Weather without surprises: Sainte-Solange keeps close to the norm for mainland French towns
July afternoons reach 26.2°C on a typical day and January nights drop to 1.3°C; 757 mm of rain falls in a year. Rain is spread evenly through the year: the wettest month, October, gets little more than the driest, February. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 72% of mainland French towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 118 times a year.
Figures from Météo-France’s Avord station, 12 km south-east.
A year in Sainte-Solange at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Avord station.
What a year in Sainte-Solange feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Avord.
About 757 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 6th wettest of 16 towns of 2,500+ in Cher.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Avord
A frosty town: 51 frosts and 62 days of 25°C a year
On about 51 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 62 days a year reach 25°C, and 18 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Avord: 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 Avord
Avord is 12 km south-east of Sainte-Solange. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Sainte-Solange itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Avord (18092001) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 175 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 155 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 Sainte-Solange 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Solange | Avord | 26.2°C | 1.3°C | 757 mm |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy 6.5 km | Bourges | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 743 mm |
| Bourges 13 km | Bourges | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 743 mm |
| Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny 13 km | Bourges | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 743 mm |
| Avord 13 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | 1.3°C about the same | 757 mm |
| Saint-Doulchard 14 km | Bourges | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 743 mm |
| Trouy 18 km | Bourges | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 743 mm |
Sainte-Solange weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Avord station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C | 1.3°C | 4.3°C | 58 mm | 65 |
| February | 8.8°C | 1.0°C | 4.9°C | 51 mm | 88 |
| March | 13.0°C | 3.3°C | 8.1°C | 52 mm | 150 |
| April | 16.2°C | 5.3°C | 10.7°C | 62 mm | 178 |
| May | 20.0°C | 9.0°C | 14.5°C | 75 mm | 208 |
| June | 23.7°C | 12.5°C | 18.1°C | 59 mm | 225 |
| July | 26.2°C | 14.2°C | 20.2°C | 65 mm | 238 |
| August | 26.2°C | 14.2°C | 20.2°C | 57 mm | 231 |
| September | 22.0°C | 10.8°C | 16.4°C | 62 mm | 185 |
| October | 17.1°C | 8.2°C | 12.7°C | 76 mm | 123 |
| November | 11.1°C | 4.3°C | 7.7°C | 71 mm | 73 |
| December | 7.8°C | 1.9°C | 4.8°C | 69 mm | 61 |
| Year | 16.6°C | 7.2°C | 11.9°C | 757 mm | 1,824 |
Where Sainte-Solange’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Avord, 12 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, Avord, 12 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 Sainte-Solange’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Solange get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.2°C. About 62 days a year reach 25°C, more than 51% of mainland French towns, and about 18 reach 30°C.
How cold does Sainte-Solange get in winter?
February nights average 1.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 51 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Sainte-Solange get?
About 757 mm a year, more than 50% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (76 mm) and February the driest (51 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Avord (12 km away), averages 1,824 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Sainte-Solange itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Sainte-Solange, Avord, 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 AVORD, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Sainte-Solange →
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.