Frost comes to Saint-Palais more often than to 92% of mainland French towns
July afternoons average 25.5°C. Of the 21 towns of 2,500+ in Allier, it is the wettest. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 26°C. Plan time outside from June to September, when highs sit at 22–26°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Boussac station, 12 km south-west.
A year in Saint-Palais at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Boussac station.
What a year in Saint-Palais feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Boussac.
About 896 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 27 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 21 towns of 2,500+ in Allier.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Lurcy-Lévis Sa
A frosty town: 72 frosts and 57 days of 25°C a year
On about 72 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 57 days a year reach 25°C, and 16 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Boussac: 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 Boussac
Boussac is 12 km south-west of Saint-Palais. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Palais itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Boussac (23031002) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 380 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 367 m |
| Period | 1994–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 5.6 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Lurcy-Lévis Sa, 58 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 Saint-Palais 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 Allier.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Palais | Boussac | 25.5°C | 0.2°C | 896 mm |
| Huriel 16 km | same station | 25.5°C about the same | 0.2°C about the same | 896 mm |
| Domérat 20 km | Tortezais | 26.7°C 1.2°C warmer | 0.6°C about the same | 757 mm |
| Prémilhat 23 km | Tortezais | 26.7°C 1.2°C warmer | 0.6°C about the same | 757 mm |
| Montluçon 25 km | Tortezais | 26.7°C 1.2°C warmer | 0.6°C about the same | 757 mm |
| Désertines 26 km | Tortezais | 26.7°C 1.2°C warmer | 0.6°C about the same | 757 mm |
| La Châtre 29 km | Sainte-Sévère | 26.6°C 1.1°C warmer | 1.6°C 1.4°C milder | 844 mm |
Saint-Palais weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Boussac station; sunshine at Lurcy-Lévis Sa.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C | 0.2°C | 3.8°C | 76 mm | 72 |
| February | 8.5°C | 0.0°C | 4.2°C | 64 mm | 102 |
| March | 12.4°C | 1.6°C | 7.0°C | 70 mm | 162 |
| April | 15.7°C | 3.9°C | 9.8°C | 79 mm | 195 |
| May | 19.4°C | 7.5°C | 13.4°C | 86 mm | 213 |
| June | 23.3°C | 10.9°C | 17.1°C | 73 mm | 246 |
| July | 25.5°C | 12.3°C | 18.9°C | 72 mm | 255 |
| August | 25.6°C | 12.1°C | 18.8°C | 70 mm | 237 |
| September | 21.6°C | 8.6°C | 15.1°C | 68 mm | 197 |
| October | 17.2°C | 6.9°C | 12.0°C | 75 mm | 130 |
| November | 11.4°C | 3.0°C | 7.2°C | 81 mm | 80 |
| December | 8.0°C | 0.7°C | 4.4°C | 83 mm | 67 |
| Year | 16.3°C | 5.6°C | 11.0°C | 896 mm | 1,955 |
Where Saint-Palais’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Boussac, 12 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1994–2020, 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, Lurcy-Lévis Sa, 58 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 Allier.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Palais’s climate
How warm does Saint-Palais get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.6°C. About 57 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 58% of mainland French towns, and about 16 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Palais get in winter?
February nights average 0.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 72 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Palais get?
About 896 mm a year, more than 77% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (86 mm) and February the driest (64 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Lurcy-Lévis Sa (58 km away), averages 1,955 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Palais itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Palais, Boussac, 12 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 BOUSSAC_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Palais →
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