More rain falls on Sainte-Soline than on 83% of mainland French towns: 946 mm a year
Midsummer highs settle at about 26.9°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs hotter than 67% of mainland French towns. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 25°C. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 46 nights a year below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Lezay station, 4.7 km west.
A year in Sainte-Soline at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Lezay station.
What a year in Sainte-Soline feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lezay.
About 946 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and August the driest. About 30 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd wettest of 24 towns of 2,500+ in Deux-Sèvres.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Niort
46 frosts and 73 days of 25°C a year
On about 46 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 73 days a year reach 25°C, and 25 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lezay: 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 Lezay
Lezay is 4.7 km west of Sainte-Soline. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Sainte-Soline itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Lezay (79148001) |
| Distance from the town | 4.7 km west |
| Station altitude | 128 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 123 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Niort, 35 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 Sainte-Soline 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 Deux-Sèvres.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Soline | Lezay | 26.9°C | 2.2°C | 946 mm |
| Valence-en-Poitou 13 km | Lusignan-Inrae | 25.9°C 1°C cooler | 2.4°C about the same | 814 mm |
| Melle 16 km | Melle | 26.2°C 0.7°C cooler | 2.9°C 0.7°C milder | 903 mm |
| Rouillé 18 km | Lusignan-Inrae | 25.9°C 1°C cooler | 2.4°C about the same | 814 mm |
| Lusignan 20 km | Lusignan-Inrae | 25.9°C 1°C cooler | 2.4°C about the same | 814 mm |
| Celles-sur-Belle 21 km | Celles-sur-Bell | 26.9°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 902 mm |
| Civray 23 km | Civray | 26.3°C 0.6°C cooler | 2.8°C 0.6°C milder | 841 mm |
Sainte-Soline weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Lezay station; sunshine at Niort.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C | 2.2°C | 5.4°C | 97 mm | 76 |
| February | 10.0°C | 1.6°C | 5.8°C | 73 mm | 108 |
| March | 14.1°C | 3.6°C | 8.9°C | 75 mm | 160 |
| April | 16.9°C | 5.7°C | 11.3°C | 80 mm | 187 |
| May | 20.9°C | 9.3°C | 15.1°C | 67 mm | 219 |
| June | 24.5°C | 12.5°C | 18.5°C | 69 mm | 241 |
| July | 26.9°C | 14.1°C | 20.5°C | 57 mm | 257 |
| August | 27.0°C | 14.0°C | 20.5°C | 52 mm | 248 |
| September | 23.2°C | 11.0°C | 17.1°C | 65 mm | 207 |
| October | 18.0°C | 8.9°C | 13.4°C | 92 mm | 134 |
| November | 12.2°C | 4.9°C | 8.5°C | 104 mm | 93 |
| December | 8.9°C | 2.6°C | 5.7°C | 116 mm | 77 |
| Year | 17.6°C | 7.5°C | 12.6°C | 946 mm | 2,006 |
Where Sainte-Soline’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Lezay, 4.7 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, Niort, 35 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 Deux-Sèvres.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Sainte-Soline’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Soline get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.0°C. About 73 days a year reach 25°C, more than 67% of mainland French towns, and about 25 reach 30°C.
How cold does Sainte-Soline get in winter?
February nights average 1.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 46 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Sainte-Soline get?
About 946 mm a year, more than 83% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (116 mm) and August the driest (52 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Niort (35 km away), averages 2,006 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Sainte-Soline itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Sainte-Soline, Lezay, 4.7 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 LEZAY, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Sainte-Soline →
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