Few mainland French towns get more frosts than Saint-Julien-d'Ance
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 27.0°C on average. Only 29°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. In July, afternoons here are warmer than in 68% of mainland French towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from November to April, when means dip under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Tiranges station, 7.8 km south-east.
A year in Saint-Julien-d'Ance at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Tiranges station.
What a year in Saint-Julien-d'Ance feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tiranges.
About 759 mm of rain a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 10th 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: 98 frosts and 75 days of 25°C a year
On about 98 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 75 days a year reach 25°C, and 27 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tiranges: 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 Tiranges
Tiranges is 7.8 km south-east of Saint-Julien-d'Ance. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Julien-d'Ance itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Tiranges (43246001) |
| Distance from the town | 7.8 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 603 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 764 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Le Puy-Loudes, 29 km away |
Saint-Julien-d'Ance sits 161 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Saint-Julien-d'Ance to run about 1°C cooler 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-Julien-d'Ance 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. 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-Julien-d'Ance | Tiranges | 27.0°C | −1.5°C | 759 mm |
| Retournac 14 km | same station | 27.0°C about the same | −1.5°C about the same | 759 mm |
| Bas-en-Basset 15 km | Bas-en-Basset | 28.0°C 1°C warmer | −1.7°C about the same | 754 mm |
| Beauzac 15 km | same station | 27.0°C about the same | −1.5°C about the same | 759 mm |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon 20 km | Monistrol-sur-Loire | 24.5°C 2.5°C cooler | −0.8°C 0.7°C milder | 822 mm |
| Monistrol-sur-Loire 20 km | same station | 27.0°C about the same | −1.5°C about the same | 759 mm |
| Aurec-sur-Loire 23 km | Bas-en-Basset | 28.0°C 1°C warmer | −1.7°C about the same | 754 mm |
Saint-Julien-d'Ance weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Tiranges station; sunshine at Le Puy-Loudes.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C | −1.5°C | 2.8°C | 44 mm | 89 |
| February | 8.9°C | −1.7°C | 3.6°C | 31 mm | 112 |
| March | 13.1°C | 0.4°C | 6.8°C | 36 mm | 168 |
| April | 16.2°C | 2.6°C | 9.4°C | 58 mm | 171 |
| May | 20.2°C | 6.1°C | 13.2°C | 81 mm | 195 |
| June | 24.4°C | 9.5°C | 16.9°C | 80 mm | 225 |
| July | 27.0°C | 11.2°C | 19.1°C | 82 mm | 264 |
| August | 27.0°C | 11.0°C | 19.0°C | 79 mm | 245 |
| September | 22.2°C | 7.7°C | 15.0°C | 71 mm | 185 |
| October | 17.2°C | 5.5°C | 11.3°C | 81 mm | 128 |
| November | 11.1°C | 1.7°C | 6.4°C | 72 mm | 88 |
| December | 7.8°C | −0.8°C | 3.5°C | 44 mm | 83 |
| Year | 16.9°C | 4.3°C | 10.6°C | 759 mm | 1,952 |
Where Saint-Julien-d'Ance’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Tiranges, 7.8 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.
- Sunshine: the nearest station with at least 10 years of sunshine records, Le Puy-Loudes, 29 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-Julien-d'Ance’s climate
How warm does Saint-Julien-d'Ance get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.0°C. About 75 days a year reach 25°C, more than 67% of mainland French towns, and about 27 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Julien-d'Ance get in winter?
February nights average −1.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 98 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Julien-d'Ance get?
About 759 mm a year, more than 51% of mainland French towns. July is the wettest month (82 mm) and February the driest (31 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Le Puy-Loudes (29 km away), averages 1,952 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Julien-d'Ance itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Julien-d'Ance, Tiranges, 7.8 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 TIRANGES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Julien-d'Ance →
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