Vitré climate — normals and trends
Vitré has a temperate oceanic climate, averaging 11.3 °C annually with 708 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
VitréBrittany Region
- coords
- 48.12°, -1.21°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
11.3°C
Average daily high
15.1°C
Average daily low
7.7°C
Annual rainfall
708mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
18.3km/h
Seasonal range
13.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
34 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
126 d/yr
Annual snowfall
6.1 cm
Average feels-like high
13.0 °C
Average feels-like low
5.2 °C
Average peak gust
37.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
39.3 °C
18 July 2022
Coldest day
-14.9 °C
17 January 1985
Wettest day
46 mm
28 July 1983
Windiest day
62.8 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
132.1 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
10 August 2003
Coldest feels-like
-21.1 °C
17 January 1985
Snowiest day
11.7 cm
4 January 1979
Sunniest day
15.8 h
19 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 190 mm | +124 mm |
| Feb | 9.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 58 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 13.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 29 mm | -30 mm |
| Apr | 18.1 °C | +3.8 °C | 69 mm | +12 mm |
| May | 20.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 33 mm | -35 mm |
| Jun | 26.0 °C | +5.0 °C | 44 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 25.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 76 mm | +29 mm |
| Aug | 26.0 °C | +3.2 °C | 37 mm | -11 mm |
| Sep | 20.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 50 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 17.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 53 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 13.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 60 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | 9.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 72 mm | +4 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Vitré (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 708 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (18.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Vitré averages 34 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 126 rainy days per year.
Vitré has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 44 to 24 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 18 July 2022) and the coldest -14.9 °C (on 17 January 1985).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vitré?
Vitré has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 708 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vitré?
The hottest day measured in Vitré between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2022, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vitré?
The coldest day measured in Vitré between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1985, at -14.9 °C.
Does it snow in Vitré?
Yes. Vitré gets on average 6.1 cm of snow per year and has around 34 frost days.
Has the climate of Vitré warmed?
Yes: Vitré warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vitré?
The wettest day measured in Vitré between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1983, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vitré?
The windiest day measured in Vitré between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 62.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vitré?
The warmest month in Vitré is July (18.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Vitré?
Vitré receives on average 708 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vitré?
Vitré gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Vitré?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vitré between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1979, with 11.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vitré?
Yes: Vitré has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vitré?
In Vitré, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 10 August 2003, and the lowest was -21.1 °C on 17 January 1985.
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