, and about 15 reach 30°C.
How cold does Fay get in winter?
February nights average 2.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 40 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Fay get?
About 693 mm a year, less than 71% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (75 mm) and August the driest (49 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Le Mans (11 km away), averages 1,809 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Fay itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Fay, Le Mans, 11 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 LE MANS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Fay →
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