A middle-of-the-road climate: Bignoux is close to most mainland French towns on every count
A typical year brings 695 mm of rain, with July afternoons around 26.1°C and January nights around 2.1°C. Winter and summer sit 25°C apart. Rain is light here, less than falls on 69% of mainland French towns. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 46 nights a year below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Poitiers-Biard station, 12 km west.
A year in Bignoux at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Poitiers-Biard station.
What a year in Bignoux feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Poitiers-Biard.
About 695 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and August the driest. About 20 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 16th wettest of 37 towns of 2,500+ in Vienne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Poitiers-Biard
46 frosts and 60 days of 25°C a year
On about 46 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 60 days a year reach 25°C, and 16 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Poitiers-Biard: 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 Poitiers-Biard
Poitiers-Biard is 12 km west of Bignoux. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bignoux itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Poitiers-Biard (86027001) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km west |
| Station altitude | 125 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 117 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
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 Bignoux 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 Vienne.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bignoux | Poitiers-Biard | 26.1°C | 2.1°C | 695 mm |
| Montamisé 4.2 km | same station | 26.1°C about the same | 2.1°C about the same | 695 mm |
| Saint-Julien-l'Ars 5.3 km | same station | 26.1°C about the same | 2.1°C about the same | 695 mm |
| Mignaloux-Beauvoir 7.5 km | same station | 26.1°C about the same | 2.1°C about the same | 695 mm |
| Buxerolles 8.5 km | same station | 26.1°C about the same | 2.1°C about the same | 695 mm |
| Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux 8.9 km | same station | 26.1°C about the same | 2.1°C about the same | 695 mm |
| Poitiers 9.4 km | same station | 26.1°C about the same | 2.1°C about the same | 695 mm |
Bignoux weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Poitiers-Biard station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C | 2.1°C | 5.2°C | 61 mm | 70 |
| February | 9.6°C | 1.5°C | 5.6°C | 47 mm | 102 |
| March | 13.4°C | 3.5°C | 8.4°C | 49 mm | 158 |
| April | 16.3°C | 5.4°C | 10.8°C | 53 mm | 183 |
| May | 20.0°C | 8.9°C | 14.4°C | 64 mm | 213 |
| June | 23.7°C | 12.1°C | 17.9°C | 60 mm | 233 |
| July | 26.1°C | 13.8°C | 19.9°C | 46 mm | 251 |
| August | 26.3°C | 13.7°C | 20.0°C | 43 mm | 244 |
| September | 22.5°C | 10.7°C | 16.6°C | 53 mm | 200 |
| October | 17.5°C | 8.6°C | 13.0°C | 72 mm | 131 |
| November | 12.0°C | 4.7°C | 8.4°C | 75 mm | 87 |
| December | 8.7°C | 2.4°C | 5.6°C | 73 mm | 71 |
| Year | 17.0°C | 7.3°C | 12.2°C | 695 mm | 1,941 |
Where Bignoux’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Poitiers-Biard, 12 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, Poitiers-Biard, 12 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 Vienne.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Bignoux’s climate
How warm does Bignoux get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.3°C. About 60 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 51% of mainland French towns, and about 16 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bignoux get in winter?
February nights average 1.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 46 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bignoux get?
About 695 mm a year, less than 69% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (75 mm) and August the driest (43 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Poitiers-Biard (12 km away), averages 1,941 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bignoux itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bignoux, Poitiers-Biard, 12 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 POITIERS-BIARD, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bignoux →
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