Dry weather: only 642 mm a year falls on Prunay-le-Temple, less than on 85% of mainland French towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.5°C on average. By warm days alone, it ranks cooler than 69% of mainland French towns. A year here swings 24°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Frost greets about 40 mornings a year, so leave time to clear the car.
Figures from Météo-France’s Magnanville station, 11 km north.
A year in Prunay-le-Temple at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Magnanville station.
What a year in Prunay-le-Temple feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Magnanville.
About 642 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and September the driest. About 16 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 70th wettest of 95 towns of 2,500+ in Yvelines.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Trappes
40 frosts and 49 days of 25°C a year
On about 40 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 49 days a year reach 25°C, and 12 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Magnanville: 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 Magnanville
Magnanville is 11 km north of Prunay-le-Temple. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Prunay-le-Temple itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Magnanville (78354001) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km north |
| Station altitude | 123 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 103 m |
| Period | 1995–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Trappes, 26 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 Prunay-le-Temple 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 Yvelines.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prunay-le-Temple | Magnanville | 25.5°C | 1.7°C | 642 mm |
| Garancières 7.5 km | same station | 25.5°C about the same | 1.7°C about the same | 642 mm |
| Gambais 8.9 km | Bû | 25.1°C about the same | 1.7°C about the same | 633 mm |
| La Queue-les-Yvelines 9.3 km | Saint-Léger | 24.8°C 0.7°C cooler | 1.3°C about the same | 706 mm |
| Houdan 9.5 km | Bû | 25.1°C about the same | 1.7°C about the same | 633 mm |
| Magnanville 12 km | same station | 25.5°C about the same | 1.7°C about the same | 642 mm |
| Mantes-la-Ville 13 km | same station | 25.5°C about the same | 1.7°C about the same | 642 mm |
Prunay-le-Temple weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Magnanville station; sunshine at Trappes.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C | 1.7°C | 4.3°C | 49 mm | 57 |
| February | 8.4°C | 1.8°C | 5.1°C | 48 mm | 81 |
| March | 12.1°C | 3.6°C | 7.8°C | 48 mm | 134 |
| April | 15.8°C | 5.5°C | 10.7°C | 43 mm | 176 |
| May | 19.1°C | 8.6°C | 13.9°C | 62 mm | 202 |
| June | 22.8°C | 11.6°C | 17.2°C | 54 mm | 210 |
| July | 25.5°C | 13.4°C | 19.5°C | 52 mm | 222 |
| August | 25.3°C | 13.6°C | 19.5°C | 57 mm | 216 |
| September | 21.4°C | 10.9°C | 16.2°C | 41 mm | 177 |
| October | 16.5°C | 8.6°C | 12.5°C | 65 mm | 117 |
| November | 10.7°C | 4.8°C | 7.7°C | 57 mm | 68 |
| December | 7.2°C | 2.3°C | 4.8°C | 67 mm | 55 |
| Year | 16.0°C | 7.2°C | 11.6°C | 642 mm | 1,714 |
Where Prunay-le-Temple’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Magnanville, 11 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1995–2020, 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, Trappes, 26 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 Yvelines.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Prunay-le-Temple’s climate
How warm does Prunay-le-Temple get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.5°C. About 49 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 69% of mainland French towns, and about 12 reach 30°C.
How cold does Prunay-le-Temple get in winter?
January nights average 1.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 40 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Prunay-le-Temple get?
About 642 mm a year, less than 85% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (67 mm) and September the driest (41 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Trappes (26 km away), averages 1,714 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Prunay-le-Temple itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Prunay-le-Temple, Magnanville, 11 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 MAGNANVILLE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Prunay-le-Temple →
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