Frosty mornings in Arbonne-la-Forêt outnumber those of 93% of mainland French towns
Expect July afternoons of about 26.3°C. No month is much wetter than another: December, the wettest, gets little more than March, the driest. Homes need heating from November to March, the months averaging under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Fontainebleau station, 8.4 km east.
A year in Arbonne-la-Forêt at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Fontainebleau station.
What a year in Arbonne-la-Forêt feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Fontainebleau.
About 740 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and March the driest. About 20 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd wettest of 116 towns of 2,500+ in Seine-et-Marne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Melun
A frosty town: 74 frosts and 61 days of 25°C a year
On about 74 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 61 days a year reach 25°C, and 17 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Fontainebleau: 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 Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau is 8.4 km east of Arbonne-la-Forêt. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Arbonne-la-Forêt itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Fontainebleau (77186002) |
| Distance from the town | 8.4 km east |
| Station altitude | 84 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 73 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Melun, 23 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 Arbonne-la-Forêt 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 Seine-et-Marne.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbonne-la-Forêt | Fontainebleau | 26.3°C | 0.5°C | 740 mm |
| Milly-la-Forêt 7.4 km | Courdimanche | 26.3°C about the same | 1.4°C 0.9°C milder | 595 mm |
| Fontainebleau 10 km | same station | 26.3°C about the same | 0.5°C about the same | 740 mm |
| Bois-le-Roi 12 km | same station | 26.3°C about the same | 0.5°C about the same | 740 mm |
| Boissise-le-Roi 12 km | Seine-Port | 25.9°C about the same | 1.0°C 0.5°C milder | 673 mm |
| Avon 12 km | same station | 26.3°C about the same | 0.5°C about the same | 740 mm |
| Pringy 12 km | Seine-Port | 25.9°C about the same | 1.0°C 0.5°C milder | 673 mm |
Arbonne-la-Forêt weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Fontainebleau station; sunshine at Melun.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C | 0.5°C | 3.8°C | 58 mm | 60 |
| February | 8.7°C | 0.0°C | 4.3°C | 54 mm | 83 |
| March | 12.9°C | 1.8°C | 7.4°C | 53 mm | 143 |
| April | 16.6°C | 3.7°C | 10.2°C | 59 mm | 188 |
| May | 20.1°C | 7.5°C | 13.8°C | 67 mm | 216 |
| June | 23.6°C | 10.8°C | 17.2°C | 60 mm | 226 |
| July | 26.3°C | 12.6°C | 19.5°C | 62 mm | 235 |
| August | 26.2°C | 12.1°C | 19.1°C | 59 mm | 225 |
| September | 21.9°C | 8.8°C | 15.4°C | 61 mm | 180 |
| October | 16.6°C | 6.4°C | 11.5°C | 68 mm | 119 |
| November | 10.9°C | 3.0°C | 7.0°C | 67 mm | 68 |
| December | 7.6°C | 1.1°C | 4.3°C | 72 mm | 54 |
| Year | 16.5°C | 5.7°C | 11.1°C | 740 mm | 1,798 |
Where Arbonne-la-Forêt’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Fontainebleau, 8.4 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, Melun, 23 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 Seine-et-Marne.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Arbonne-la-Forêt’s climate
How warm does Arbonne-la-Forêt get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.3°C. About 61 days a year reach 25°C, more than 51% of mainland French towns, and about 17 reach 30°C.
How cold does Arbonne-la-Forêt get in winter?
February nights average 0.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 74 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Arbonne-la-Forêt get?
About 740 mm a year, less than 55% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (72 mm) and March the driest (53 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Melun (23 km away), averages 1,798 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Arbonne-la-Forêt itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Arbonne-la-Forêt, Fontainebleau, 8.4 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 FONTAINEBLEAU_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Arbonne-la-Forêt →
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