More rain falls on Lesterps than on 76% of mainland French towns: 889 mm a year
Nights in January average 2.3°C. Expect the heaviest rain in December and the lightest in July. Windscreens need scraping on about 40 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Saulgond station, 6.3 km south.
A year in Lesterps at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saulgond station.
What a year in Lesterps 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 6.3 km south of Lesterps. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Lesterps itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saulgond (16363001) |
| Distance from the town | 6.3 km south |
| Station altitude | 228 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 224 m |
| Period | 1993–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Montembœuf, 32 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 Lesterps 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesterps | Saulgond | 26.0°C | 2.3°C | 889 mm |
| Confolens 9.3 km | same station | 26.0°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 889 mm |
| Saint-Junien 16 km | Saint-Junien | 25.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.8°C about the same | 957 mm |
| Rochechouart 20 km | Rochechouart | 26.1°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 964 mm |
| Oradour-sur-Glane 20 km | Saint-Junien | 25.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.8°C about the same | 957 mm |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 22 km | Montembœuf | 25.5°C 0.5°C cooler | 3.0°C 0.7°C milder | 972 mm |
| Bellac 24 km | Le Dorat | 26.5°C 0.5°C warmer | 1.6°C 0.7°C colder | 913 mm |
Lesterps 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 Lesterps’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saulgond, 6.3 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, 32 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 Lesterps’s climate
How warm does Lesterps 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 Lesterps 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 Lesterps 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 (32 km away), averages 2,026 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Lesterps itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Lesterps, Saulgond, 6.3 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 Lesterps →
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