In Saint-Caprais, July heat, January chill and rainfall all sit near the middle of mainland French towns
A typical July afternoon reaches 26.2°C, a January night drops to 1.6°C, and 743 mm of rain falls in a year. No month is much wetter than another: May, the wettest, gets little more than February, the driest. Plan time outside from May to October, when highs sit at 17–26°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Bourges station, 11 km north-east.
A year in Saint-Caprais at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Bourges station.
What a year in Saint-Caprais feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bourges.
About 743 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 20 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 9th wettest of 16 towns of 2,500+ in Cher.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Bourges
45 frosts and 63 days of 25°C a year
On about 45 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 63 days a year reach 25°C, and 18 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bourges: 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 Bourges
Bourges is 11 km north-east of Saint-Caprais. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Caprais itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Bourges (18033001) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 161 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 149 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-Caprais 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 Cher.
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-Caprais | Bourges | 26.2°C | 1.6°C | 743 mm |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 3.4 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 743 mm |
| Trouy 9.1 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 743 mm |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 10 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 743 mm |
| Bourges 15 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 743 mm |
| Saint-Doulchard 16 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 743 mm |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 19 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 743 mm |
Saint-Caprais weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Bourges station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C | 1.6°C | 4.5°C | 58 mm | 66 |
| February | 8.9°C | 1.4°C | 5.1°C | 51 mm | 94 |
| March | 13.1°C | 3.7°C | 8.4°C | 53 mm | 156 |
| April | 16.3°C | 5.8°C | 11.1°C | 62 mm | 186 |
| May | 20.1°C | 9.5°C | 14.8°C | 76 mm | 216 |
| June | 23.8°C | 13.0°C | 18.4°C | 58 mm | 227 |
| July | 26.2°C | 14.8°C | 20.5°C | 64 mm | 249 |
| August | 26.2°C | 14.7°C | 20.5°C | 54 mm | 240 |
| September | 22.1°C | 11.3°C | 16.7°C | 57 mm | 194 |
| October | 17.2°C | 8.5°C | 12.9°C | 74 mm | 127 |
| November | 11.2°C | 4.6°C | 7.9°C | 69 mm | 77 |
| December | 7.9°C | 2.2°C | 5.0°C | 67 mm | 60 |
| Year | 16.7°C | 7.6°C | 12.1°C | 743 mm | 1,889 |
Where Saint-Caprais’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Bourges, 11 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, Bourges, 11 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 Cher.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Caprais’s climate
How warm does Saint-Caprais get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.2°C. About 63 days a year reach 25°C, more than 54% of mainland French towns, and about 18 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Caprais get in winter?
February nights average 1.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 45 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Caprais get?
About 743 mm a year, less than 54% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (76 mm) and February the driest (51 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Bourges (11 km away), averages 1,889 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Caprais itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Caprais, Bourges, 11 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 BOURGES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Caprais →
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.