Nights turn raw in Saint-Julien each January, colder than in 87% of mainland French towns
July afternoons average 26.7°C. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 64% of mainland French towns. A year here swings 27°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. From May to September, highs of 20–27°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
Figures from Météo-France’s Dijon-Longvic station, 15 km south.
A year in Saint-Julien at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Dijon-Longvic station.
What a year in Saint-Julien feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Dijon-Longvic.
About 743 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and February the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 14th wettest of 21 towns of 2,500+ in Côte-d'Or.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Dijon-Longvic
A frosty town: 62 frosts and 64 days of 25°C a year
On about 62 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 8 days it stays below freezing all day. About 64 days a year reach 25°C, and 18 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Dijon-Longvic: 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 Dijon-Longvic
Dijon-Longvic is 15 km south of Saint-Julien. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Julien itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Dijon-Longvic (21473001) |
| Distance from the town | 15 km south |
| Station altitude | 219 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 238 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 8.7 km |
| 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-Julien 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 Côte-d'Or.
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-Julien | Dijon-Longvic | 26.7°C | −0.2°C | 743 mm |
| Arc-sur-Tille 7.5 km | same station | 26.7°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 743 mm |
| Saint-Apollinaire 8.7 km | same station | 26.7°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 743 mm |
| Quetigny 9.8 km | same station | 26.7°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 743 mm |
| Fontaine-lès-Dijon 11 km | Marsannay-la-Côte | 27.1°C about the same | −0.1°C about the same | 803 mm |
| Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur 11 km | same station | 26.7°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 743 mm |
| Dijon 12 km | same station | 26.7°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 743 mm |
Saint-Julien weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Dijon-Longvic station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C | −0.2°C | 2.7°C | 57 mm | 61 |
| February | 7.6°C | 0.0°C | 3.8°C | 43 mm | 95 |
| March | 12.5°C | 2.6°C | 7.5°C | 48 mm | 160 |
| April | 16.2°C | 5.2°C | 10.7°C | 58 mm | 194 |
| May | 20.0°C | 9.2°C | 14.6°C | 76 mm | 216 |
| June | 24.2°C | 12.8°C | 18.5°C | 66 mm | 240 |
| July | 26.7°C | 14.9°C | 20.8°C | 65 mm | 257 |
| August | 26.2°C | 14.6°C | 20.4°C | 62 mm | 240 |
| September | 21.7°C | 11.0°C | 16.4°C | 56 mm | 191 |
| October | 16.1°C | 7.6°C | 11.8°C | 74 mm | 118 |
| November | 9.7°C | 3.3°C | 6.5°C | 78 mm | 67 |
| December | 6.1°C | 0.7°C | 3.4°C | 62 mm | 53 |
| Year | 16.1°C | 6.8°C | 11.4°C | 743 mm | 1,890 |
Where Saint-Julien’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Dijon-Longvic, 15 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, Dijon-Longvic, 15 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 Côte-d'Or.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Julien’s climate
How warm does Saint-Julien get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.7°C. About 64 days a year reach 25°C, more than 55% of mainland French towns, and about 18 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Julien get in winter?
January nights average −0.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 62 nights a year, and about 8 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Julien get?
About 743 mm a year, less than 53% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (78 mm) and February the driest (43 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Dijon-Longvic (15 km away), averages 1,890 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Julien itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Julien, Dijon-Longvic, 15 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 DIJON-LONGVIC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Julien →
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