Winter nights in Arces-Dilo are colder than in 76% of mainland French towns
Expect July afternoons of about 25.6°C. By warm days alone, it ranks cooler than 68% of mainland French towns. No month is much wetter than another: October, the wettest, gets little more than July, the driest. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 55 nights a year below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Saint-Mards station, 17 km north-east.
A year in Arces-Dilo at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saint-Mards station.
What a year in Arces-Dilo feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Mards.
About 760 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 20 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 19 towns of 2,500+ in Yonne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Troyes-Barberey
A frosty town: 55 frosts and 51 days of 25°C a year
On about 55 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 8 days it stays below freezing all day. About 51 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Mards: 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 Saint-Mards
Saint-Mards is 17 km north-east of Arces-Dilo. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Arces-Dilo itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saint-Mards (10350001) |
| Distance from the town | 17 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 227 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 263 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 8.1 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Troyes-Barberey, 41 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 Arces-Dilo 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 Yonne.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arces-Dilo | Saint-Mards | 25.6°C | 0.9°C | 760 mm |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon 11 km | Ligny-le-Châtel | 26.1°C 0.5°C warmer | 1.0°C about the same | 773 mm |
| Saint-Florentin 14 km | Ligny-le-Châtel | 26.1°C 0.5°C warmer | 1.0°C about the same | 773 mm |
| Migennes 15 km | Aillant | 27.5°C 1.9°C warmer | 0.3°C 0.6°C colder | 727 mm |
| Joigny 19 km | Aillant | 27.5°C 1.9°C warmer | 0.3°C 0.6°C colder | 727 mm |
| Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis 19 km | Flacy | 26.2°C 0.6°C warmer | 0.8°C about the same | 741 mm |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 22 km | Sens | 26.5°C 0.9°C warmer | 1.7°C 0.8°C milder | 645 mm |
Arces-Dilo weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saint-Mards station; sunshine at Troyes-Barberey.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C | 0.9°C | 3.5°C | 63 mm | 63 |
| February | 7.4°C | 0.8°C | 4.1°C | 57 mm | 90 |
| March | 11.6°C | 2.8°C | 7.2°C | 54 mm | 148 |
| April | 15.1°C | 4.7°C | 9.9°C | 63 mm | 190 |
| May | 19.0°C | 8.2°C | 13.6°C | 72 mm | 216 |
| June | 22.8°C | 11.4°C | 17.1°C | 59 mm | 231 |
| July | 25.6°C | 13.4°C | 19.5°C | 53 mm | 242 |
| August | 25.2°C | 13.4°C | 19.3°C | 60 mm | 232 |
| September | 20.8°C | 10.4°C | 15.6°C | 59 mm | 186 |
| October | 15.7°C | 8.0°C | 11.8°C | 76 mm | 125 |
| November | 9.9°C | 4.2°C | 7.0°C | 69 mm | 70 |
| December | 6.8°C | 1.8°C | 4.3°C | 75 mm | 57 |
| Year | 15.5°C | 6.7°C | 11.1°C | 760 mm | 1,851 |
Where Arces-Dilo’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saint-Mards, 17 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, Troyes-Barberey, 41 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 Yonne.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Arces-Dilo’s climate
How warm does Arces-Dilo get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.6°C. About 51 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 68% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Arces-Dilo get in winter?
February nights average 0.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 55 nights a year, and about 8 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Arces-Dilo get?
About 760 mm a year, more than 52% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (76 mm) and July the driest (53 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Troyes-Barberey (41 km away), averages 1,851 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Arces-Dilo itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Arces-Dilo, Saint-Mards, 17 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 ST-MARDS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Arces-Dilo →
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