Few mainland French towns get more rain than Saint-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard: 1,179 mm a year
Expect July afternoons of about 28.3°C. A year here swings 28°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. None of the 22 towns of 2,500+ in Ardèche has cooler July afternoons. An umbrella earns its place on about 94 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Cheylard Sa station, 1.4 km south-west.
A year in Saint-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Cheylard Sa station.
What a year in Saint-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cheylard Sa.
About 1,179 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and February the driest. About 31 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 3rd wettest of 22 towns of 2,500+ in Ardèche.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Colombier Jeune Rad
A frosty town: 56 frosts and 84 days of 25°C a year
On about 56 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 84 days a year reach 25°C, and 30 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cheylard Sa: 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 Cheylard Sa
Cheylard Sa is 1.4 km south-west of Saint-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Cheylard Sa (07064001) |
| Distance from the town | 1.4 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 418 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 559 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Colombier Jeune Rad, 20 km away |
Saint-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard sits 141 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Saint-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard to run about 0.9°C cooler 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-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard 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 Ardèche.
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-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard | Cheylard Sa | 28.3°C | 0.2°C | 1,179 mm |
| Le Cheylard 2.5 km | same station | 28.3°C about the same | 0.2°C about the same | 1,179 mm |
| Le Chambon-sur-Lignon 19 km | Mazet-Volamont | 21.6°C 6.7°C cooler | −2.5°C 2.7°C colder | 975 mm |
| Privas 24 km | Chomérac Sa | 29.0°C 0.7°C warmer | 1.1°C 0.9°C milder | 1,105 mm |
| Tence 25 km | Yssingeaux | 24.6°C 3.7°C cooler | −2.2°C 2.4°C colder | 949 mm |
| La Voulte-sur-Rhône 29 km | Livron | 29.6°C 1.3°C warmer | 1.4°C 1.2°C milder | 917 mm |
Saint-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Cheylard Sa station; sunshine at Colombier Jeune Rad.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C | 0.2°C | 4.1°C | 85 mm | 73 |
| February | 9.7°C | 0.3°C | 5.0°C | 55 mm | 99 |
| March | 13.9°C | 2.7°C | 8.3°C | 62 mm | 168 |
| April | 17.0°C | 5.4°C | 11.2°C | 89 mm | 188 |
| May | 21.0°C | 8.8°C | 14.9°C | 97 mm | 218 |
| June | 25.4°C | 12.2°C | 18.8°C | 73 mm | 261 |
| July | 28.3°C | 14.1°C | 21.2°C | 68 mm | 282 |
| August | 28.0°C | 13.7°C | 20.9°C | 74 mm | 253 |
| September | 23.0°C | 10.6°C | 16.8°C | 127 mm | 197 |
| October | 17.7°C | 7.9°C | 12.8°C | 176 mm | 123 |
| November | 11.9°C | 3.7°C | 7.8°C | 180 mm | 81 |
| December | 8.5°C | 0.9°C | 4.7°C | 93 mm | 62 |
| Year | 17.7°C | 6.7°C | 12.2°C | 1,179 mm | 2,003 |
Where Saint-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Cheylard Sa, 1.4 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, Colombier Jeune Rad, 20 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 Ardèche.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard’s climate
How warm does Saint-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.3°C. About 84 days a year reach 25°C, more than 75% of mainland French towns, and about 30 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard get in winter?
January nights average 0.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 56 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard get?
About 1,179 mm a year, more than 96% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (180 mm) and February the driest (55 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Colombier Jeune Rad (20 km away), averages 2,003 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard, Cheylard Sa, 1.4 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 CHEYLARD SA, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard →
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