Weather without surprises: Sainte-Gemme keeps close to the norm for mainland French towns
January nights average 2.3°C, July afternoons 26.4°C, and a year brings 740 mm of rain. The rainiest month is December; the driest is March. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 39 nights a year below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Murs station, 15 km north-west.
A year in Sainte-Gemme at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Murs station.
What a year in Sainte-Gemme feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Murs.
About 740 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and March the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 9th wettest of 13 towns of 2,500+ in Indre.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Chateauroux Déols
39 frosts and 61 days of 25°C a year
On about 39 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 61 days a year reach 25°C, and 17 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Murs: 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 Murs
Murs is 15 km north-west of Sainte-Gemme. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Sainte-Gemme itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Murs (36136001) |
| Distance from the town | 15 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 148 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 114 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Chateauroux Déols, 31 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 Sainte-Gemme 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Gemme | Murs | 26.4°C | 2.3°C | 740 mm |
| Buzançais 7.4 km | Pellevoisin | 26.8°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 798 mm |
| Villedieu-sur-Indre 15 km | Châteauroux | 26.5°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 816 mm |
| Saint-Maur 24 km | Châteauroux | 26.5°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 816 mm |
| Levroux 25 km | Levroux - Treg. | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C 0.7°C colder | 738 mm |
| Déols 28 km | Chateauroux Déols | 26.4°C about the same | 1.7°C 0.6°C colder | 729 mm |
| Châteauroux 28 km | Châteauroux | 26.5°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 816 mm |
Sainte-Gemme weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Murs station; sunshine at Chateauroux Déols.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C | 2.3°C | 5.0°C | 68 mm | 69 |
| February | 9.1°C | 2.1°C | 5.6°C | 53 mm | 97 |
| March | 13.0°C | 4.0°C | 8.5°C | 52 mm | 158 |
| April | 16.1°C | 5.9°C | 11.0°C | 63 mm | 186 |
| May | 20.0°C | 9.4°C | 14.7°C | 66 mm | 213 |
| June | 23.8°C | 12.7°C | 18.3°C | 53 mm | 218 |
| July | 26.4°C | 14.5°C | 20.4°C | 53 mm | 243 |
| August | 26.2°C | 14.4°C | 20.3°C | 53 mm | 240 |
| September | 22.1°C | 11.2°C | 16.7°C | 56 mm | 195 |
| October | 17.1°C | 8.9°C | 13.0°C | 72 mm | 129 |
| November | 11.3°C | 5.0°C | 8.2°C | 74 mm | 82 |
| December | 8.0°C | 2.7°C | 5.4°C | 77 mm | 63 |
| Year | 16.7°C | 7.8°C | 12.3°C | 740 mm | 1,891 |
Where Sainte-Gemme’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Murs, 15 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, Chateauroux Déols, 31 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 Sainte-Gemme’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Gemme get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.4°C. About 61 days a year reach 25°C, more than 51% of mainland French towns, and about 17 reach 30°C.
How cold does Sainte-Gemme get in winter?
February nights average 2.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 39 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Sainte-Gemme get?
About 740 mm a year, less than 54% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (77 mm) and March the driest (52 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chateauroux Déols (31 km away), averages 1,891 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Sainte-Gemme itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Sainte-Gemme, Murs, 15 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 MURS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Sainte-Gemme →
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