Ice on the ground: Vaubexy sees more frosts than 94% of mainland French towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 25.1°C. By rainfall alone, it ranks wetter than 78% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month, April the driest. Garden chairs stay out from June to September, the months with highs of 20–25°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Epinal station, 18 km south-east.
A year in Vaubexy at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Epinal station.
What a year in Vaubexy feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Epinal.
About 907 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and April the driest. About 28 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 19th wettest of 30 towns of 2,500+ in Vosges.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Epinal
A frosty town: 78 frosts and 51 days of 25°C a year
On about 78 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 12 days it stays below freezing all day. About 51 days a year reach 25°C, and 12 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Epinal: 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 Epinal
Epinal is 18 km south-east of Vaubexy. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Vaubexy itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Epinal (88136001) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 317 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 299 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 8.7 km |
| 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 Vaubexy 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 Vosges.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaubexy | Epinal | 25.1°C | −0.9°C | 907 mm |
| Mirecourt 8 km | same station | 25.1°C about the same | −0.9°C about the same | 907 mm |
| Charmes 11 km | Roville | 25.4°C about the same | −0.9°C about the same | 833 mm |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 14 km | same station | 25.1°C about the same | −0.9°C about the same | 907 mm |
| Golbey 17 km | same station | 25.1°C about the same | −0.9°C about the same | 907 mm |
| Chantraine 19 km | same station | 25.1°C about the same | −0.9°C about the same | 907 mm |
| Épinal 20 km | same station | 25.1°C about the same | −0.9°C about the same | 907 mm |
Vaubexy weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Epinal station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.9°C | −0.9°C | 2.0°C | 77 mm | 63 |
| February | 6.6°C | −0.8°C | 2.9°C | 65 mm | 87 |
| March | 11.1°C | 1.2°C | 6.2°C | 67 mm | 143 |
| April | 15.3°C | 3.7°C | 9.5°C | 62 mm | 178 |
| May | 19.2°C | 7.8°C | 13.5°C | 82 mm | 207 |
| June | 22.9°C | 11.3°C | 17.1°C | 73 mm | 225 |
| July | 25.1°C | 13.2°C | 19.1°C | 72 mm | 238 |
| August | 24.9°C | 12.9°C | 18.9°C | 73 mm | 221 |
| September | 20.3°C | 9.3°C | 14.8°C | 77 mm | 171 |
| October | 15.2°C | 6.5°C | 10.8°C | 89 mm | 113 |
| November | 9.2°C | 2.7°C | 5.9°C | 83 mm | 64 |
| December | 5.7°C | 0.2°C | 3.0°C | 88 mm | 54 |
| Year | 15.0°C | 5.6°C | 10.3°C | 907 mm | 1,760 |
Where Vaubexy’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Epinal, 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, Epinal, 18 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 Vosges.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Vaubexy’s climate
How warm does Vaubexy get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.1°C. About 51 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 68% of mainland French towns, and about 12 reach 30°C.
How cold does Vaubexy get in winter?
January nights average −0.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 78 nights a year, and about 12 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Vaubexy get?
About 907 mm a year, more than 78% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (89 mm) and April the driest (62 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Epinal (18 km away), averages 1,760 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Vaubexy itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Vaubexy, Epinal, 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 EPINAL, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Vaubexy →
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.