Saint-Éman is drier than 91% of mainland French towns: 626 mm of rain a year
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near 1.6°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 24°C. Warm afternoons come less often than in 71% of mainland French towns. Windscreens need scraping on about 49 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Blandainville station, 4.5 km south-east.
A year in Saint-Éman at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Blandainville station.
What a year in Saint-Éman feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Blandainville.
About 626 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and September the driest. About 17 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 9th wettest of 33 towns of 2,500+ in Eure-et-Loir.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Chartres
49 frosts and 48 days of 25°C a year
On about 49 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 6 days it stays below freezing all day. About 48 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Blandainville: 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 Blandainville
Blandainville is 4.5 km south-east of Saint-Éman. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Éman itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Blandainville (28041001) |
| Distance from the town | 4.5 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 163 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 158 m |
| Period | 1995–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Chartres, 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-Éman 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-Éman | Blandainville | 25.4°C | 1.6°C | 626 mm |
| Illiers-Combray 3 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 626 mm |
| Brou 13 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 626 mm |
| Courville-sur-Eure 14 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 626 mm |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Eure 15 km | Chartres | 25.2°C about the same | 1.8°C about the same | 606 mm |
| Bonneval 20 km | Pré-Saint-Évroult | 25.8°C about the same | 1.5°C about the same | 592 mm |
| Lucé 22 km | Chartres | 25.2°C about the same | 1.8°C about the same | 606 mm |
Saint-Éman weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Blandainville station; sunshine at Chartres.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.5°C | 1.6°C | 4.1°C | 53 mm | 64 |
| February | 8.0°C | 1.4°C | 4.7°C | 46 mm | 88 |
| March | 11.7°C | 3.0°C | 7.4°C | 46 mm | 140 |
| April | 15.5°C | 4.5°C | 10.0°C | 43 mm | 184 |
| May | 18.8°C | 7.9°C | 13.3°C | 58 mm | 209 |
| June | 22.7°C | 10.9°C | 16.8°C | 52 mm | 222 |
| July | 25.4°C | 12.5°C | 19.0°C | 49 mm | 230 |
| August | 25.6°C | 12.5°C | 19.0°C | 45 mm | 220 |
| September | 21.6°C | 9.8°C | 15.7°C | 41 mm | 181 |
| October | 16.4°C | 7.7°C | 12.1°C | 63 mm | 118 |
| November | 10.5°C | 4.3°C | 7.4°C | 61 mm | 72 |
| December | 7.1°C | 2.0°C | 4.5°C | 69 mm | 60 |
| Year | 15.8°C | 6.5°C | 11.2°C | 626 mm | 1,787 |
Where Saint-Éman’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Blandainville, 4.5 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1995–2020, 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, 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 Eure-et-Loir.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Éman’s climate
How warm does Saint-Éman get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.6°C. About 48 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 71% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Éman get in winter?
February nights average 1.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 49 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Éman get?
About 626 mm a year, less than 91% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (69 mm) and September the driest (41 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chartres (26 km away), averages 1,787 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Éman itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Éman, Blandainville, 4.5 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 BLANDAINVILLE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Éman →
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