Frost comes to Saint-Prix more often than to 85% of mainland French towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 26.2°C. A year here swings 26°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Garden chairs stay out from May to September, the months with highs of 20–26°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Saint-Didier station, 21 km north-east.
A year in Saint-Prix at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saint-Didier station.
What a year in Saint-Prix feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Didier.
About 763 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 14th wettest of 21 towns of 2,500+ in Allier.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Vichy-Charmeil
A frosty town: 64 frosts and 62 days of 25°C a year
On about 64 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 62 days a year reach 25°C, and 20 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Didier: 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 Saint-Didier
Saint-Didier is 21 km north-east of Saint-Prix. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Prix itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saint-Didier (03226001) |
| Distance from the town | 21 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 293 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 309 m |
| Period | 1997–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 10 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Vichy-Charmeil, 21 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-Prix 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-Prix | Saint-Didier | 26.2°C | 0.1°C | 763 mm |
| Lapalisse 2.3 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | 0.1°C about the same | 763 mm |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés 17 km | Vichy-Charmeil | 26.8°C 0.6°C warmer | 0.1°C about the same | 769 mm |
| Cusset 19 km | Vichy-Ville | 27.6°C 1.4°C warmer | 1.6°C 1.5°C milder | 800 mm |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux 19 km | Vichy-Charmeil | 26.8°C 0.6°C warmer | 0.1°C about the same | 769 mm |
| Vichy 21 km | Vichy-Ville | 27.6°C 1.4°C warmer | 1.6°C 1.5°C milder | 800 mm |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 21 km | Paray-sous-Briailles | 27.4°C 1.2°C warmer | 0.3°C about the same | 745 mm |
Saint-Prix weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saint-Didier station; sunshine at Vichy-Charmeil.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C | 0.1°C | 3.5°C | 56 mm | 72 |
| February | 8.2°C | 0.1°C | 4.2°C | 43 mm | 97 |
| March | 12.6°C | 2.3°C | 7.5°C | 51 mm | 156 |
| April | 16.2°C | 4.8°C | 10.5°C | 63 mm | 181 |
| May | 20.0°C | 8.6°C | 14.3°C | 81 mm | 204 |
| June | 24.2°C | 12.2°C | 18.2°C | 64 mm | 225 |
| July | 26.2°C | 13.8°C | 20.0°C | 71 mm | 254 |
| August | 26.2°C | 13.5°C | 19.8°C | 75 mm | 245 |
| September | 22.1°C | 10.0°C | 16.0°C | 59 mm | 190 |
| October | 17.0°C | 7.4°C | 12.2°C | 70 mm | 128 |
| November | 10.9°C | 3.4°C | 7.1°C | 71 mm | 80 |
| December | 7.4°C | 0.8°C | 4.1°C | 60 mm | 61 |
| Year | 16.5°C | 6.4°C | 11.5°C | 763 mm | 1,892 |
Where Saint-Prix’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saint-Didier, 21 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1997–2020, 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, Vichy-Charmeil, 21 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-Prix’s climate
How warm does Saint-Prix get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.2°C. About 62 days a year reach 25°C, more than 52% of mainland French towns, and about 20 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Prix get in winter?
January nights average 0.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 64 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Prix get?
About 763 mm a year, more than 52% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (81 mm) and February the driest (43 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Vichy-Charmeil (21 km away), averages 1,892 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Prix itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Prix, Saint-Didier, 21 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 SAINT DIDIER_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Prix →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.