Frosty mornings in Saint-André-le-Puy outnumber those of 84% of mainland French towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 27.3°C. By rainfall alone, it ranks drier than 82% of mainland French towns. Winter and summer sit 27°C apart. Waterproofs come out on about 98 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Feurs station, 10 km north.
A year in Saint-André-le-Puy at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Feurs station.
What a year in Saint-André-le-Puy feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Feurs.
About 650 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 18 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 50th wettest of 53 towns of 2,500+ in Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon
A frosty town: 63 frosts and 78 days of 25°C a year
On about 63 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 6 days it stays below freezing all day. About 78 days a year reach 25°C, and 29 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Feurs: 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 Feurs
Feurs is 10 km north of Saint-André-le-Puy. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-André-le-Puy itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Feurs (42094003) |
| Distance from the town | 10 km north |
| Station altitude | 347 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 364 m |
| Period | 1993–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon, 12 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-André-le-Puy 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 Loire.
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-André-le-Puy | Feurs | 27.3°C | 0.2°C | 650 mm |
| Montrond-les-Bains 1.9 km | same station | 27.3°C about the same | 0.2°C about the same | 650 mm |
| Saint-Galmier 7.4 km | Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon | 26.9°C about the same | 0.3°C about the same | 728 mm |
| Veauche 9.5 km | Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon | 26.9°C about the same | 0.3°C about the same | 728 mm |
| Chazelles-sur-Lyon 10 km | Chazelles-Lyon | 25.2°C 2.1°C cooler | −0.7°C 0.9°C colder | 764 mm |
| Feurs 11 km | same station | 27.3°C about the same | 0.2°C about the same | 650 mm |
| Andrézieux-Bouthéon 13 km | Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon | 26.9°C about the same | 0.3°C about the same | 728 mm |
Saint-André-le-Puy weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Feurs station; sunshine at Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C | 0.2°C | 3.7°C | 33 mm | 81 |
| February | 9.1°C | 0.3°C | 4.7°C | 28 mm | 109 |
| March | 13.5°C | 2.5°C | 8.0°C | 29 mm | 162 |
| April | 17.0°C | 5.3°C | 11.2°C | 48 mm | 186 |
| May | 21.3°C | 9.4°C | 15.3°C | 76 mm | 214 |
| June | 25.2°C | 12.9°C | 19.0°C | 65 mm | 241 |
| July | 27.3°C | 14.4°C | 20.8°C | 70 mm | 275 |
| August | 27.5°C | 14.0°C | 20.7°C | 69 mm | 259 |
| September | 22.7°C | 10.4°C | 16.5°C | 58 mm | 193 |
| October | 17.9°C | 8.0°C | 12.9°C | 72 mm | 135 |
| November | 11.2°C | 3.6°C | 7.4°C | 67 mm | 88 |
| December | 7.9°C | 1.1°C | 4.5°C | 37 mm | 76 |
| Year | 17.3°C | 6.8°C | 12.1°C | 650 mm | 2,018 |
Where Saint-André-le-Puy’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Feurs, 10 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1993–2020, 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, Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon, 12 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 Loire.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-André-le-Puy’s climate
How warm does Saint-André-le-Puy get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.5°C. About 78 days a year reach 25°C, more than 70% of mainland French towns, and about 29 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-André-le-Puy get in winter?
January nights average 0.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 63 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-André-le-Puy get?
About 650 mm a year, less than 82% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (76 mm) and February the driest (28 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon (12 km away), averages 2,018 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-André-le-Puy itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-André-le-Puy, Feurs, 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 FEURS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-André-le-Puy →
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