Saint-Bérain sits near the top of mainland French towns for frosts
Expect July afternoons of about 23.8°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 27°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 85% of mainland French towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 106 times a year.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Saugues-Sa station, 10 km south-west.
A year in Saint-Bérain at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saugues-Sa station.
What a year in Saint-Bérain feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saugues-Sa.
About 785 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 9th wettest of 24 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Le Puy-Loudes
A frosty town: 125 frosts and 41 days of 25°C a year
On about 125 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 18 days it stays below freezing all day. About 41 days a year reach 25°C, and 8 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saugues-Sa: 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 Saugues-Sa
Saugues-Sa is 10 km south-west of Saint-Bérain. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Bérain itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saugues-Sa (43234005) |
| Distance from the town | 10 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 945 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 975 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Le Puy-Loudes, 11 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-Bérain 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 Haute-Loire.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Bérain | Saugues-Sa | 23.8°C | −3.2°C | 785 mm |
| Langeac 13 km | Chavaniac-Lafayette | 26.6°C 2.8°C warmer | −1.4°C 1.8°C milder | 766 mm |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel 19 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 2.4°C warmer | −1.3°C 1.9°C milder | 632 mm |
| Polignac 19 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 2.4°C warmer | −1.3°C 1.9°C milder | 632 mm |
| Vals-près-le-Puy 19 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 2.4°C warmer | −1.3°C 1.9°C milder | 632 mm |
| Le Puy-en-Velay 20 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 2.4°C warmer | −1.3°C 1.9°C milder | 632 mm |
| Chadrac 21 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 2.4°C warmer | −1.3°C 1.9°C milder | 632 mm |
Saint-Bérain weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saugues-Sa station; sunshine at Le Puy-Loudes.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C | −3.2°C | 0.8°C | 46 mm | 89 |
| February | 5.6°C | −3.4°C | 1.1°C | 40 mm | 112 |
| March | 9.5°C | −1.5°C | 4.0°C | 40 mm | 168 |
| April | 12.6°C | 0.8°C | 6.7°C | 67 mm | 171 |
| May | 16.8°C | 4.3°C | 10.6°C | 91 mm | 195 |
| June | 21.2°C | 7.5°C | 14.3°C | 76 mm | 225 |
| July | 23.8°C | 8.9°C | 16.4°C | 73 mm | 264 |
| August | 23.7°C | 8.6°C | 16.1°C | 71 mm | 245 |
| September | 18.9°C | 5.7°C | 12.3°C | 78 mm | 185 |
| October | 14.4°C | 4.1°C | 9.3°C | 78 mm | 128 |
| November | 8.6°C | 0.2°C | 4.4°C | 76 mm | 88 |
| December | 5.6°C | −2.3°C | 1.6°C | 50 mm | 83 |
| Year | 13.8°C | 2.5°C | 8.1°C | 785 mm | 1,952 |
Where Saint-Bérain’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saugues-Sa, 10 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1992–2020, 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, Le Puy-Loudes, 11 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 Haute-Loire.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Bérain’s climate
How warm does Saint-Bérain get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.8°C. About 41 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 80% of mainland French towns, and about 8 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Bérain get in winter?
February nights average −3.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 125 nights a year, and about 18 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Bérain get?
About 785 mm a year, more than 57% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (91 mm) and February the driest (40 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Le Puy-Loudes (11 km away), averages 1,952 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Bérain itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Bérain, Saugues-Sa, 10 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 SAUGUES-SA, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Bérain →
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