Summers, winters and rain in Solesmes all run close to those of most mainland French towns
January nights average 2.3°C, July afternoons 25.9°C, and a year brings 718 mm of rain. Temperatures cover 24°C across the year, low to high. By rainfall alone, it ranks drier than 62% of mainland French towns. Windscreens need scraping on about 44 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Coudray station, 27 km west: at that distance, read them as the area’s climate rather than the town’s.
A year in Solesmes at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Coudray station.
What a year in Solesmes feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Coudray.
About 718 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and August the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 11th 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 61 days of 25°C a year
On about 44 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 61 days a year reach 25°C, and 16 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Coudray: 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 Coudray
Coudray is 27 km west of Solesmes. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Solesmes itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Coudray (53078001) |
| Distance from the town | 27 km west |
| Station altitude | 55 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 56 m |
| Period | 1996–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 9.5 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Le Mans, 38 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 Solesmes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solesmes | Coudray | 25.9°C | 2.3°C | 718 mm |
| Sablé-sur-Sarthe 2.9 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 718 mm |
| Précigné 9.6 km | Montreuil-sur-Loir | 26.1°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 697 mm |
| Noyen-sur-Sarthe 15 km | Le Mans | 26.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 693 mm |
| Morannes sur Sarthe-Daumeray 16 km | Montreuil-sur-Loir | 26.1°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 697 mm |
| Durtal 20 km | Montreuil-sur-Loir | 26.1°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 697 mm |
| Meslay-du-Maine 22 km | Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard | 25.4°C 0.5°C cooler | 2.3°C about the same | 799 mm |
Solesmes weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Coudray station; sunshine at Le Mans.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C | 2.3°C | 5.5°C | 70 mm | 65 |
| February | 10.3°C | 2.0°C | 6.2°C | 56 mm | 94 |
| March | 13.5°C | 3.4°C | 8.5°C | 50 mm | 139 |
| April | 17.0°C | 5.0°C | 11.0°C | 53 mm | 180 |
| May | 20.5°C | 8.6°C | 14.5°C | 59 mm | 207 |
| June | 24.0°C | 11.6°C | 17.8°C | 53 mm | 221 |
| July | 25.9°C | 13.1°C | 19.5°C | 46 mm | 233 |
| August | 25.9°C | 13.0°C | 19.4°C | 43 mm | 226 |
| September | 23.0°C | 10.4°C | 16.7°C | 62 mm | 185 |
| October | 17.7°C | 8.4°C | 13.1°C | 71 mm | 118 |
| November | 12.4°C | 4.9°C | 8.6°C | 77 mm | 75 |
| December | 9.3°C | 2.6°C | 5.9°C | 79 mm | 67 |
| Year | 17.4°C | 7.1°C | 12.2°C | 718 mm | 1,809 |
Where Solesmes’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Coudray, 27 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1996–2020, 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, 38 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 Solesmes’s climate
How warm does Solesmes get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.9°C. About 61 days a year reach 25°C, more than 50% of mainland French towns, and about 16 reach 30°C.
How cold does Solesmes get in winter?
February nights average 2.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 44 nights a year, and about 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Solesmes get?
About 718 mm a year, less than 62% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (79 mm) and August the driest (43 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Le Mans (38 km away), averages 1,809 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Solesmes itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Solesmes, Coudray, 27 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 COUDRAY, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Solesmes →
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.