Frost comes to Saint-Menges more often than to 95% of mainland French towns
Expect July afternoons of about 24.1°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 82% of mainland French towns. Winter and summer sit 25°C apart. Plan for rain on about 132 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Charleville-Mez station, 21 km west.
A year in Saint-Menges at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Charleville-Mez station.
What a year in Saint-Menges feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Charleville-Mez.
About 928 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 30 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd wettest of 13 towns of 2,500+ in Ardennes.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Charleville-Mez
A frosty town: 80 frosts and 40 days of 25°C a year
On about 80 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 40 days a year reach 25°C, and 7 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Charleville-Mez: 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 Charleville-Mez
Charleville-Mez is 21 km west of Saint-Menges. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Menges itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Charleville-Mez (08105005) |
| Distance from the town | 21 km west |
| Station altitude | 145 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 196 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 12 km |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
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-Menges 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 Ardennes.
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-Menges | Charleville-Mez | 24.1°C | −0.3°C | 928 mm |
| Sedan 4.4 km | same station | 24.1°C about the same | −0.3°C about the same | 928 mm |
| Vrigne aux Bois 5 km | same station | 24.1°C about the same | −0.3°C about the same | 928 mm |
| Vivier-au-Court 7.2 km | same station | 24.1°C about the same | −0.3°C about the same | 928 mm |
| Villers-Semeuse 13 km | same station | 24.1°C about the same | −0.3°C about the same | 928 mm |
| Charleville-Mézières 15 km | same station | 24.1°C about the same | −0.3°C about the same | 928 mm |
| Nouzonville 15 km | same station | 24.1°C about the same | −0.3°C about the same | 928 mm |
Saint-Menges weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Charleville-Mez station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C | −0.3°C | 2.7°C | 100 mm | 50 |
| February | 6.9°C | −0.6°C | 3.1°C | 78 mm | 69 |
| March | 11.3°C | 1.0°C | 6.2°C | 69 mm | 128 |
| April | 15.3°C | 2.8°C | 9.1°C | 57 mm | 177 |
| May | 19.0°C | 6.6°C | 12.8°C | 68 mm | 197 |
| June | 22.1°C | 9.9°C | 16.0°C | 67 mm | 203 |
| July | 24.1°C | 11.8°C | 18.0°C | 72 mm | 214 |
| August | 23.9°C | 11.2°C | 17.6°C | 74 mm | 199 |
| September | 20.0°C | 8.2°C | 14.1°C | 63 mm | 153 |
| October | 15.0°C | 5.8°C | 10.4°C | 80 mm | 97 |
| November | 9.3°C | 2.8°C | 6.1°C | 84 mm | 48 |
| December | 6.1°C | 0.4°C | 3.3°C | 116 mm | 41 |
| Year | 14.9°C | 5.0°C | 9.9°C | 928 mm | 1,576 |
Where Saint-Menges’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Charleville-Mez, 21 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, Charleville-Mez, 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 Ardennes.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Menges’s climate
How warm does Saint-Menges get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.1°C. About 40 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 81% of mainland French towns, and about 7 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Menges get in winter?
February nights average −0.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 80 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Menges get?
About 928 mm a year, more than 81% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (116 mm) and April the driest (57 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Charleville-Mez (21 km away), averages 1,576 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Menges itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Menges, Charleville-Mez, 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 CHARLEVILLE-MEZ, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Menges →
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.