Warm afternoons come to Saint-Denoual less often than to 95% of mainland French towns
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at 3.5°C on average. November is the wettest month, July the driest. In January, nights here are milder than in 85% of mainland French towns. Windscreens need scraping on about 29 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Quintenic station, 2 km west.
A year in Saint-Denoual at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Quintenic station.
What a year in Saint-Denoual feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Quintenic.
About 770 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 20 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 27th wettest of 61 towns of 2,500+ in Côtes-d'Armor.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Dinard
29 frosts and 21 days of 25°C a year
On about 29 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about under 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 21 days a year reach 25°C, and 3 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Quintenic: 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 Quintenic
Quintenic is 2 km west of Saint-Denoual. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Denoual itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Quintenic (22261002) |
| Distance from the town | 2 km west |
| Station altitude | 71 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 72 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Dinard, 24 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-Denoual 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 Côtes-d'Armor.
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-Denoual | Quintenic | 22.6°C | 3.5°C | 770 mm |
| Val-d'Arguenon 8.4 km | same station | 22.6°C about the same | 3.5°C about the same | 770 mm |
| Lamballe-Armor 11 km | same station | 22.6°C about the same | 3.5°C about the same | 770 mm |
| Plancoët 12 km | Dinard | 22.1°C 0.5°C cooler | 3.8°C about the same | 752 mm |
| Erquy 12 km | same station | 22.6°C about the same | 3.5°C about the same | 770 mm |
| Pléneuf-Val-André 13 km | same station | 22.6°C about the same | 3.5°C about the same | 770 mm |
| Jugon-les-Lacs 14 km | same station | 22.6°C about the same | 3.5°C about the same | 770 mm |
Saint-Denoual weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Quintenic station; sunshine at Dinard.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C | 3.5°C | 6.3°C | 66 mm | 69 |
| February | 9.8°C | 3.2°C | 6.5°C | 59 mm | 91 |
| March | 12.1°C | 4.2°C | 8.2°C | 53 mm | 133 |
| April | 14.5°C | 5.3°C | 9.9°C | 59 mm | 179 |
| May | 17.5°C | 8.2°C | 12.9°C | 57 mm | 203 |
| June | 20.4°C | 10.9°C | 15.7°C | 54 mm | 208 |
| July | 22.6°C | 12.5°C | 17.6°C | 49 mm | 221 |
| August | 22.8°C | 12.7°C | 17.8°C | 52 mm | 201 |
| September | 20.6°C | 10.6°C | 15.6°C | 61 mm | 170 |
| October | 16.5°C | 8.8°C | 12.7°C | 85 mm | 114 |
| November | 12.4°C | 6.1°C | 9.2°C | 90 mm | 80 |
| December | 9.7°C | 3.9°C | 6.8°C | 86 mm | 66 |
| Year | 15.7°C | 7.5°C | 11.6°C | 770 mm | 1,733 |
Where Saint-Denoual’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Quintenic, 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, Dinard, 24 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 Côtes-d'Armor.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Denoual’s climate
How warm does Saint-Denoual get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 22.8°C. About 21 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 95% of mainland French towns, and about 3 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Denoual get in winter?
February nights average 3.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 29 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Denoual get?
About 770 mm a year, more than 53% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (90 mm) and July the driest (49 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Dinard (24 km away), averages 1,733 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Denoual itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Denoual, Quintenic, 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 QUINTENIC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Denoual →
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