Saint-Sylvain is among the wettest of mainland French towns: 1,236 mm of rain a year
Deep winter brings January lows near 0.5°C. Frost is common: about 67 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 89% of mainland French towns. The rainiest month is December; the driest is July. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 67 nights a year below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Tulle station, 13 km north-west.
A year in Saint-Sylvain at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Tulle station.
What a year in Saint-Sylvain feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tulle.
About 1,236 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 45 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 Brive
A frosty town: 67 frosts and 82 days of 25°C a year
On about 67 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 82 days a year reach 25°C, and 30 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tulle: 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 Tulle
Tulle is 13 km north-west of Saint-Sylvain. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Sylvain itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Tulle (19272001) |
| Distance from the town | 13 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 235 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 307 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 9.5 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Brive, 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 Saint-Sylvain 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. 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-Sylvain | Tulle | 27.2°C | 0.5°C | 1,236 mm |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne 9.7 km | Argentat | 28.4°C 1.2°C warmer | 0.4°C about the same | 1,146 mm |
| Tulle 14 km | same station | 27.2°C about the same | 0.5°C about the same | 1,236 mm |
| Malemort 24 km | Brive | 27.9°C 0.7°C warmer | 1.3°C 0.8°C milder | 904 mm |
| Cosnac 24 km | Brive | 27.9°C 0.7°C warmer | 1.3°C 0.8°C milder | 904 mm |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde 28 km | Brive | 27.9°C 0.7°C warmer | 1.3°C 0.8°C milder | 904 mm |
| Donzenac 28 km | Voutezac | 27.6°C about the same | −0.1°C 0.6°C colder | 1,014 mm |
Saint-Sylvain weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Tulle station; sunshine at Brive.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C | 0.5°C | 4.6°C | 118 mm | 85 |
| February | 10.4°C | 0.1°C | 5.2°C | 96 mm | 114 |
| March | 14.7°C | 2.5°C | 8.6°C | 97 mm | 168 |
| April | 17.5°C | 4.9°C | 11.2°C | 111 mm | 185 |
| May | 21.4°C | 8.3°C | 14.8°C | 101 mm | 217 |
| June | 25.0°C | 11.6°C | 18.3°C | 93 mm | 243 |
| July | 27.2°C | 13.2°C | 20.2°C | 77 mm | 264 |
| August | 27.3°C | 13.0°C | 20.2°C | 78 mm | 249 |
| September | 23.2°C | 9.6°C | 16.4°C | 92 mm | 203 |
| October | 18.5°C | 7.3°C | 12.9°C | 110 mm | 141 |
| November | 12.4°C | 3.3°C | 7.9°C | 131 mm | 89 |
| December | 9.2°C | 0.9°C | 5.0°C | 132 mm | 78 |
| Year | 18.0°C | 6.3°C | 12.1°C | 1,236 mm | 2,037 |
Where Saint-Sylvain’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Tulle, 13 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, Brive, 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 Corrèze.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Sylvain’s climate
How warm does Saint-Sylvain get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.3°C. About 82 days a year reach 25°C, more than 73% of mainland French towns, and about 30 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Sylvain get in winter?
February nights average 0.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 67 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Sylvain get?
About 1,236 mm a year, more than 97% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (132 mm) and July the driest (77 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Brive (32 km away), averages 2,037 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Sylvain itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Sylvain, Tulle, 13 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 TULLE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Sylvain →
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