Frost comes to Charny Orée de Puisaye more often than to 79% of mainland French towns
July afternoons average 25.8°C. No month is much wetter than another: October, the wettest, gets little more than February, the driest. Warm afternoons come less often than in 61% of mainland French towns. Garden chairs stay out from May to September, the months with highs of 20–26°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Grandchamp station, 13 km south-east.
A year in Charny Orée de Puisaye at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Grandchamp station.
What a year in Charny Orée de Puisaye feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Grandchamp.
About 759 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and February 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: 59 frosts and 55 days of 25°C a year
On about 59 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 6 days it stays below freezing all day. About 55 days a year reach 25°C, and 16 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Grandchamp: 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 Grandchamp
Grandchamp is 13 km south-east of Charny Orée de Puisaye. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Charny Orée de Puisaye itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Grandchamp (89192001) |
| Distance from the town | 13 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 180 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 180 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Troyes-Barberey, 83 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 Charny Orée de Puisaye 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charny Orée de Puisaye | Grandchamp | 25.8°C | 1.2°C | 759 mm |
| Courtenay 16 km | Savigny/Clairis | 25.6°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 732 mm |
| Montholon 17 km | Aillant | 27.5°C 1.7°C warmer | 0.3°C 0.9°C colder | 727 mm |
| Toucy 22 km | same station | 25.8°C about the same | 1.2°C about the same | 759 mm |
| Joigny 24 km | Aillant | 27.5°C 1.7°C warmer | 0.3°C 0.9°C colder | 727 mm |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 26 km | Sens | 26.5°C 0.7°C warmer | 1.7°C 0.5°C milder | 645 mm |
| Amilly 28 km | Amilly | 26.8°C 1°C warmer | 1.3°C about the same | 643 mm |
Charny Orée de Puisaye weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Grandchamp station; sunshine at Troyes-Barberey.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C | 1.2°C | 3.9°C | 64 mm | 63 |
| February | 8.1°C | 0.8°C | 4.5°C | 55 mm | 90 |
| March | 12.3°C | 2.6°C | 7.5°C | 56 mm | 148 |
| April | 15.8°C | 4.5°C | 10.1°C | 61 mm | 190 |
| May | 19.6°C | 8.1°C | 13.8°C | 69 mm | 216 |
| June | 23.2°C | 11.5°C | 17.4°C | 59 mm | 231 |
| July | 25.8°C | 13.3°C | 19.6°C | 57 mm | 242 |
| August | 25.7°C | 13.1°C | 19.4°C | 60 mm | 232 |
| September | 21.3°C | 10.0°C | 15.7°C | 60 mm | 186 |
| October | 16.3°C | 7.8°C | 12.1°C | 75 mm | 125 |
| November | 10.6°C | 4.2°C | 7.4°C | 72 mm | 70 |
| December | 7.4°C | 1.8°C | 4.6°C | 72 mm | 57 |
| Year | 16.1°C | 6.6°C | 11.3°C | 759 mm | 1,851 |
Where Charny Orée de Puisaye’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Grandchamp, 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, Troyes-Barberey, 83 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 Charny Orée de Puisaye’s climate
How warm does Charny Orée de Puisaye get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.8°C. About 55 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 61% of mainland French towns, and about 16 reach 30°C.
How cold does Charny Orée de Puisaye get in winter?
February nights average 0.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 59 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Charny Orée de Puisaye get?
About 759 mm a year, more than 51% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (75 mm) and February the driest (55 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Troyes-Barberey (83 km away), averages 1,851 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Charny Orée de Puisaye itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Charny Orée de Puisaye, Grandchamp, 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 GRANDCHAMP_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Charny Orée de Puisaye →
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