Photo: Antoine Montulé · CC BY-SA 4.0Less rain falls on Saint-Avertin than on 76% of mainland French towns: 678 mm a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.9°C. December is the wettest month, August the driest. By January nights alone, it runs milder than 63% of mainland French towns. Long walks are most pleasant from May to October, when afternoons reach 17–26°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Tours station, 9.5 km north.
A year in Saint-Avertin at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Tours station.
What a year in Saint-Avertin feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tours.
About 678 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and August the driest. About 19 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 25th wettest of 47 towns of 2,500+ in Indre-et-Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Tours
36 frosts and 57 days of 25°C a year
On about 36 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 57 days a year reach 25°C, and 14 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tours: 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 Tours
Tours is 9.5 km north of Saint-Avertin. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Avertin itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Tours (37179001) |
| Distance from the town | 9.5 km north |
| Station altitude | 108 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 80 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
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-Avertin 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 Indre-et-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-Avertin | Tours | 25.9°C | 2.5°C | 678 mm |
| Chambray-lès-Tours 2.7 km | Fondettes | 25.9°C about the same | 2.0°C 0.5°C colder | 726 mm |
| Larçay 3 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 678 mm |
| Saint-Pierre-des-Corps 3.8 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 678 mm |
| La Ville-aux-Dames 4.7 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 678 mm |
| Tours 4.9 km | Fondettes | 25.9°C about the same | 2.0°C 0.5°C colder | 726 mm |
| Joué-lès-Tours 5.4 km | Fondettes | 25.9°C about the same | 2.0°C 0.5°C colder | 726 mm |
Saint-Avertin weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Tours station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C | 2.5°C | 5.1°C | 63 mm | 68 |
| February | 9.0°C | 2.3°C | 5.6°C | 52 mm | 95 |
| March | 12.9°C | 4.3°C | 8.6°C | 49 mm | 149 |
| April | 16.0°C | 6.0°C | 11.0°C | 53 mm | 187 |
| May | 19.6°C | 9.4°C | 14.5°C | 58 mm | 214 |
| June | 23.4°C | 12.6°C | 18.0°C | 53 mm | 229 |
| July | 25.9°C | 14.4°C | 20.2°C | 47 mm | 247 |
| August | 26.0°C | 14.3°C | 20.2°C | 44 mm | 238 |
| September | 22.1°C | 11.4°C | 16.8°C | 52 mm | 191 |
| October | 17.0°C | 9.0°C | 13.0°C | 66 mm | 123 |
| November | 11.4°C | 5.3°C | 8.3°C | 69 mm | 79 |
| December | 8.1°C | 2.9°C | 5.5°C | 72 mm | 65 |
| Year | 16.6°C | 7.9°C | 12.2°C | 678 mm | 1,885 |
Where Saint-Avertin’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Tours, 9.5 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, Tours, 9.5 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 Indre-et-Loire.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Avertin’s climate
How warm does Saint-Avertin get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.0°C. About 57 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 57% of mainland French towns, and about 14 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Avertin get in winter?
February nights average 2.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 36 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Avertin get?
About 678 mm a year, less than 76% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (72 mm) and August the driest (44 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Tours (9.5 km away), averages 1,885 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Avertin itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Avertin, Tours, 9.5 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 TOURS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Avertin →
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.