Few mainland French towns have colder winter nights than Saint-Jeures
High summer brings afternoon highs near 23.4°C. None of the 24 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Loire has cooler July afternoons. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 26°C. An umbrella earns its place on about 116 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Le Pertuis station, 12 km west.
A year in Saint-Jeures at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Le Pertuis station.
What a year in Saint-Jeures feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Pertuis.
About 919 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 27 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 5th wettest of 24 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Mazet-Volamont
A frosty town: 95 frosts and 36 days of 25°C a year
On about 95 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 24 days it stays below freezing all day. About 36 days a year reach 25°C, and 6 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Pertuis: 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 Le Pertuis
Le Pertuis is 12 km west of Saint-Jeures. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Jeures itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Le Pertuis (43150001) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km west |
| Station altitude | 1,020 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 1,000 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 8.1 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Mazet-Volamont, 8.7 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-Jeures 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-Jeures | Le Pertuis | 23.4°C | −2.0°C | 919 mm |
| Tence 6.3 km | Yssingeaux | 24.6°C 1.2°C warmer | −2.2°C about the same | 949 mm |
| Yssingeaux 8.5 km | Yssingeaux | 24.6°C 1.2°C warmer | −2.2°C about the same | 949 mm |
| Le Chambon-sur-Lignon 8.5 km | Mazet-Volamont | 21.6°C 1.8°C cooler | −2.5°C 0.5°C colder | 975 mm |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon 15 km | Monistrol-sur-Loire | 24.5°C 1.1°C warmer | −0.8°C 1.2°C milder | 822 mm |
| Sainte-Sigolène 16 km | Monistrol-sur-Loire | 24.5°C 1.1°C warmer | −0.8°C 1.2°C milder | 822 mm |
| Dunières 16 km | Monistrol-sur-Loire | 24.5°C 1.1°C warmer | −0.8°C 1.2°C milder | 822 mm |
Saint-Jeures weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Le Pertuis station; sunshine at Mazet-Volamont.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.7°C | −2.0°C | 0.8°C | 53 mm | 98 |
| February | 4.7°C | −2.1°C | 1.3°C | 41 mm | 122 |
| March | 8.7°C | 0.2°C | 4.5°C | 46 mm | 168 |
| April | 11.9°C | 2.6°C | 7.2°C | 80 mm | 182 |
| May | 16.1°C | 6.3°C | 11.2°C | 113 mm | 197 |
| June | 20.6°C | 9.7°C | 15.1°C | 97 mm | 234 |
| July | 23.4°C | 11.5°C | 17.5°C | 74 mm | 277 |
| August | 23.2°C | 11.6°C | 17.4°C | 82 mm | 250 |
| September | 18.3°C | 8.4°C | 13.3°C | 91 mm | 192 |
| October | 13.4°C | 5.7°C | 9.6°C | 99 mm | 138 |
| November | 7.5°C | 1.5°C | 4.5°C | 93 mm | 99 |
| December | 4.5°C | −1.1°C | 1.7°C | 50 mm | 100 |
| Year | 13.0°C | 4.4°C | 8.7°C | 919 mm | 2,057 |
Where Saint-Jeures’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Le Pertuis, 12 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.
- Sunshine: the nearest station with at least 10 years of sunshine records, Mazet-Volamont, 8.7 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-Jeures’s climate
How warm does Saint-Jeures get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.4°C. About 36 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 85% of mainland French towns, and about 6 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Jeures get in winter?
February nights average −2.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 95 nights a year, and about 24 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Jeures get?
About 919 mm a year, more than 80% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (113 mm) and February the driest (41 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Mazet-Volamont (8.7 km away), averages 2,057 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Jeures itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Jeures, Le Pertuis, 12 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 LE PERTUIS_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Jeures →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.