A middle-of-the-road climate: Saint-Maur is close to most mainland French towns on every count
A typical year brings 816 mm of rain, with July afternoons around 26.5°C and January nights around 1.9°C. No month is much wetter than another: October, the wettest, gets little more than August, the driest. About 50 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 69% of mainland French towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 123 times a year.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Châteauroux station, 4.9 km south-east.
A year in Saint-Maur at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Châteauroux station.
What a year in Saint-Maur feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Châteauroux.
About 816 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and August the driest. About 25 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd wettest of 13 towns of 2,500+ in Indre.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Chateauroux Déols
50 frosts and 69 days of 25°C a year
On about 50 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 69 days a year reach 25°C, and 22 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Châteauroux: 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 Châteauroux
Châteauroux is 4.9 km south-east of Saint-Maur. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Maur itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Châteauroux (36044001) |
| Distance from the town | 4.9 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 161 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 150 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Chateauroux Déols, 9.8 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-Maur 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.
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-Maur | Châteauroux | 26.5°C | 1.9°C | 816 mm |
| Châteauroux 4.1 km | same station | 26.5°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 816 mm |
| Déols 5.1 km | Chateauroux Déols | 26.4°C about the same | 1.7°C about the same | 729 mm |
| Le Poinçonnet 6.9 km | same station | 26.5°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 816 mm |
| Villedieu-sur-Indre 9.1 km | same station | 26.5°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 816 mm |
| Ardentes 15 km | same station | 26.5°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 816 mm |
| Buzançais 19 km | Pellevoisin | 26.8°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 798 mm |
Saint-Maur weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Châteauroux station; sunshine at Chateauroux Déols.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C | 1.9°C | 4.8°C | 71 mm | 69 |
| February | 9.1°C | 1.4°C | 5.3°C | 58 mm | 97 |
| March | 13.2°C | 3.5°C | 8.4°C | 59 mm | 158 |
| April | 16.4°C | 5.3°C | 10.8°C | 71 mm | 186 |
| May | 20.2°C | 8.9°C | 14.5°C | 76 mm | 213 |
| June | 24.1°C | 12.5°C | 18.3°C | 57 mm | 218 |
| July | 26.5°C | 14.3°C | 20.4°C | 61 mm | 243 |
| August | 26.6°C | 14.1°C | 20.4°C | 56 mm | 240 |
| September | 22.6°C | 10.8°C | 16.7°C | 64 mm | 195 |
| October | 17.5°C | 8.5°C | 13.0°C | 83 mm | 129 |
| November | 11.7°C | 4.7°C | 8.2°C | 78 mm | 82 |
| December | 8.3°C | 2.4°C | 5.3°C | 82 mm | 63 |
| Year | 17.0°C | 7.4°C | 12.2°C | 816 mm | 1,891 |
Where Saint-Maur’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Châteauroux, 4.9 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, Chateauroux Déols, 9.8 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.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Maur’s climate
How warm does Saint-Maur get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.6°C. About 69 days a year reach 25°C, more than 61% of mainland French towns, and about 22 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Maur get in winter?
February nights average 1.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 50 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Maur get?
About 816 mm a year, more than 62% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (83 mm) and August the driest (56 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chateauroux Déols (9.8 km away), averages 1,891 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Maur itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Maur, Châteauroux, 4.9 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 CHATEAUROUX, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Maur →
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