Frost comes to Thollet more often than to 74% of mainland French towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 27.3°C. Temperatures cover 26°C across the year, low to high. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 73% of mainland French towns. If you like long walks, May, June, September and October offer highs of 18–25°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Chaillac station, 13 km east.
A year in Thollet at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Chaillac station.
What a year in Thollet feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chaillac.
About 864 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and August the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd wettest of 37 towns of 2,500+ in Vienne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montmorillon
A frosty town: 54 frosts and 80 days of 25°C a year
On about 54 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 80 days a year reach 25°C, and 28 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chaillac: 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 Chaillac
Chaillac is 13 km east of Thollet. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Thollet itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Chaillac (36035001) |
| Distance from the town | 13 km east |
| Station altitude | 180 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 160 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Montmorillon, 22 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 Thollet 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thollet | Chaillac | 27.3°C | 1.9°C | 864 mm |
| Montmorillon 19 km | Montmorillon | 26.3°C 1°C cooler | 2.6°C 0.7°C milder | 782 mm |
| Le Blanc 23 km | Le Blanc | 27.7°C about the same | 2.5°C 0.6°C milder | 776 mm |
Thollet weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Chaillac station; sunshine at Montmorillon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C | 1.9°C | 5.1°C | 76 mm | 71 |
| February | 9.7°C | 1.2°C | 5.5°C | 64 mm | 104 |
| March | 13.9°C | 3.3°C | 8.6°C | 61 mm | 160 |
| April | 17.0°C | 5.1°C | 11.1°C | 70 mm | 191 |
| May | 20.9°C | 8.6°C | 14.8°C | 83 mm | 216 |
| June | 24.8°C | 12.1°C | 18.4°C | 68 mm | 234 |
| July | 27.3°C | 13.7°C | 20.5°C | 59 mm | 259 |
| August | 27.3°C | 13.5°C | 20.4°C | 59 mm | 237 |
| September | 23.2°C | 10.1°C | 16.6°C | 68 mm | 205 |
| October | 17.9°C | 8.4°C | 13.1°C | 88 mm | 136 |
| November | 12.1°C | 4.5°C | 8.3°C | 87 mm | 81 |
| December | 8.8°C | 2.4°C | 5.6°C | 83 mm | 76 |
| Year | 17.6°C | 7.1°C | 12.3°C | 864 mm | 1,969 |
Where Thollet’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Chaillac, 13 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, Montmorillon, 22 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 Thollet’s climate
How warm does Thollet get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.3°C. About 80 days a year reach 25°C, more than 71% of mainland French towns, and about 28 reach 30°C.
How cold does Thollet get in winter?
February nights average 1.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 54 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Thollet get?
About 864 mm a year, more than 73% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (88 mm) and August the driest (59 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montmorillon (22 km away), averages 1,969 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Thollet itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Thollet, Chaillac, 13 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 CHAILLAC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Thollet →
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.