In Saint-Mars-la-Réorthe, July heat, January chill and rainfall all sit near the middle of mainland French towns
A typical July afternoon reaches 25.0°C, a January night drops to 2.9°C, and 773 mm of rain falls in a year. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 72% of mainland French towns. The rainiest month is December; the driest is June. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 34 nights a year below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Cholet station, 24 km north.
A year in Saint-Mars-la-Réorthe at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Cholet station.
What a year in Saint-Mars-la-Réorthe feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cholet.
About 773 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and June the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 57th wettest of 75 towns of 2,500+ in Vendée.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at La Roche-sur-Yon
34 frosts and 48 days of 25°C a year
On about 34 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 48 days a year reach 25°C, and 11 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cholet: 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 Cholet
Cholet is 24 km north of Saint-Mars-la-Réorthe. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Mars-la-Réorthe itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Cholet (49099003) |
| Distance from the town | 24 km north |
| Station altitude | 134 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 141 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 20 km |
| Sunshine measured at | La Roche-sur-Yon, 39 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 Saint-Mars-la-Réorthe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Mars-la-Réorthe | Cholet | 25.0°C | 2.9°C | 773 mm |
| Les Epesses 3 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 773 mm |
| Sèvremont 6.1 km | Bressuire | 25.9°C 0.9°C warmer | 2.4°C 0.5°C colder | 852 mm |
| Les Herbiers 6.9 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 773 mm |
| Le Boupère 7.9 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 773 mm |
| Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre 11 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 773 mm |
| Chanverrie 11 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 773 mm |
Saint-Mars-la-Réorthe weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Cholet station; sunshine at La Roche-sur-Yon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C | 2.9°C | 5.6°C | 83 mm | 74 |
| February | 9.5°C | 2.6°C | 6.1°C | 62 mm | 106 |
| March | 12.8°C | 4.4°C | 8.6°C | 58 mm | 151 |
| April | 15.7°C | 6.1°C | 10.9°C | 57 mm | 184 |
| May | 19.3°C | 9.5°C | 14.4°C | 64 mm | 211 |
| June | 22.9°C | 12.5°C | 17.7°C | 40 mm | 229 |
| July | 25.0°C | 14.1°C | 19.6°C | 49 mm | 241 |
| August | 25.2°C | 14.2°C | 19.7°C | 46 mm | 236 |
| September | 21.9°C | 11.6°C | 16.8°C | 62 mm | 199 |
| October | 16.9°C | 9.4°C | 13.1°C | 80 mm | 129 |
| November | 11.9°C | 5.7°C | 8.8°C | 85 mm | 89 |
| December | 8.9°C | 3.3°C | 6.1°C | 86 mm | 74 |
| Year | 16.5°C | 8.0°C | 12.3°C | 773 mm | 1,922 |
Where Saint-Mars-la-Réorthe’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Cholet, 24 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 Roche-sur-Yon, 39 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 Saint-Mars-la-Réorthe’s climate
How warm does Saint-Mars-la-Réorthe get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.2°C. About 48 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 71% of mainland French towns, and about 11 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Mars-la-Réorthe get in winter?
February nights average 2.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 34 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Mars-la-Réorthe get?
About 773 mm a year, more than 54% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (86 mm) and June the driest (40 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, La Roche-sur-Yon (39 km away), averages 1,922 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Mars-la-Réorthe itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Mars-la-Réorthe, Cholet, 24 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 CHOLET, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Mars-la-Réorthe →
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