Weather without surprises: Treize-Vents keeps close to the norm for mainland French towns
A typical year brings 773 mm of rain, with July afternoons around 25.0°C and January nights around 2.9°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 72% of mainland French towns. The rainiest month is December; the driest is June. Windscreens need scraping on about 34 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Cholet station, 18 km north.
A year in Treize-Vents at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Cholet station.
What a year in Treize-Vents 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 18 km north of Treize-Vents. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Treize-Vents itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Cholet (49099003) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km north |
| Station altitude | 134 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 174 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | La Roche-sur-Yon, 47 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 Treize-Vents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treize-Vents | Cholet | 25.0°C | 2.9°C | 773 mm |
| Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre 5.3 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 773 mm |
| Les Epesses 5.4 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 773 mm |
| Mauléon 7.3 km | Nueil-les-Aubiers | 25.8°C 0.8°C warmer | 2.3°C 0.6°C colder | 812 mm |
| La Tessoualle 9.5 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 773 mm |
| Sèvremont 9.6 km | Bressuire | 25.9°C 0.9°C warmer | 2.4°C 0.5°C colder | 852 mm |
| Chanverrie 11 km | same station | 25.0°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 773 mm |
Treize-Vents 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 Treize-Vents’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Cholet, 18 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, 47 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 Treize-Vents’s climate
How warm does Treize-Vents 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 Treize-Vents 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 Treize-Vents 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 (47 km away), averages 1,922 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Treize-Vents itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Treize-Vents, Cholet, 18 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 Treize-Vents →
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