Pact has warmer summer afternoons than 86% of mainland French towns
Météo-France’s Saint-Sorlin-en-Va station, 10 km south-west: a typical July afternoon reaches 28.6°C, a January night drops to 1.2°C, and 855 mm of rain falls in a year. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 71% of mainland French towns. Winter nights, though, are cold: colder in January than in 70% of mainland French towns.
A year in Pact at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saint-Sorlin-en-Va station.
What a year in Pact feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Sorlin-en-Va.
About 855 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 99th wettest of 110 towns of 2,500+ in Isère.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Grenoble-Saint-Geoirs
43 frosts and 90 days of 25°C a year
On about 43 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 90 days a year reach 25°C, and 34 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Sorlin-en-Va: 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 Saint-Sorlin-en-Va
Saint-Sorlin-en-Va is 10 km south-west of Pact. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Pact itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saint-Sorlin-en-Va (26330001) |
| Distance from the town | 10 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 237 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 264 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Grenoble-Saint-Geoirs, 26 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 Pact 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 Isère.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pact | Saint-Sorlin-en-Va | 28.6°C | 1.2°C | 855 mm |
| Beaurepaire 5.2 km | same station | 28.6°C about the same | 1.2°C about the same | 855 mm |
| Anneyron 12 km | same station | 28.6°C about the same | 1.2°C about the same | 855 mm |
| Salaise-sur-Sanne 14 km | Sablons | 30.2°C 1.6°C warmer | 0.7°C 0.5°C colder | 805 mm |
| Chanas 14 km | Sablons | 30.2°C 1.6°C warmer | 0.7°C 0.5°C colder | 805 mm |
| Roussillon 14 km | Sablons | 30.2°C 1.6°C warmer | 0.7°C 0.5°C colder | 805 mm |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon 14 km | Sablons | 30.2°C 1.6°C warmer | 0.7°C 0.5°C colder | 805 mm |
Pact weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saint-Sorlin-en-Va station; sunshine at Grenoble-Saint-Geoirs.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C | 1.2°C | 4.3°C | 56 mm | 91 |
| February | 9.2°C | 1.4°C | 5.3°C | 41 mm | 112 |
| March | 14.1°C | 4.2°C | 9.2°C | 49 mm | 173 |
| April | 17.8°C | 7.0°C | 12.4°C | 69 mm | 190 |
| May | 21.9°C | 10.8°C | 16.3°C | 80 mm | 221 |
| June | 26.1°C | 14.2°C | 20.1°C | 66 mm | 258 |
| July | 28.6°C | 15.9°C | 22.2°C | 63 mm | 292 |
| August | 28.4°C | 15.5°C | 21.9°C | 60 mm | 263 |
| September | 23.5°C | 12.1°C | 17.8°C | 92 mm | 199 |
| October | 18.1°C | 9.3°C | 13.7°C | 115 mm | 140 |
| November | 11.7°C | 4.8°C | 8.2°C | 108 mm | 91 |
| December | 7.8°C | 1.9°C | 4.9°C | 56 mm | 78 |
| Year | 17.9°C | 8.2°C | 13.0°C | 855 mm | 2,108 |
Where Pact’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saint-Sorlin-en-Va, 10 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, Grenoble-Saint-Geoirs, 26 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 Isère.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Pact’s climate
How warm does Pact get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.6°C. About 90 days a year reach 25°C, more than 82% of mainland French towns, and about 34 reach 30°C.
How cold does Pact get in winter?
January nights average 1.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 43 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Pact get?
About 855 mm a year, more than 71% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (115 mm) and February the driest (41 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Grenoble-Saint-Geoirs (26 km away), averages 2,108 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Pact itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Pact, Saint-Sorlin-en-Va, 10 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 ST-SORLIN-EN-VA, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Pact →
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