Winter nights in Grues are milder than in 77% of mainland French towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 26.7°C. Rain is plentiful here, more than falls on 73% of mainland French towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 24°C. An umbrella earns its place on about 126 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Angles station, 7.3 km west.
A year in Grues at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Angles station.
What a year in Grues feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Angles.
About 869 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and June the driest. About 29 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 32nd wettest of 75 towns of 2,500+ in Vendée.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at La Rochelle-Île de Re
33 frosts and 72 days of 25°C a year
On about 33 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about under 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 72 days a year reach 25°C, and 21 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Angles: 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 Angles
Angles is 7.3 km west of Grues. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Grues itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Angles (85004001) |
| Distance from the town | 7.3 km west |
| Station altitude | 10 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 3 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | La Rochelle-Île de Re, 25 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 Grues 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grues | Angles | 26.7°C | 3.2°C | 869 mm |
| L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île 6.6 km | same station | 26.7°C about the same | 3.2°C about the same | 869 mm |
| Angles 7.1 km | same station | 26.7°C about the same | 3.2°C about the same | 869 mm |
| La Tranche-sur-Mer 11 km | same station | 26.7°C about the same | 3.2°C about the same | 869 mm |
| Luçon 13 km | Sainte-Gemme-la-Plaine | 26.1°C 0.6°C cooler | 3.3°C about the same | 809 mm |
| Longeville-sur-Mer 13 km | same station | 26.7°C about the same | 3.2°C about the same | 869 mm |
| Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais 17 km | Sainte-Gemme-la-Plaine | 26.1°C 0.6°C cooler | 3.3°C about the same | 809 mm |
Grues weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Angles station; sunshine at La Rochelle-Île de Re.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.0°C | 3.2°C | 6.6°C | 90 mm | 91 |
| February | 11.2°C | 2.7°C | 6.9°C | 71 mm | 131 |
| March | 14.5°C | 4.5°C | 9.5°C | 63 mm | 179 |
| April | 17.4°C | 6.2°C | 11.8°C | 63 mm | 231 |
| May | 20.9°C | 9.8°C | 15.4°C | 53 mm | 258 |
| June | 24.5°C | 12.8°C | 18.7°C | 44 mm | 253 |
| July | 26.7°C | 14.4°C | 20.5°C | 47 mm | 297 |
| August | 26.8°C | 14.2°C | 20.5°C | 49 mm | 278 |
| September | 23.7°C | 11.6°C | 17.7°C | 68 mm | 234 |
| October | 18.9°C | 9.4°C | 14.2°C | 102 mm | 155 |
| November | 13.8°C | 5.7°C | 9.8°C | 113 mm | 109 |
| December | 10.5°C | 3.5°C | 7.0°C | 108 mm | 90 |
| Year | 18.2°C | 8.2°C | 13.2°C | 869 mm | 2,303 |
Where Grues’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Angles, 7.3 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, La Rochelle-Île de Re, 25 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 Grues’s climate
How warm does Grues get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.8°C. About 72 days a year reach 25°C, more than 66% of mainland French towns, and about 21 reach 30°C.
How cold does Grues get in winter?
February nights average 2.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 33 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Grues get?
About 869 mm a year, more than 73% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (113 mm) and June the driest (44 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, La Rochelle-Île de Re (25 km away), averages 2,303 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Grues itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Grues, Angles, 7.3 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 ANGLES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Grues →
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