Photo: Clémenceau Lauret · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Pierre is warm all year: afternoons reach 25 to 31 degrees in every month
Rain adds up to roughly 956 mm over twelve months. Its July, January and rain figures all sit close to those of typical mainland French towns. The seasons sit close together: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans only 15°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Ligne-Paradis - Cirad station, 0.6 km east.
A year in Saint-Pierre at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Ligne-Paradis - Cirad station.
What a year in Saint-Pierre feels like
Typical highs and lows in the rainier and the drier half of the year, and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ligne-Paradis - Cirad.
About 956 mm of rain a year
January is the wettest month and October the driest. About 28 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 18th wettest of 24 towns of 2,500+ in Réunion.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Gillot-Aéroport
101 days of 30°C or more a year
About 315 days a year reach 25°C and 101 reach 30°C. Frost is unknown at the coast.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ligne-Paradis - Cirad: 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 Ligne-Paradis - Cirad
Ligne-Paradis - Cirad is 0.6 km east of Saint-Pierre. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Pierre itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Ligne-Paradis - Cirad (97416465) |
| Distance from the town | 0.6 km east |
| Station altitude | 178 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 155 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Gillot-Aéroport, 47 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-Pierre compares
Against the 24 towns of 2,500+ in Réunion (the dots). Mainland France’s towns aren’t a fair comparison for a tropical climate.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | Warmest-month high | Coolest-month low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre | Ligne-Paradis - Cirad | 31.0°C | 15.9°C | 956 mm |
| Le Tampon 7.8 km | Le Tampon - Cirad | 26.8°C 4.2°C cooler | 11.0°C 4.9°C colder | 1,424 mm |
| Saint-Louis 7.8 km | Pierrefonds - Cirad | 31.6°C 0.6°C warmer | 16.0°C about the same | 695 mm |
| Entre-Deux 8.1 km | Le Gol les Hauts - Cirad | 29.6°C 1.4°C cooler | 14.4°C 1.5°C colder | 1,162 mm |
| Petite-Île 9.2 km | Ravine des Cabris - Cirad | 30.1°C 0.9°C cooler | 14.0°C 1.9°C colder | 949 mm |
| L'Étang-Salé 14 km | Pont-Mathurin | 32.0°C 1°C warmer | 16.0°C about the same | 736 mm |
| Saint-Joseph 16 km | Ravine des Cabris - Cirad | 30.1°C 0.9°C cooler | 14.0°C 1.9°C colder | 949 mm |
Saint-Pierre weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Ligne-Paradis - Cirad station; sunshine at Gillot-Aéroport.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.0°C | 22.1°C | 26.6°C | 146 mm | 218 |
| February | 30.8°C | 22.2°C | 26.5°C | 145 mm | 196 |
| March | 30.3°C | 21.6°C | 25.9°C | 128 mm | 215 |
| April | 29.2°C | 20.5°C | 24.8°C | 101 mm | 216 |
| May | 27.5°C | 18.7°C | 23.1°C | 72 mm | 214 |
| June | 25.7°C | 17.0°C | 21.3°C | 67 mm | 210 |
| July | 24.8°C | 16.0°C | 20.4°C | 82 mm | 222 |
| August | 25.2°C | 15.9°C | 20.6°C | 41 mm | 216 |
| September | 26.2°C | 16.5°C | 21.4°C | 32 mm | 211 |
| October | 27.5°C | 17.8°C | 22.6°C | 29 mm | 211 |
| November | 28.8°C | 19.3°C | 24.0°C | 42 mm | 212 |
| December | 30.2°C | 21.0°C | 25.6°C | 71 mm | 227 |
| Year | 28.1°C | 19.1°C | 23.6°C | 956 mm | 2,567 |
Where Saint-Pierre’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Ligne-Paradis - Cirad, 0.6 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, Gillot-Aéroport, 47 km away.
- Comparisons: the towns of 2,500+ in Réunion, read the same way.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Pierre’s climate
How warm does Saint-Pierre get in summer?
January is the warmest month, with average highs of 31.0°C. About 315 days a year reach 25°C, and about 101 reach 30°C.
Does Saint-Pierre ever get cool?
Not much: the coolest nights, in August, average 15.9°C.
How much rain does Saint-Pierre get?
About 956 mm a year. January is the wettest month (146 mm) and October the driest (29 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Gillot-Aéroport (47 km away), averages 2,567 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Pierre itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Pierre, Ligne-Paradis - Cirad, 0.6 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 LIGNE-PARADIS - CIRAD, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Pierre →
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.