Rainfall in Exideuil-sur-Vienne tops that of 76% of mainland French towns: 889 mm a year
July afternoons average 26.0°C. December is the wettest month, July the driest. Frost greets about 40 mornings a year, so leave time to clear the car.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Saulgond station, 12 km north-east.
A year in Exideuil-sur-Vienne at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saulgond station.
What a year in Exideuil-sur-Vienne feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saulgond.
About 889 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 29 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 3rd wettest of 26 towns of 2,500+ in Charente.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montembœuf
40 frosts and 63 days of 25°C a year
On about 40 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 63 days a year reach 25°C, and 17 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saulgond: 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 Saulgond
Saulgond is 12 km north-east of Exideuil-sur-Vienne. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Exideuil-sur-Vienne itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saulgond (16363001) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 228 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 175 m |
| Period | 1993–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Montembœuf, 15 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 Exideuil-sur-Vienne 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 Charente.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exideuil-sur-Vienne | Saulgond | 26.0°C | 2.3°C | 889 mm |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 6.6 km | Montembœuf | 25.5°C 0.5°C cooler | 3.0°C 0.7°C milder | 972 mm |
| Rochechouart 14 km | Rochechouart | 26.1°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 964 mm |
| Confolens 15 km | same station | 26.0°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 889 mm |
| Saint-Junien 18 km | Saint-Junien | 25.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.8°C about the same | 957 mm |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 18 km | Le Vieux-Cérier | 26.4°C about the same | 1.6°C 0.7°C colder | 1,007 mm |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 28 km | La Couronne | 27.5°C 1.5°C warmer | 2.8°C 0.5°C milder | 845 mm |
Exideuil-sur-Vienne weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saulgond station; sunshine at Montembœuf.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C | 2.3°C | 5.4°C | 79 mm | 78 |
| February | 9.8°C | 1.9°C | 5.8°C | 65 mm | 117 |
| March | 13.5°C | 4.0°C | 8.7°C | 63 mm | 162 |
| April | 16.5°C | 6.0°C | 11.2°C | 73 mm | 192 |
| May | 20.1°C | 9.3°C | 14.7°C | 78 mm | 216 |
| June | 23.9°C | 12.5°C | 18.2°C | 74 mm | 241 |
| July | 26.0°C | 13.9°C | 19.9°C | 60 mm | 258 |
| August | 26.3°C | 13.7°C | 20.0°C | 64 mm | 230 |
| September | 22.4°C | 10.8°C | 16.6°C | 68 mm | 209 |
| October | 17.9°C | 9.0°C | 13.5°C | 82 mm | 142 |
| November | 12.1°C | 4.8°C | 8.4°C | 92 mm | 96 |
| December | 9.1°C | 2.7°C | 5.9°C | 92 mm | 87 |
| Year | 17.2°C | 7.6°C | 12.4°C | 889 mm | 2,026 |
Where Exideuil-sur-Vienne’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saulgond, 12 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1993–2020, 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, Montembœuf, 15 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 Charente.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Exideuil-sur-Vienne’s climate
How warm does Exideuil-sur-Vienne get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.3°C. About 63 days a year reach 25°C, more than 54% of mainland French towns, and about 17 reach 30°C.
How cold does Exideuil-sur-Vienne get in winter?
February nights average 1.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 40 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Exideuil-sur-Vienne get?
About 889 mm a year, more than 76% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (92 mm) and July the driest (60 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montembœuf (15 km away), averages 2,026 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Exideuil-sur-Vienne itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Exideuil-sur-Vienne, Saulgond, 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 SAULGOND_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Exideuil-sur-Vienne →
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