Saint-Haon sits near the top of mainland French towns for frosts
Midsummer highs settle at about 21.8°C. None of the 24 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Loire has cooler July afternoons. Temperatures cover 25°C across the year, low to high. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 103 times a year.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Landos-Charbon station, 6.8 km east.
A year in Saint-Haon at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Landos-Charbon station.
What a year in Saint-Haon feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Landos-Charbon.
About 799 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 23 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 9th wettest of 24 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
A frosty town: 118 frosts and 22 days of 25°C a year
On about 118 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 29 days it stays below freezing all day. About 22 days a year reach 25°C, and 2 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Landos-Charbon: 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 Landos-Charbon
Landos-Charbon is 6.8 km east of Saint-Haon. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Haon itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Landos-Charbon (43111002) |
| Distance from the town | 6.8 km east |
| Station altitude | 1,148 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 981 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
Saint-Haon sits 167 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Saint-Haon to run about 1.1°C warmer than these figures.
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-Haon 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-Haon | Landos-Charbon | 21.8°C | −3.4°C | 799 mm |
| Langogne 16 km | Cros Géorand | 23.3°C 1.5°C warmer | −3.5°C about the same | 1,410 mm |
| Coubon 21 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 4.4°C warmer | −1.3°C 2.1°C milder | 632 mm |
| Vals-près-le-Puy 22 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 4.4°C warmer | −1.3°C 2.1°C milder | 632 mm |
| Le Puy-en-Velay 24 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 4.4°C warmer | −1.3°C 2.1°C milder | 632 mm |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel 24 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 4.4°C warmer | −1.3°C 2.1°C milder | 632 mm |
| Brives-Charensac 26 km | Le Puy-Chadrac | 26.2°C 4.4°C warmer | −1.3°C 2.1°C milder | 632 mm |
Saint-Haon weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Landos-Charbon station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9°C | −3.4°C | −0.3°C | 43 mm |
| February | 3.6°C | −3.4°C | 0.1°C | 30 mm |
| March | 7.7°C | −1.0°C | 3.3°C | 36 mm |
| April | 10.7°C | 1.2°C | 6.0°C | 71 mm |
| May | 14.7°C | 4.8°C | 9.8°C | 91 mm |
| June | 18.9°C | 8.3°C | 13.6°C | 86 mm |
| July | 21.8°C | 10.2°C | 16.0°C | 68 mm |
| August | 21.8°C | 10.2°C | 16.0°C | 72 mm |
| September | 17.0°C | 7.1°C | 12.1°C | 82 mm |
| October | 12.3°C | 4.5°C | 8.4°C | 85 mm |
| November | 6.7°C | 0.3°C | 3.5°C | 88 mm |
| December | 3.8°C | −2.3°C | 0.7°C | 47 mm |
| Year | 11.8°C | 3.0°C | 7.4°C | 799 mm |
Where Saint-Haon’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Landos-Charbon, 6.8 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.
- 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-Haon’s climate
How warm does Saint-Haon get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21.8°C. About 22 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 95% of mainland French towns, and about 2 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Haon get in winter?
January nights average −3.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 118 nights a year, and about 29 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Haon get?
About 799 mm a year, more than 60% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (91 mm) and February the driest (30 mm).
Are these figures for Saint-Haon itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Haon, Landos-Charbon, 6.8 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 LANDOS-CHARBON, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Haon →
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