A middle-of-the-road climate: Oizé is close to most mainland French towns on every count
A typical year brings 745 mm of rain, with July afternoons around 25.7°C and January nights around 2.4°C. In January, nights here are milder than in 61% of mainland French towns. The rainiest month is December; the driest is June. Waterproofs come out on about 118 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Thorée-les-Pins station, 18 km south.
A year in Oizé at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Thorée-les-Pins station.
What a year in Oizé 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 18 km south of Oizé. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Oizé itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Thorée-les-Pins (72357001) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km south |
| Station altitude | 78 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 72 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 11 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Le Mans, 17 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 Oizé 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oizé | Thorée-les-Pins | 25.7°C | 2.4°C | 745 mm |
| Cérans-Foulletourte 3.2 km | Le Mans | 26.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
| Guécélard 8.4 km | Le Mans | 26.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
| Roëzé-sur-Sarthe 10 km | Le Mans | 26.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
| La Suze-sur-Sarthe 11 km | Le Mans | 26.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
| Laigné-Saint-Gervais 11 km | Le Mans | 26.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
| Moncé-en-Belin 12 km | Le Mans | 26.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
Oizé 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 Oizé’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, 18 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, 17 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 Oizé’s climate
How warm does Oizé 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 Oizé 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 Oizé 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 (17 km away), averages 1,809 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Oizé itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Oizé, Thorée-les-Pins, 18 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 Oizé →
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.