Summer warmth: Saint-Léger logs fewer 25-degree days than 93% of mainland French towns
Deep winter brings January lows near 0.5°C. Rain follows the seasons: November brings about 3.8 times as much as August. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 82% of mainland French towns. The heating season runs November to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Ascros station, 17 km south-east.
A year in Saint-Léger at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Ascros station.
What a year in Saint-Léger feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ascros.
About 930 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and August the driest. About 28 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 5th wettest of 51 towns of 2,500+ in Alpes-Maritimes.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Péone
A frosty town: 51 frosts and 27 days of 25°C a year
On about 51 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 27 days a year reach 25°C, and 1 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ascros: 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 Ascros
Ascros is 17 km south-east of Saint-Léger. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Léger itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Ascros (06005001) |
| Distance from the town | 17 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 1,173 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 1,005 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 14 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Péone, 14 km away |
Saint-Léger sits 168 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Saint-Léger to run about 1.1°C warmer than these figures.
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-Léger 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 Alpes-Maritimes.
Saint-Léger weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Ascros station; sunshine at Péone.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C | 0.5°C | 3.8°C | 72 mm | 177 |
| February | 7.6°C | 0.4°C | 4.0°C | 53 mm | 177 |
| March | 10.4°C | 2.6°C | 6.5°C | 60 mm | 219 |
| April | 12.5°C | 4.9°C | 8.7°C | 91 mm | 202 |
| May | 16.4°C | 8.8°C | 12.6°C | 77 mm | 212 |
| June | 20.6°C | 12.6°C | 16.6°C | 62 mm | 246 |
| July | 23.6°C | 15.2°C | 19.4°C | 41 mm | 291 |
| August | 23.9°C | 15.3°C | 19.6°C | 38 mm | 266 |
| September | 19.5°C | 11.3°C | 15.4°C | 90 mm | 210 |
| October | 15.2°C | 8.2°C | 11.7°C | 117 mm | 194 |
| November | 10.3°C | 3.9°C | 7.1°C | 144 mm | 156 |
| December | 7.7°C | 1.4°C | 4.6°C | 87 mm | 167 |
| Year | 14.6°C | 7.1°C | 10.8°C | 930 mm | 2,514 |
Where Saint-Léger’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Ascros, 17 km away: statistics for 1991–2020.
- 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, Péone, 14 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 Alpes-Maritimes.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Léger’s climate
How warm does Saint-Léger get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.9°C. About 27 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 93% of mainland French towns, and about 1 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Léger get in winter?
February nights average 0.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 51 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Léger get?
About 930 mm a year, more than 82% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (144 mm) and August the driest (38 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Péone (14 km away), averages 2,514 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Léger itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Léger, Ascros, 17 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 ASCROS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Léger →
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.