Ligny-le-Châtel gets more frosts than 77% of mainland French towns
July afternoons average 26.1°C. Seasons differ by 25°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Plan for rain on about 130 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Ligny-le-Châtel station, 4.2 km north-west.
A year in Ligny-le-Châtel at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Ligny-le-Châtel station.
What a year in Ligny-le-Châtel feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ligny-le-Châtel.
About 773 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and March the driest. About 23 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd 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: 56 frosts and 62 days of 25°C a year
On about 56 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 6 days it stays below freezing all day. About 62 days a year reach 25°C, and 19 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ligny-le-Châtel: 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 Ligny-le-Châtel
Ligny-le-Châtel is 4.2 km north-west of Ligny-le-Châtel. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Ligny-le-Châtel itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Ligny-le-Châtel (89227001) |
| Distance from the town | 4.2 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 155 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 129 m |
| Period | 1991–2016 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Troyes-Barberey, 51 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 Ligny-le-Châtel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligny-le-Châtel | Ligny-le-Châtel | 26.1°C | 1.0°C | 773 mm |
| Saint-Florentin 11 km | same station | 26.1°C about the same | 1.0°C about the same | 773 mm |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon 14 km | same station | 26.1°C about the same | 1.0°C about the same | 773 mm |
| Monéteau 14 km | Aillant | 27.5°C 1.4°C warmer | 0.3°C 0.7°C colder | 727 mm |
| Appoigny 17 km | Aillant | 27.5°C 1.4°C warmer | 0.3°C 0.7°C colder | 727 mm |
| Tonnerre 18 km | Chablis | 27.2°C 1.1°C warmer | 0.6°C about the same | 740 mm |
| Auxerre 18 km | Aillant | 27.5°C 1.4°C warmer | 0.3°C 0.7°C colder | 727 mm |
Ligny-le-Châtel weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Ligny-le-Châtel station; sunshine at Troyes-Barberey.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C | 1.0°C | 3.9°C | 63 mm | 63 |
| February | 8.0°C | 0.8°C | 4.4°C | 57 mm | 90 |
| March | 12.6°C | 2.9°C | 7.8°C | 56 mm | 148 |
| April | 16.2°C | 5.1°C | 10.6°C | 64 mm | 190 |
| May | 20.2°C | 8.7°C | 14.5°C | 74 mm | 216 |
| June | 23.8°C | 11.7°C | 17.8°C | 59 mm | 231 |
| July | 26.1°C | 13.7°C | 19.9°C | 60 mm | 242 |
| August | 26.0°C | 13.4°C | 19.7°C | 62 mm | 232 |
| September | 21.5°C | 10.3°C | 15.9°C | 61 mm | 186 |
| October | 16.6°C | 7.7°C | 12.1°C | 75 mm | 125 |
| November | 10.5°C | 4.1°C | 7.3°C | 70 mm | 70 |
| December | 7.1°C | 1.6°C | 4.4°C | 74 mm | 57 |
| Year | 16.3°C | 6.8°C | 11.5°C | 773 mm | 1,851 |
Where Ligny-le-Châtel’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Ligny-le-Châtel, 4.2 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1991–2016, where its record is shorter).
- 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, 51 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 Ligny-le-Châtel’s climate
How warm does Ligny-le-Châtel get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.1°C. About 62 days a year reach 25°C, more than 51% of mainland French towns, and about 19 reach 30°C.
How cold does Ligny-le-Châtel get in winter?
February nights average 0.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 56 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Ligny-le-Châtel get?
About 773 mm a year, more than 54% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (75 mm) and March the driest (56 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Troyes-Barberey (51 km away), averages 1,851 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Ligny-le-Châtel itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Ligny-le-Châtel, Ligny-le-Châtel, 4.2 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 LIGNY-LE-CHATEL, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Ligny-le-Châtel →
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