Saint-Germain-les-Belles is wetter than 93% of mainland French towns: 1,131 mm of rain a year
On a normal January night the air cools to about 1.0°C. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 75% of mainland French towns. Wet weather is most frequent in November and least in July. Central heating does most of its work from November to March, in months below 10°C on average.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Lubersac station, 23 km south.
A year in Saint-Germain-les-Belles at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Lubersac station.
What a year in Saint-Germain-les-Belles feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lubersac.
About 1,131 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 39 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 23 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Vienne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Saint-Yrieix la Pe
A frosty town: 53 frosts and 61 days of 25°C a year
On about 53 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 61 days a year reach 25°C, and 15 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lubersac: 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 Lubersac
Lubersac is 23 km south of Saint-Germain-les-Belles. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Germain-les-Belles itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Lubersac (19121002) |
| Distance from the town | 23 km south |
| Station altitude | 390 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 386 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 1.1 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Saint-Yrieix la Pe, 22 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-Germain-les-Belles 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-Vienne.
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-Germain-les-Belles | Lubersac | 25.6°C | 1.0°C | 1,131 mm |
| Uzerche 21 km | Uzerche | 25.0°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.7°C 0.7°C milder | 1,098 mm |
| Boisseuil 22 km | Nexon | 26.2°C 0.6°C warmer | 1.2°C about the same | 1,011 mm |
| Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche 24 km | Saint-Yrieix la Pe | 24.8°C 0.8°C cooler | 1.6°C 0.6°C milder | 1,130 mm |
| Nexon 25 km | Nexon | 26.2°C 0.6°C warmer | 1.2°C about the same | 1,011 mm |
| Feytiat 25 km | Nexon | 26.2°C 0.6°C warmer | 1.2°C about the same | 1,011 mm |
| Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat 26 km | Limoges-Bellegarde | 24.2°C 1.4°C cooler | 1.9°C 0.9°C milder | 1,018 mm |
Saint-Germain-les-Belles weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Lubersac station; sunshine at Saint-Yrieix la Pe.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C | 1.0°C | 4.5°C | 103 mm | 83 |
| February | 9.3°C | 0.7°C | 5.0°C | 83 mm | 114 |
| March | 13.3°C | 3.1°C | 8.2°C | 85 mm | 160 |
| April | 16.1°C | 5.0°C | 10.6°C | 103 mm | 187 |
| May | 20.0°C | 8.3°C | 14.1°C | 98 mm | 219 |
| June | 23.5°C | 11.5°C | 17.5°C | 87 mm | 242 |
| July | 25.6°C | 13.1°C | 19.3°C | 68 mm | 262 |
| August | 25.7°C | 13.1°C | 19.4°C | 78 mm | 242 |
| September | 21.9°C | 9.9°C | 15.9°C | 87 mm | 214 |
| October | 17.3°C | 7.7°C | 12.5°C | 105 mm | 147 |
| November | 11.5°C | 3.8°C | 7.7°C | 117 mm | 91 |
| December | 8.7°C | 1.6°C | 5.2°C | 116 mm | 89 |
| Year | 16.7°C | 6.6°C | 11.7°C | 1,131 mm | 2,050 |
Where Saint-Germain-les-Belles’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Lubersac, 23 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, Saint-Yrieix la Pe, 22 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-Vienne.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Germain-les-Belles’s climate
How warm does Saint-Germain-les-Belles get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.7°C. About 61 days a year reach 25°C, more than 51% of mainland French towns, and about 15 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Germain-les-Belles get in winter?
February nights average 0.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 53 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Germain-les-Belles get?
About 1,131 mm a year, more than 93% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (117 mm) and July the driest (68 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Saint-Yrieix la Pe (22 km away), averages 2,050 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Germain-les-Belles itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Germain-les-Belles, Lubersac, 23 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 LUBERSAC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Germain-les-Belles →
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