What is the rainiest city in Essonne?

Palaiseau, at 115.2 days, ahead of Les Ulis (115.2 days).

What is the driest city in Essonne?

Étampes, at 106.8 days. 38 cities of Essonne are measured here.

Where does Palaiseau stand in France?

437 of the 1,040 French cities measured on rainy days. The national ranking is on its own page.

Which cities lead in Essonne?

Palaiseau (115.2 days), Les Ulis (115.2 days), Gif-sur-Yvette (115.2 days), Orsay (115.2 days), Igny (115.2 days). The whole table is on this page.

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In Essonne · Météo-France, fiches climatologiques

Where it rains most in Essonne

Palaiseau is the rainiest city in Essonne, at 115.2 days, ahead of Les Ulis (115.2 days) and Gif-sur-Yvette (115.2 days). At the other end, Étampes is the driest city, at 106.8 days.

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The 38 cities of Essonne ranked on rainy days
Rank	City	Rainy days	Population
1	Palaiseau	115.2 days	37,471
2	Les Ulis	115.2 days	25,886
3	Gif-sur-Yvette	115.2 days	22,544
4	Orsay	115.2 days	16,498
5	Igny	115.2 days	10,833
6	Villebon-sur-Yvette	115.2 days	10,291
7	Saint-Pierre-du-Perray	112.6 days	11,993
8	Évry-Courcouronnes	109.5 days	66,919
9	Corbeil-Essonnes	109.5 days	54,471
10	Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois	109.5 days	35,438
11	Ris-Orangis	109.5 days	31,189
12	Brétigny-sur-Orge	109.5 days	26,658
13	Saint-Michel-sur-Orge	109.5 days	21,776
14	Morsang-sur-Orge	109.5 days	21,667
15	Mennecy	109.5 days	16,433
16	Fleury-Mérogis	109.5 days	13,721
17	Arpajon	109.5 days	11,698
18	Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon	109.5 days	11,623
19	Dourdan	109.5 days	11,415
20	Bondoufle	109.5 days	10,767
21	Verrières-le-Buisson	108.9 days	15,057
22	Massy	108.6 days	51,729
23	Savigny-sur-Orge	108.6 days	37,601
24	Athis-Mons	108.6 days	36,613
25	Vigneux-sur-Seine	108.6 days	31,466
26	Viry-Châtillon	108.6 days	30,838
27	Draveil	108.6 days	30,098
28	Yerres	108.6 days	27,906
29	Grigny	108.6 days	26,842
30	Brunoy	108.6 days	25,643
31	Montgeron	108.6 days	24,022
32	Longjumeau	108.6 days	21,996
33	Chilly-Mazarin	108.6 days	20,443
34	Juvisy-sur-Orge	108.6 days	19,292
35	Morangis	108.6 days	14,129
36	Épinay-sous-Sénart	108.6 days	11,611
37	Épinay-sur-Orge	108.6 days	10,722
38	Étampes	106.8 days	26,857

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Scope, method and sources

Scope: France, metropolitan and overseas, Corsica and the DROM included. This dataset holds every commune of 10,000 inhabitants or more, plus smaller communes famous enough to be household names, 1,131 in all. It is not the full list of 35,000 French communes, so a village can sit outside a ranking whose extreme it would otherwise hold. This particular ranking is metropolitan only: the distance to the coast is measured against the coastlines of the Hexagon and Corsica, which would put an overseas port thousands of kilometres from a sea it sits on, so no value is published for overseas France rather than a wrong one.

Method and sources: populations are the INSEE legal populations, boundaries and coordinates come from the IGN commune registry, both served by geo.api.gouv.fr. Density is the population divided by the commune's area; distances are measured as the crow flies from the commune's centre. Data read on August 28, 2026.

4 questions about this ranking

What is the rainiest city in Essonne?: Palaiseau, at 115.2 days, ahead of Les Ulis (115.2 days).
What is the driest city in Essonne?: Étampes, at 106.8 days. 38 cities of Essonne are measured here.
Where does Palaiseau stand in France?: 437 of the 1,040 French cities measured on rainy days. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Essonne?: Palaiseau (115.2 days), Les Ulis (115.2 days), Gif-sur-Yvette (115.2 days), Orsay (115.2 days), Igny (115.2 days). The whole table is on this page.