Weather without surprises: Saint-Roch keeps close to the norm for mainland French towns
July afternoons reach 25.9°C on a typical day and January nights drop to 2.0°C; 726 mm of rain falls in a year. By rainfall alone, it ranks drier than 61% of mainland French towns. The rainiest month is December; the driest is July. Windscreens need scraping on about 45 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Fondettes station, 2.6 km south-east.
A year in Saint-Roch at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Fondettes station.
What a year in Saint-Roch feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Fondettes.
About 726 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 8th wettest of 47 towns of 2,500+ in Indre-et-Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Tours
45 frosts and 57 days of 25°C a year
On about 45 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 15 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Fondettes: 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 Fondettes
Fondettes is 2.6 km south-east of Saint-Roch. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Roch itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Fondettes (37109001) |
| Distance from the town | 2.6 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 93 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 90 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Tours, 11 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-Roch 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-Roch | Fondettes | 25.9°C | 2.0°C | 726 mm |
| La Membrolle-sur-Choisille 3.8 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 726 mm |
| Fondettes 4.9 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 726 mm |
| Luynes 5.7 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 726 mm |
| Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 7.1 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 726 mm |
| La Riche 8.4 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 726 mm |
| Notre-Dame-d'Oé 9.6 km | Tours | 25.9°C about the same | 2.5°C 0.5°C milder | 678 mm |
Saint-Roch weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Fondettes station; sunshine at Tours.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C | 2.0°C | 4.9°C | 68 mm | 68 |
| February | 9.2°C | 1.8°C | 5.5°C | 58 mm | 95 |
| March | 12.9°C | 3.4°C | 8.2°C | 54 mm | 149 |
| April | 16.2°C | 5.3°C | 10.7°C | 57 mm | 187 |
| May | 19.9°C | 8.8°C | 14.4°C | 62 mm | 214 |
| June | 23.6°C | 12.0°C | 17.8°C | 53 mm | 229 |
| July | 25.9°C | 13.5°C | 19.7°C | 47 mm | 247 |
| August | 25.9°C | 13.3°C | 19.6°C | 47 mm | 238 |
| September | 22.1°C | 10.3°C | 16.2°C | 53 mm | 191 |
| October | 17.0°C | 8.3°C | 12.7°C | 70 mm | 123 |
| November | 11.5°C | 4.7°C | 8.1°C | 76 mm | 79 |
| December | 8.3°C | 2.4°C | 5.3°C | 80 mm | 65 |
| Year | 16.7°C | 7.2°C | 11.9°C | 726 mm | 1,885 |
Where Saint-Roch’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Fondettes, 2.6 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1992–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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, 11 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-Roch’s climate
How warm does Saint-Roch get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.9°C. About 57 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 58% of mainland French towns, and about 15 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Roch get in winter?
February nights average 1.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 45 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Roch get?
About 726 mm a year, less than 61% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (80 mm) and July the driest (47 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Tours (11 km away), averages 1,885 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Roch itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Roch, Fondettes, 2.6 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 FONDETTES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Roch →
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