Foussais-Payré is wetter than 82% of mainland French towns: 937 mm of rain a year
Midsummer highs settle at about 26.6°C. Winter and summer sit 24°C apart. By frosts alone, it ranks gentler than 73% of mainland French towns. An umbrella earns its place on about 128 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Surin station, 19 km south-east.
A year in Foussais-Payré at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Surin station.
What a year in Foussais-Payré feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Surin.
About 937 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and June the driest. About 30 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 13th wettest of 75 towns of 2,500+ in Vendée.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Niort
32 frosts and 68 days of 25°C a year
On about 32 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 68 days a year reach 25°C, and 20 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Surin: 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 Surin
Surin is 19 km south-east of Foussais-Payré. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Foussais-Payré itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Surin (79320002) |
| Distance from the town | 19 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 100 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 86 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 13 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Niort, 32 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 Foussais-Payré 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foussais-Payré | Surin | 26.6°C | 2.8°C | 937 mm |
| Fontenay-le-Comte 11 km | Marans | 26.3°C about the same | 3.4°C 0.6°C milder | 740 mm |
| La Châtaigneraie 14 km | Secondigny | 25.8°C 0.8°C cooler | 2.1°C 0.7°C colder | 1,097 mm |
| Benet 19 km | Niort | 26.3°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 847 mm |
| Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre 23 km | Bressuire | 25.9°C 0.7°C cooler | 2.4°C about the same | 852 mm |
| Échiré 25 km | Niort | 26.3°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 847 mm |
| Magné 26 km | Prin-Deyrançon | 27.0°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 837 mm |
Foussais-Payré weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Surin station; sunshine at Niort.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C | 2.8°C | 5.8°C | 99 mm | 76 |
| February | 10.2°C | 2.4°C | 6.3°C | 75 mm | 108 |
| March | 13.8°C | 4.5°C | 9.2°C | 73 mm | 160 |
| April | 16.8°C | 6.3°C | 11.6°C | 70 mm | 187 |
| May | 20.6°C | 9.7°C | 15.1°C | 69 mm | 219 |
| June | 24.2°C | 12.8°C | 18.5°C | 56 mm | 241 |
| July | 26.6°C | 14.5°C | 20.6°C | 58 mm | 257 |
| August | 26.7°C | 14.6°C | 20.6°C | 56 mm | 248 |
| September | 23.1°C | 12.0°C | 17.6°C | 70 mm | 207 |
| October | 18.0°C | 9.5°C | 13.8°C | 97 mm | 134 |
| November | 12.6°C | 5.6°C | 9.1°C | 101 mm | 93 |
| December | 9.4°C | 3.2°C | 6.3°C | 113 mm | 77 |
| Year | 17.6°C | 8.2°C | 12.9°C | 937 mm | 2,006 |
Where Foussais-Payré’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Surin, 19 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, Niort, 32 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 Foussais-Payré’s climate
How warm does Foussais-Payré get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.7°C. About 68 days a year reach 25°C, more than 59% of mainland French towns, and about 20 reach 30°C.
How cold does Foussais-Payré get in winter?
February nights average 2.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 32 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Foussais-Payré get?
About 937 mm a year, more than 82% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (113 mm) and June the driest (56 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Niort (32 km away), averages 2,006 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Foussais-Payré itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Foussais-Payré, Surin, 19 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 SURIN_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Foussais-Payré →
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.