Weather without surprises: Saint-Avit keeps close to the norm for mainland French towns
January nights average 2.5°C, July afternoons 27.0°C, and a year brings 837 mm of rain. Expect the heaviest rain in December and the lightest in July. By warm days alone, it ranks hotter than 71% of mainland French towns. For walks and days out, the stretch from May to July and September to October brings highs of 19–27°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Rioux-Martin station, 3.3 km north-west.
A year in Saint-Avit at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Rioux-Martin station.
What a year in Saint-Avit feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Rioux-Martin.
About 837 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 25 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 20th wettest of 26 towns of 2,500+ in Charente.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Rioux-Martin
39 frosts and 80 days of 25°C a year
On about 39 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 80 days a year reach 25°C, and 25 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Rioux-Martin: 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 Rioux-Martin
Rioux-Martin is 3.3 km north-west of Saint-Avit. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Avit itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Rioux-Martin (16279001) |
| Distance from the town | 3.3 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 81 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 54 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| 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-Avit 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Avit | Rioux-Martin | 27.0°C | 2.5°C | 837 mm |
| La Roche-Chalais 12 km | same station | 27.0°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 837 mm |
| Ribérac 23 km | Saint-Martin Rib. | 27.2°C about the same | 3.0°C 0.5°C milder | 917 mm |
| Coutras 26 km | Saint-Émilion | 27.8°C 0.8°C warmer | 3.3°C 0.8°C milder | 798 mm |
| Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle 26 km | Saint-Émilion | 27.8°C 0.8°C warmer | 3.3°C 0.8°C milder | 798 mm |
| Montpon-Ménestérol 28 km | Port Sainte-Foy | 28.4°C 1.4°C warmer | 2.2°C about the same | 809 mm |
Saint-Avit weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Rioux-Martin station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.4°C | 2.5°C | 5.9°C | 79 mm | 82 |
| February | 11.1°C | 2.0°C | 6.5°C | 61 mm | 126 |
| March | 15.0°C | 4.4°C | 9.7°C | 59 mm | 173 |
| April | 17.6°C | 6.4°C | 12.0°C | 74 mm | 194 |
| May | 21.4°C | 10.0°C | 15.7°C | 65 mm | 222 |
| June | 24.9°C | 13.0°C | 19.0°C | 65 mm | 255 |
| July | 27.0°C | 14.3°C | 20.7°C | 50 mm | 270 |
| August | 27.4°C | 14.2°C | 20.8°C | 61 mm | 248 |
| September | 23.9°C | 11.3°C | 17.6°C | 70 mm | 214 |
| October | 19.2°C | 9.0°C | 14.1°C | 73 mm | 149 |
| November | 13.3°C | 5.2°C | 9.2°C | 91 mm | 102 |
| December | 10.1°C | 2.9°C | 6.5°C | 91 mm | 90 |
| Year | 18.4°C | 7.9°C | 13.1°C | 837 mm | 2,124 |
Where Saint-Avit’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Rioux-Martin, 3.3 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, Rioux-Martin, 3.3 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 Saint-Avit’s climate
How warm does Saint-Avit get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.4°C. About 80 days a year reach 25°C, more than 71% of mainland French towns, and about 25 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Avit get in winter?
February nights average 2.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 39 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Avit get?
About 837 mm a year, more than 69% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (91 mm) and July the driest (50 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Rioux-Martin (3.3 km away), averages 2,124 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Avit itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Avit, Rioux-Martin, 3.3 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 RIOUX MARTIN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Avit →
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