Weather without surprises: Poillé-sur-Vègre keeps close to the norm for mainland French towns
July afternoons reach 25.4°C on a typical day and January nights drop to 2.3°C; 799 mm of rain falls in a year. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 66% of mainland French towns. Rain peaks in December and eases off in August. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 47 nights a year below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard station, 24 km north-west.
A year in Poillé-sur-Vègre at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard station.
What a year in Poillé-sur-Vègre feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard.
About 799 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and August the driest. About 24 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 41 towns of 2,500+ in Sarthe.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Le Mans
47 frosts and 53 days of 25°C a year
On about 47 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 53 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard: 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 Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard
Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard is 24 km north-west of Poillé-sur-Vègre. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Poillé-sur-Vègre itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard (53220001) |
| Distance from the town | 24 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 90 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 70 m |
| Period | 1993–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 12 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Le Mans, 34 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 Poillé-sur-Vègre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poillé-sur-Vègre | Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard | 25.4°C | 2.3°C | 799 mm |
| Sablé-sur-Sarthe 10 km | Coudray | 25.9°C 0.5°C warmer | 2.3°C about the same | 718 mm |
| Noyen-sur-Sarthe 14 km | Le Mans | 26.0°C 0.6°C warmer | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
| Précigné 17 km | Montreuil-sur-Loir | 26.1°C 0.7°C warmer | 2.5°C about the same | 697 mm |
| Meslay-du-Maine 22 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 799 mm |
| La Suze-sur-Sarthe 22 km | Le Mans | 26.0°C 0.6°C warmer | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
| Morannes sur Sarthe-Daumeray 24 km | Montreuil-sur-Loir | 26.1°C 0.7°C warmer | 2.5°C about the same | 697 mm |
Poillé-sur-Vègre weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard station; sunshine at Le Mans.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C | 2.3°C | 5.3°C | 82 mm | 65 |
| February | 9.7°C | 2.1°C | 5.9°C | 65 mm | 94 |
| March | 12.9°C | 3.4°C | 8.2°C | 58 mm | 139 |
| April | 16.2°C | 4.9°C | 10.5°C | 57 mm | 180 |
| May | 19.6°C | 8.4°C | 14.0°C | 60 mm | 207 |
| June | 23.3°C | 11.2°C | 17.3°C | 58 mm | 221 |
| July | 25.4°C | 12.8°C | 19.1°C | 54 mm | 233 |
| August | 25.4°C | 12.7°C | 19.0°C | 47 mm | 226 |
| September | 22.0°C | 10.1°C | 16.0°C | 67 mm | 185 |
| October | 17.1°C | 8.4°C | 12.7°C | 79 mm | 118 |
| November | 11.8°C | 4.8°C | 8.3°C | 79 mm | 75 |
| December | 8.8°C | 2.6°C | 5.7°C | 94 mm | 67 |
| Year | 16.7°C | 7.0°C | 11.8°C | 799 mm | 1,809 |
Where Poillé-sur-Vègre’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard, 24 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1993–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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, 34 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 Poillé-sur-Vègre’s climate
How warm does Poillé-sur-Vègre get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.4°C. About 53 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 65% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Poillé-sur-Vègre get in winter?
February nights average 2.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 47 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Poillé-sur-Vègre get?
About 799 mm a year, more than 60% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (94 mm) and August the driest (47 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Le Mans (34 km away), averages 1,809 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Poillé-sur-Vègre itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Poillé-sur-Vègre, Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard, 24 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 ST-GEORGES-LE-FLECHARD, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Poillé-sur-Vègre →
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