Saint-Éliph gets more frosts than 78% of mainland French towns
Sunny July days climb to about 25.1°C. Days of 25°C are scarce: about 48 a year, fewer than in 72% of mainland French towns. Seasons differ by 24°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to September, with highs of 22–25°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s La Loupe station, 3.4 km north.
A year in Saint-Éliph at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the La Loupe station.
What a year in Saint-Éliph feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at La Loupe.
About 718 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and September the driest. About 20 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 33 towns of 2,500+ in Eure-et-Loir.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Chartres
A frosty town: 58 frosts and 48 days of 25°C a year
On about 58 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 48 days a year reach 25°C, and 12 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at La Loupe: 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 La Loupe
La Loupe is 3.4 km north of Saint-Éliph. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Éliph itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | La Loupe (28214003) |
| Distance from the town | 3.4 km north |
| Station altitude | 200 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 230 m |
| Period | 1996–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Chartres, 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 Saint-Éliph 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 Eure-et-Loir.
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-Éliph | La Loupe | 25.1°C | 1.2°C | 718 mm |
| La Loupe 2.2 km | same station | 25.1°C about the same | 1.2°C about the same | 718 mm |
| Senonches 12 km | Senonches | 24.7°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 817 mm |
| Courville-sur-Eure 16 km | Blandainville | 25.4°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 626 mm |
| Longny les Villages 20 km | Beaulieu | 24.3°C 0.8°C cooler | 1.2°C about the same | 837 mm |
| Nogent-le-Rotrou 21 km | Preaux-du-Perche | 25.3°C about the same | 1.8°C 0.6°C milder | 748 mm |
| Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais 21 km | Thimert | 26.0°C 0.9°C warmer | 1.7°C 0.5°C milder | 635 mm |
Saint-Éliph weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the La Loupe station; sunshine at Chartres.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C | 1.2°C | 3.9°C | 62 mm | 64 |
| February | 8.3°C | 0.9°C | 4.6°C | 55 mm | 88 |
| March | 12.0°C | 2.4°C | 7.2°C | 55 mm | 140 |
| April | 15.8°C | 4.0°C | 9.9°C | 49 mm | 184 |
| May | 19.3°C | 7.5°C | 13.4°C | 67 mm | 209 |
| June | 22.9°C | 10.6°C | 16.8°C | 62 mm | 222 |
| July | 25.1°C | 12.1°C | 18.6°C | 53 mm | 230 |
| August | 25.2°C | 12.1°C | 18.6°C | 52 mm | 220 |
| September | 21.6°C | 9.4°C | 15.5°C | 44 mm | 181 |
| October | 16.2°C | 7.4°C | 11.8°C | 69 mm | 118 |
| November | 10.5°C | 4.0°C | 7.3°C | 70 mm | 72 |
| December | 7.3°C | 1.7°C | 4.5°C | 80 mm | 60 |
| Year | 15.9°C | 6.1°C | 11.0°C | 718 mm | 1,787 |
Where Saint-Éliph’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for La Loupe, 3.4 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1996–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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, Chartres, 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 Eure-et-Loir.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Éliph’s climate
How warm does Saint-Éliph get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.2°C. About 48 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 72% of mainland French towns, and about 12 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Éliph get in winter?
February nights average 0.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 58 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Éliph get?
About 718 mm a year, less than 62% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (80 mm) and September the driest (44 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chartres (35 km away), averages 1,787 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Éliph itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Éliph, La Loupe, 3.4 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 LA LOUPE_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Éliph →
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