La Ferté-Bernard gets more frosts than 83% of mainland French towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 25.8°C. Only 25°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Plan for rain on about 129 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Cormes station, 4.6 km east.
A year in La Ferté-Bernard at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Cormes station.
What a year in La Ferté-Bernard feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cormes.
About 759 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and August the driest. About 24 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd wettest of 41 towns of 2,500+ in Sarthe.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Le Mans
A frosty town: 62 frosts and 57 days of 25°C a year
On about 62 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 57 days a year reach 25°C, and 17 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cormes: 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 Cormes
Cormes is 4.6 km east of La Ferté-Bernard. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in La Ferté-Bernard itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Cormes (72093001) |
| Distance from the town | 4.6 km east |
| Station altitude | 122 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 84 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Le Mans, 43 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 La Ferté-Bernard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Ferté-Bernard | Cormes | 25.8°C | 1.7°C | 759 mm |
| Cherré-Au 1.6 km | same station | 25.8°C about the same | 1.7°C about the same | 759 mm |
| Val-au-Perche 10 km | Preaux-du-Perche | 25.3°C 0.5°C cooler | 1.8°C about the same | 748 mm |
| Vibraye 16 km | same station | 25.8°C about the same | 1.7°C about the same | 759 mm |
| Bonnétable 16 km | Marolles les Br | 25.8°C about the same | 2.2°C 0.5°C milder | 703 mm |
| Connerré 19 km | same station | 25.8°C about the same | 1.7°C about the same | 759 mm |
| Nogent-le-Rotrou 19 km | Preaux-du-Perche | 25.3°C 0.5°C cooler | 1.8°C about the same | 748 mm |
La Ferté-Bernard weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Cormes station; sunshine at Le Mans.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C | 1.7°C | 4.5°C | 72 mm | 65 |
| February | 9.0°C | 1.1°C | 5.0°C | 58 mm | 94 |
| March | 12.8°C | 2.7°C | 7.8°C | 59 mm | 139 |
| April | 16.3°C | 4.2°C | 10.3°C | 52 mm | 180 |
| May | 19.8°C | 7.9°C | 13.8°C | 66 mm | 207 |
| June | 23.3°C | 11.0°C | 17.2°C | 60 mm | 221 |
| July | 25.8°C | 12.6°C | 19.2°C | 55 mm | 233 |
| August | 25.7°C | 12.6°C | 19.1°C | 51 mm | 226 |
| September | 21.9°C | 9.8°C | 15.8°C | 53 mm | 185 |
| October | 16.5°C | 7.7°C | 12.1°C | 71 mm | 118 |
| November | 11.0°C | 4.3°C | 7.6°C | 74 mm | 75 |
| December | 7.7°C | 2.1°C | 4.9°C | 89 mm | 67 |
| Year | 16.4°C | 6.5°C | 11.4°C | 759 mm | 1,809 |
Where La Ferté-Bernard’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Cormes, 4.6 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, 43 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 La Ferté-Bernard’s climate
How warm does La Ferté-Bernard get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.8°C. About 57 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 58% of mainland French towns, and about 17 reach 30°C.
How cold does La Ferté-Bernard get in winter?
February nights average 1.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 62 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does La Ferté-Bernard get?
About 759 mm a year, more than 51% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (89 mm) and August the driest (51 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Le Mans (43 km away), averages 1,809 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for La Ferté-Bernard itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to La Ferté-Bernard, Cormes, 4.6 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 CORMES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for La Ferté-Bernard →
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