Weather without surprises: Sainte-Colombe keeps close to the norm for mainland French towns
July afternoons reach 25.6°C on a typical day and January nights drop to 1.2°C; 741 mm of rain falls in a year. Only 24°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 70% of mainland French towns. Waterproofs come out on about 120 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Voulton station, 11 km north-east.
A year in Sainte-Colombe at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Voulton station.
What a year in Sainte-Colombe feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Voulton.
About 741 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 116 towns of 2,500+ in Seine-et-Marne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Melun
47 frosts and 51 days of 25°C a year
On about 47 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 51 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Voulton: 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 Voulton
Voulton is 11 km north-east of Sainte-Colombe. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Sainte-Colombe itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Voulton (77530001) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 175 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 90 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Melun, 44 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 Sainte-Colombe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Colombe | Voulton | 25.6°C | 1.2°C | 741 mm |
| Provins 4.1 km | same station | 25.6°C about the same | 1.2°C about the same | 741 mm |
| Donnemarie-Dontilly 11 km | La Brosse-Mx | 26.4°C 0.8°C warmer | 2.0°C 0.8°C milder | 653 mm |
| Nangis 18 km | Nangis | 25.3°C about the same | 1.3°C about the same | 704 mm |
| Nogent-sur-Seine 19 km | Bouy-sur-Orvin | 26.3°C 0.7°C warmer | 1.3°C about the same | 636 mm |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande 23 km | Romilly | 26.2°C 0.6°C warmer | 0.8°C about the same | 620 mm |
| Saint-Germain-Laval 25 km | La Brosse-Mx | 26.4°C 0.8°C warmer | 2.0°C 0.8°C milder | 653 mm |
Sainte-Colombe weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Voulton station; sunshine at Melun.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.0°C | 1.2°C | 3.6°C | 64 mm | 60 |
| February | 7.4°C | 1.3°C | 4.3°C | 57 mm | 83 |
| March | 11.7°C | 3.3°C | 7.5°C | 56 mm | 143 |
| April | 15.6°C | 5.4°C | 10.5°C | 52 mm | 188 |
| May | 19.2°C | 8.7°C | 14.0°C | 65 mm | 216 |
| June | 22.8°C | 11.7°C | 17.2°C | 57 mm | 226 |
| July | 25.6°C | 13.7°C | 19.6°C | 59 mm | 235 |
| August | 25.6°C | 13.6°C | 19.6°C | 55 mm | 225 |
| September | 21.2°C | 10.7°C | 16.0°C | 57 mm | 180 |
| October | 15.8°C | 8.1°C | 11.9°C | 70 mm | 119 |
| November | 9.9°C | 4.4°C | 7.1°C | 67 mm | 68 |
| December | 6.6°C | 2.0°C | 4.3°C | 83 mm | 54 |
| Year | 15.6°C | 7.0°C | 11.3°C | 741 mm | 1,798 |
Where Sainte-Colombe’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Voulton, 11 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, 44 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 Sainte-Colombe’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Colombe get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.6°C. About 51 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 68% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Sainte-Colombe get in winter?
January nights average 1.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 47 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Sainte-Colombe get?
About 741 mm a year, less than 54% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (83 mm) and April the driest (52 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Melun (44 km away), averages 1,798 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Sainte-Colombe itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Sainte-Colombe, Voulton, 11 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 VOULTON_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Sainte-Colombe →
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