Hardly any mainland French towns wake to more frost than Saint-Bard
Midsummer highs settle at about 24.7°C. Its yearly rainfall tops that of 87% of mainland French towns. Temperatures cover 26°C across the year, low to high. Waterproofs come out on about 136 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Néoux station, 11 km west.
A year in Saint-Bard at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Néoux station.
What a year in Saint-Bard feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Néoux.
About 978 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and March the driest. About 29 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 3rd wettest of 4 towns of 2,500+ in Creuse.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Chastreix
A frosty town: 84 frosts and 54 days of 25°C a year
On about 84 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 9 days it stays below freezing all day. About 54 days a year reach 25°C, and 14 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Néoux: 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 Néoux
Néoux is 11 km west of Saint-Bard. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Bard itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Néoux (23142001) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km west |
| Station altitude | 585 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 646 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 7.9 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Chastreix, 51 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-Bard 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 Creuse.
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-Bard | Néoux | 24.7°C | −0.6°C | 978 mm |
| Aubusson 18 km | Aubusson | 25.0°C about the same | −1.2°C 0.6°C colder | 939 mm |
Saint-Bard weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Néoux station; sunshine at Chastreix.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C | −0.6°C | 3.0°C | 75 mm | 98 |
| February | 7.8°C | −1.1°C | 3.3°C | 68 mm | 118 |
| March | 11.8°C | 1.1°C | 6.5°C | 65 mm | 153 |
| April | 14.7°C | 3.2°C | 9.0°C | 92 mm | 167 |
| May | 18.6°C | 6.6°C | 12.6°C | 95 mm | 171 |
| June | 22.5°C | 10.0°C | 16.2°C | 86 mm | 196 |
| July | 24.7°C | 11.5°C | 18.1°C | 84 mm | 229 |
| August | 24.9°C | 11.2°C | 18.0°C | 80 mm | 212 |
| September | 20.6°C | 7.8°C | 14.2°C | 81 mm | 177 |
| October | 16.2°C | 6.1°C | 11.1°C | 79 mm | 138 |
| November | 10.5°C | 2.3°C | 6.4°C | 89 mm | 87 |
| December | 7.4°C | 0.1°C | 3.7°C | 83 mm | 92 |
| Year | 15.5°C | 4.8°C | 10.2°C | 978 mm | 1,837 |
Where Saint-Bard’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Néoux, 11 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, Chastreix, 51 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 Creuse.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Bard’s climate
How warm does Saint-Bard get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.9°C. About 54 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 64% of mainland French towns, and about 14 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Bard get in winter?
February nights average −1.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 84 nights a year, and about 9 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Bard get?
About 978 mm a year, more than 87% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (95 mm) and March the driest (65 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chastreix (51 km away), averages 1,837 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Bard itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Bard, Néoux, 11 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 NEOUX, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Bard →
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