What is the rainiest city in Pays de la Loire?

Mayenne, at 132.3 days, ahead of Fontenay-le-Comte (131.5 days).

What is the driest city in Pays de la Loire?

Saumur, at 105.4 days. 56 cities of Pays de la Loire are measured here.

Where does Mayenne stand in France?

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

Which cities lead in Pays de la Loire?

Mayenne (132.3 days), Fontenay-le-Comte (131.5 days), Montaigu-Vendée (127.2 days), Aizenay (127.2 days), La Roche-sur-Yon (121.8 days). The whole table is on this page.

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Where it rains most in Pays de la Loire

Mayenne is the rainiest city in Pays de la Loire, at 132.3 days, ahead of Fontenay-le-Comte (131.5 days) and Montaigu-Vendée (127.2 days). At the other end, Saumur is the driest city, at 105.4 days.

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The 56 cities of Pays de la Loire ranked on rainy days
Rank	City	Rainy days	Population
1	53 Mayenne	132.3 days	12,883
2	85 Fontenay-le-Comte	131.5 days	14,059
3	85 Montaigu-Vendée	127.2 days	21,134
4	85 Aizenay	127.2 days	10,365
5	85 La Roche-sur-Yon	121.8 days	54,849
6	44 Nantes	119.7 days	327,734
7	44 Saint-Herblain	119.7 days	50,973
8	44 Rezé	119.7 days	43,556
9	44 Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire	119.7 days	28,596
10	44 Orvault	119.7 days	28,534
11	44 Vertou	119.7 days	26,227
12	44 Couëron	119.7 days	24,103
13	44 Bouguenais	119.7 days	20,530
14	44 Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire	119.7 days	16,400
15	53 Laval	117.7 days	49,400
16	53 Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne	117.7 days	16,584
17	44 Châteaubriant	117.2 days	12,260
18	85 Les Sables-d'Olonne	116.4 days	49,603
19	44 Saint-Nazaire	116.2 days	74,568
20	44 La Baule-Escoublac	116.2 days	16,912
21	44 Guérande	116.2 days	16,804
22	44 Saint-Brevin-les-Pins	116.2 days	14,541
23	44 Pornichet	116.2 days	12,800
24	44 Pontchâteau	116.2 days	11,474
25	85 Challans	115.7 days	22,943
26	85 Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez	115.7 days	13,074
27	85 L'Île-d'Yeu	115.7 days	4,883
28	44 Carquefou	115.6 days	20,921
29	44 La Chapelle-sur-Erdre	115.6 days	20,690
30	49 Orée d'Anjou	115.6 days	17,162
31	44 Ancenis-Saint-Géréon	115.6 days	11,600
32	44 Thouaré-sur-Loire	115.6 days	11,004
33	44 Treillières	115.6 days	10,600
34	44 Blain	115.6 days	10,376
35	49 Cholet	114.8 days	54,404
36	49 Sèvremoine	114.8 days	25,797
37	49 Beaupréau-en-Mauges	114.8 days	23,989
38	85 Les Herbiers	114.8 days	16,521
39	49 Montrevault-sur-Èvre	114.8 days	15,726
40	44 Pornic	114.3 days	18,745
41	72 Le Mans	112.1 days	146,249
42	72 Allonnes	112.1 days	10,739
43	49 Loire-Authion	111.1 days	16,765
44	72 Sablé-sur-Sarthe	111.1 days	12,326
45	49 Angers	110.9 days	159,022
46	49 Mauges-sur-Loire	110.9 days	18,695
47	49 Segré-en-Anjou Bleu	110.9 days	17,667
48	49 Trélazé	110.9 days	16,333
49	49 Avrillé	110.9 days	15,251
50	72 La Flèche	110.9 days	14,947
51	49 Les Ponts-de-Cé	110.9 days	13,149
52	49 Baugé-en-Anjou	109.3 days	11,712
53	49 Chemillé-en-Anjou	107.0 days	21,999
54	49 Doué-en-Anjou	107.0 days	11,029
55	49 Brissac Loire Aubance	107.0 days	10,878
56	49 Saumur	105.4 days	26,241

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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 Pays de la Loire?: Mayenne, at 132.3 days, ahead of Fontenay-le-Comte (131.5 days).
What is the driest city in Pays de la Loire?: Saumur, at 105.4 days. 56 cities of Pays de la Loire are measured here.
Where does Mayenne stand in France?: 76 of the 1,040 French cities measured on rainy days. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Pays de la Loire?: Mayenne (132.3 days), Fontenay-le-Comte (131.5 days), Montaigu-Vendée (127.2 days), Aizenay (127.2 days), La Roche-sur-Yon (121.8 days). The whole table is on this page.