Few mainland French towns get more rain than Saint-Setiers: 1,339 mm a year
January nights here settle around −0.9°C. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 95% of mainland French towns. Only 24°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from November to April, when means dip under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Peyrelevade station, 5.2 km west.
A year in Saint-Setiers at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Peyrelevade station.
What a year in Saint-Setiers feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Peyrelevade.
About 1,339 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and August the driest. About 49 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd wettest of 13 towns of 2,500+ in Corrèze.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Bourganeuf
A frosty town: 81 frosts and 31 days of 25°C a year
On about 81 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 13 days it stays below freezing all day. About 31 days a year reach 25°C, and 4 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Peyrelevade: 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 Peyrelevade
Peyrelevade is 5.2 km west of Saint-Setiers. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Setiers itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Peyrelevade (19164001) |
| Distance from the town | 5.2 km west |
| Station altitude | 827 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 848 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Bourganeuf, 41 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 Saint-Setiers 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 Corrèze.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Setiers | Peyrelevade | 22.2°C | −0.9°C | 1,339 mm |
| Ussel 22 km | Ussel-Lamartine | 25.0°C 2.8°C warmer | −1.6°C 0.7°C colder | 1,156 mm |
Saint-Setiers weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Peyrelevade station; sunshine at Bourganeuf.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C | −0.9°C | 2.2°C | 123 mm | 66 |
| February | 6.1°C | −1.3°C | 2.4°C | 103 mm | 96 |
| March | 9.8°C | 1.0°C | 5.4°C | 103 mm | 147 |
| April | 12.6°C | 2.9°C | 7.7°C | 124 mm | 178 |
| May | 16.4°C | 6.5°C | 11.5°C | 116 mm | 201 |
| June | 20.1°C | 9.8°C | 14.9°C | 98 mm | 224 |
| July | 22.2°C | 11.3°C | 16.8°C | 92 mm | 259 |
| August | 22.4°C | 11.4°C | 16.9°C | 89 mm | 235 |
| September | 18.5°C | 8.4°C | 13.4°C | 103 mm | 195 |
| October | 14.3°C | 6.2°C | 10.3°C | 108 mm | 131 |
| November | 8.8°C | 2.1°C | 5.5°C | 141 mm | 78 |
| December | 6.2°C | 0.0°C | 3.1°C | 139 mm | 73 |
| Year | 13.6°C | 4.8°C | 9.2°C | 1,339 mm | 1,882 |
Where Saint-Setiers’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Peyrelevade, 5.2 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, Bourganeuf, 41 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 Corrèze.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Setiers’s climate
How warm does Saint-Setiers get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 22.4°C. About 31 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 91% of mainland French towns, and about 4 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Setiers get in winter?
February nights average −1.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 81 nights a year, and about 13 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Setiers get?
About 1,339 mm a year, more than 98% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (141 mm) and August the driest (89 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Bourganeuf (41 km away), averages 1,882 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Setiers itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Setiers, Peyrelevade, 5.2 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 PEYRELEVADE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Setiers →
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.