Warm afternoons come to Saint-Avit more often than to 85% of mainland French towns
January mornings start at about 2.1°C. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 79% of mainland French towns. Winter and summer sit 26°C apart. If you like long walks, May, June, September and October offer highs of 20–26°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Mont-de-Marsan station, 5.7 km south-west.
A year in Saint-Avit at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Mont-de-Marsan station.
What a year in Saint-Avit feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mont-de-Marsan.
About 918 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 30 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 31st wettest of 35 towns of 2,500+ in Landes.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Mont-de-Marsan
46 frosts and 94 days of 25°C a year
On about 46 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about under 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 94 days a year reach 25°C, and 32 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mont-de-Marsan: 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 Mont-de-Marsan
Mont-de-Marsan is 5.7 km south-west of Saint-Avit. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Avit itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Mont-de-Marsan (40192001) |
| Distance from the town | 5.7 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 59 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 72 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
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-Avit 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 Landes.
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-Avit | Mont-de-Marsan | 27.8°C | 2.1°C | 918 mm |
| Mont-de-Marsan 6.7 km | same station | 27.8°C about the same | 2.1°C about the same | 918 mm |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont 8.8 km | same station | 27.8°C about the same | 2.1°C about the same | 918 mm |
| Villeneuve-de-Marsan 12 km | Grenade-sur-Ad | 28.1°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 1,010 mm |
| Saint-Sever 23 km | Grenade-sur-Ad | 28.1°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 1,010 mm |
Saint-Avit weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Mont-de-Marsan station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C | 2.1°C | 6.5°C | 82 mm | 89 |
| February | 12.7°C | 1.8°C | 7.2°C | 62 mm | 114 |
| March | 16.4°C | 4.2°C | 10.3°C | 69 mm | 165 |
| April | 18.7°C | 6.7°C | 12.7°C | 88 mm | 174 |
| May | 22.3°C | 10.4°C | 16.3°C | 79 mm | 196 |
| June | 25.5°C | 13.7°C | 19.6°C | 73 mm | 214 |
| July | 27.8°C | 15.5°C | 21.6°C | 55 mm | 233 |
| August | 28.2°C | 15.4°C | 21.8°C | 60 mm | 226 |
| September | 25.0°C | 11.9°C | 18.5°C | 73 mm | 199 |
| October | 20.4°C | 9.2°C | 14.8°C | 85 mm | 150 |
| November | 14.4°C | 5.1°C | 9.7°C | 105 mm | 97 |
| December | 11.4°C | 2.6°C | 7.0°C | 88 mm | 85 |
| Year | 19.5°C | 8.2°C | 13.8°C | 918 mm | 1,942 |
Where Saint-Avit’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Mont-de-Marsan, 5.7 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, Mont-de-Marsan, 5.7 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 Landes.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Avit’s climate
How warm does Saint-Avit get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.2°C. About 94 days a year reach 25°C, more than 85% of mainland French towns, and about 32 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Avit get in winter?
February nights average 1.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 46 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Avit get?
About 918 mm a year, more than 79% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (105 mm) and July the driest (55 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Mont-de-Marsan (5.7 km away), averages 1,942 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Avit itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Avit, Mont-de-Marsan, 5.7 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 MONT-DE-MARSAN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Avit →
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.