Nights stay kind in Bois-de-Céné each January, milder than in 85% of mainland French towns
Expect July afternoons of about 25.0°C. Rain is plentiful here, more than falls on 73% of mainland French towns. A year here swings 22°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 34 nights a year below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Saint-Meme-le-Tenu station, 11 km north-east.
A year in Bois-de-Céné at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saint-Meme-le-Tenu station.
What a year in Bois-de-Céné feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Meme-le-Tenu.
About 866 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and August the driest. About 27 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 38th wettest of 75 towns of 2,500+ in Vendée.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Nantes-Bouguenais
34 frosts and 49 days of 25°C a year
On about 34 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about under 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 49 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Meme-le-Tenu: 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-Meme-le-Tenu
Saint-Meme-le-Tenu is 11 km north-east of Bois-de-Céné. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bois-de-Céné itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saint-Meme-le-Tenu (44181001) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 4 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 11 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Nantes-Bouguenais, 31 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 Bois-de-Céné 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 Vendée.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bois-de-Céné | Saint-Meme-le-Tenu | 25.0°C | 3.5°C | 866 mm |
| La Garnache 6.6 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 3.5°C about the same | 866 mm |
| Machecoul-Saint-Même 8.2 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 3.5°C about the same | 866 mm |
| Saint-Gervais 8.9 km | Le Perrier | 24.1°C 0.9°C cooler | 4.1°C 0.6°C milder | 762 mm |
| Sallertaine 9.4 km | Le Perrier | 24.1°C 0.9°C cooler | 4.1°C 0.6°C milder | 762 mm |
| Villeneuve-en-Retz 11 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 3.5°C about the same | 866 mm |
| Challans 11 km | Le Perrier | 24.1°C 0.9°C cooler | 4.1°C 0.6°C milder | 762 mm |
Bois-de-Céné weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saint-Meme-le-Tenu station; sunshine at Nantes-Bouguenais.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.7°C | 3.5°C | 6.6°C | 91 mm | 73 |
| February | 10.7°C | 3.0°C | 6.9°C | 70 mm | 102 |
| March | 13.7°C | 4.7°C | 9.2°C | 62 mm | 147 |
| April | 16.4°C | 6.2°C | 11.3°C | 67 mm | 183 |
| May | 20.0°C | 9.6°C | 14.8°C | 61 mm | 203 |
| June | 23.2°C | 12.6°C | 17.9°C | 51 mm | 213 |
| July | 25.0°C | 14.0°C | 19.5°C | 50 mm | 229 |
| August | 25.2°C | 13.7°C | 19.5°C | 50 mm | 233 |
| September | 22.6°C | 11.2°C | 16.9°C | 68 mm | 199 |
| October | 18.0°C | 9.3°C | 13.6°C | 97 mm | 123 |
| November | 13.3°C | 5.9°C | 9.6°C | 101 mm | 91 |
| December | 10.3°C | 3.8°C | 7.0°C | 99 mm | 78 |
| Year | 17.3°C | 8.1°C | 12.7°C | 866 mm | 1,873 |
Where Bois-de-Céné’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saint-Meme-le-Tenu, 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, Nantes-Bouguenais, 31 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 Vendée.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Bois-de-Céné’s climate
How warm does Bois-de-Céné get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.2°C. About 49 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 69% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bois-de-Céné get in winter?
February nights average 3.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 34 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bois-de-Céné get?
About 866 mm a year, more than 73% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (101 mm) and August the driest (50 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Nantes-Bouguenais (31 km away), averages 1,873 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bois-de-Céné itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bois-de-Céné, Saint-Meme-le-Tenu, 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 ST-MEME-LE-TENU, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bois-de-Céné →
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