Warm afternoons come to Saint-Émilion more often than to 82% of mainland French towns
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near 3.3°C. Winter and summer sit 25°C apart. Its January nights stay gentler than in 80% of mainland French towns. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 32 nights a year below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Saint-Émilion station, 2.4 km north-west.
A year in Saint-Émilion at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saint-Émilion station.
What a year in Saint-Émilion feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Émilion.
About 798 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 25 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 103rd wettest of 113 towns of 2,500+ in Gironde.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Saint-Émilion
32 frosts and 91 days of 25°C a year
On about 32 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 91 days a year reach 25°C, and 31 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Émilion: 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 Saint-Émilion
Saint-Émilion is 2.4 km north-west of Saint-Émilion. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Émilion itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saint-Émilion (33394002) |
| Distance from the town | 2.4 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 38 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 48 m |
| Period | 1995–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
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-Émilion 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 Gironde.
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-Émilion | Saint-Émilion | 27.8°C | 3.3°C | 798 mm |
| Libourne 5 km | same station | 27.8°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 798 mm |
| Saint-Denis-de-Pile 9.8 km | same station | 27.8°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 798 mm |
| Vayres 12 km | same station | 27.8°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 798 mm |
| Castillon-la-Bataille 12 km | same station | 27.8°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 798 mm |
| Saint-Quentin-de-Baron 12 km | same station | 27.8°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 798 mm |
| Galgon 13 km | same station | 27.8°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 798 mm |
Saint-Émilion weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saint-Émilion station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.9°C | 3.3°C | 6.6°C | 78 mm | 78 |
| February | 11.6°C | 3.1°C | 7.3°C | 62 mm | 126 |
| March | 15.4°C | 5.2°C | 10.3°C | 58 mm | 164 |
| April | 18.6°C | 7.6°C | 13.1°C | 72 mm | 199 |
| May | 22.2°C | 11.0°C | 16.6°C | 68 mm | 222 |
| June | 25.9°C | 13.8°C | 19.8°C | 58 mm | 249 |
| July | 27.8°C | 15.1°C | 21.5°C | 48 mm | 273 |
| August | 28.0°C | 14.9°C | 21.5°C | 55 mm | 255 |
| September | 24.7°C | 11.8°C | 18.2°C | 62 mm | 227 |
| October | 20.1°C | 9.6°C | 14.9°C | 61 mm | 156 |
| November | 13.8°C | 5.8°C | 9.8°C | 91 mm | 102 |
| December | 10.5°C | 3.6°C | 7.1°C | 84 mm | 92 |
| Year | 19.0°C | 8.7°C | 13.9°C | 798 mm | 2,142 |
Where Saint-Émilion’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saint-Émilion, 2.4 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, Saint-Émilion, 2.4 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 Gironde.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Émilion’s climate
How warm does Saint-Émilion get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.0°C. About 91 days a year reach 25°C, more than 82% of mainland French towns, and about 31 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Émilion get in winter?
February nights average 3.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 32 nights a year, and about 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Émilion get?
About 798 mm a year, more than 60% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (91 mm) and July the driest (48 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Saint-Émilion (2.4 km away), averages 2,142 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Émilion itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Émilion, Saint-Émilion, 2.4 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 ST EMILION, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Émilion →
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