Saint-Bardoux has warmer summer afternoons than 88% of mainland French towns
Deep winter brings January lows near 0.7°C. Its January nights bite harder than in 78% of mainland French towns. Rain peaks in October and eases off in February. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings suit May, June, September and October, with highs of 18–26°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Marsaz station, 4.7 km north-west.
A year in Saint-Bardoux at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Marsaz station.
What a year in Saint-Bardoux feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Marsaz.
About 883 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 14th wettest of 40 towns of 2,500+ in Drôme.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Colombier Jeune Rad
A frosty town: 53 frosts and 94 days of 25°C a year
On about 53 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 94 days a year reach 25°C, and 36 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Marsaz: 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 Marsaz
Marsaz is 4.7 km north-west of Saint-Bardoux. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Bardoux itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Marsaz (26177001) |
| Distance from the town | 4.7 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 213 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 215 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Colombier Jeune Rad, 26 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-Bardoux 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 Drôme.
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-Bardoux | Marsaz | 29.0°C | 0.7°C | 883 mm |
| Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse 4 km | same station | 29.0°C about the same | 0.7°C about the same | 883 mm |
| Peyrins 4.6 km | same station | 29.0°C about the same | 0.7°C about the same | 883 mm |
| Mours-Saint-Eusèbe 5.9 km | Romans | 29.3°C about the same | 0.8°C about the same | 877 mm |
| Romans-sur-Isère 6.8 km | Romans | 29.3°C about the same | 0.8°C about the same | 877 mm |
| Mercurol-Veaunes 7.4 km | Mercurol | 29.6°C 0.6°C warmer | 1.4°C 0.7°C milder | 864 mm |
| Bourg-de-Péage 7.9 km | Romans | 29.3°C about the same | 0.8°C about the same | 877 mm |
Saint-Bardoux weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Marsaz station; sunshine at Colombier Jeune Rad.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.6°C | 0.7°C | 4.1°C | 56 mm | 73 |
| February | 9.4°C | 0.8°C | 5.1°C | 44 mm | 99 |
| March | 14.4°C | 3.4°C | 8.9°C | 50 mm | 168 |
| April | 18.1°C | 5.9°C | 12.0°C | 71 mm | 188 |
| May | 22.2°C | 9.9°C | 16.0°C | 81 mm | 218 |
| June | 26.4°C | 13.3°C | 19.8°C | 64 mm | 261 |
| July | 29.0°C | 15.0°C | 22.0°C | 58 mm | 282 |
| August | 28.7°C | 14.7°C | 21.7°C | 68 mm | 253 |
| September | 23.7°C | 11.4°C | 17.5°C | 103 mm | 197 |
| October | 18.2°C | 8.5°C | 13.4°C | 127 mm | 123 |
| November | 11.9°C | 4.1°C | 8.0°C | 107 mm | 81 |
| December | 8.0°C | 1.3°C | 4.7°C | 54 mm | 62 |
| Year | 18.1°C | 7.4°C | 12.8°C | 883 mm | 2,003 |
Where Saint-Bardoux’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Marsaz, 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, Colombier Jeune Rad, 26 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 Drôme.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Bardoux’s climate
How warm does Saint-Bardoux get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 29.0°C. About 94 days a year reach 25°C, more than 85% of mainland French towns, and about 36 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Bardoux get in winter?
January nights average 0.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 53 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Bardoux get?
About 883 mm a year, more than 75% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (127 mm) and February the driest (44 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Colombier Jeune Rad (26 km away), averages 2,003 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Bardoux itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Bardoux, Marsaz, 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 MARSAZ, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Bardoux →
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