Weather without surprises: Mareil-sur-Loir keeps close to the norm for mainland French towns
A typical year brings 745 mm of rain, with July afternoons around 25.7°C and January nights around 2.4°C. Temperatures cover 24°C across the year, low to high. By January nights alone, it runs milder than 61% of mainland French towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 118 times a year.
Figures from Météo-France’s Thorée-les-Pins station, 6.5 km south.
A year in Mareil-sur-Loir at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Thorée-les-Pins station.
What a year in Mareil-sur-Loir 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 6.5 km south of Mareil-sur-Loir. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Mareil-sur-Loir itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Thorée-les-Pins (72357001) |
| Distance from the town | 6.5 km south |
| Station altitude | 78 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 80 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Le Mans, 29 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 Mareil-sur-Loir 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mareil-sur-Loir | Thorée-les-Pins | 25.7°C | 2.4°C | 745 mm |
| La Flèche 6.4 km | same station | 25.7°C about the same | 2.4°C about the same | 745 mm |
| Cérans-Foulletourte 13 km | Le Mans | 26.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
| Le Lude 14 km | same station | 25.7°C about the same | 2.4°C about the same | 745 mm |
| Noyen-sur-Sarthe 19 km | Le Mans | 26.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
| La Suze-sur-Sarthe 19 km | Le Mans | 26.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
| Durtal 19 km | Montreuil-sur-Loir | 26.1°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 697 mm |
Mareil-sur-Loir 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 Mareil-sur-Loir’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, 6.5 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, 29 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 Mareil-sur-Loir’s climate
How warm does Mareil-sur-Loir 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 Mareil-sur-Loir 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 Mareil-sur-Loir 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 (29 km away), averages 1,809 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Mareil-sur-Loir itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Mareil-sur-Loir, Thorée-les-Pins, 6.5 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 Mareil-sur-Loir →
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