Ice on the ground: Saint-Haon-le-Châtel sees more frosts than 89% of mainland French towns
July afternoons average 26.2°C. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 84% of mainland French towns. Temperatures cover 26°C across the year, low to high. Plan time outside from May to September, when highs sit at 20–26°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Arfeuilles station, 18 km north-west.
A year in Saint-Haon-le-Châtel at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Arfeuilles station.
What a year in Saint-Haon-le-Châtel feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Arfeuilles.
About 952 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and March the driest. About 28 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd wettest of 53 towns of 2,500+ in Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Saint-Nicolas
A frosty town: 68 frosts and 62 days of 25°C a year
On about 68 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 8 days it stays below freezing all day. About 62 days a year reach 25°C, and 19 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Arfeuilles: 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 Arfeuilles
Arfeuilles is 18 km north-west of Saint-Haon-le-Châtel. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Haon-le-Châtel itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Arfeuilles (03006003) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 450 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 416 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 6.9 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Saint-Nicolas, 8.7 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-Haon-le-Châtel 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Haon-le-Châtel | Arfeuilles | 26.2°C | 0.0°C | 952 mm |
| Renaison 1.9 km | Riorges - Man | 27.6°C 1.4°C warmer | 0.5°C 0.5°C milder | 711 mm |
| Riorges 10 km | Riorges - Man | 27.6°C 1.4°C warmer | 0.5°C 0.5°C milder | 711 mm |
| Mably 12 km | Riorges - Man | 27.6°C 1.4°C warmer | 0.5°C 0.5°C milder | 711 mm |
| Villerest 12 km | Riorges - Man | 27.6°C 1.4°C warmer | 0.5°C 0.5°C milder | 711 mm |
| Roanne 12 km | Riorges - Man | 27.6°C 1.4°C warmer | 0.5°C 0.5°C milder | 711 mm |
| Commelle-Vernay 13 km | Riorges - Man | 27.6°C 1.4°C warmer | 0.5°C 0.5°C milder | 711 mm |
Saint-Haon-le-Châtel weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Arfeuilles station; sunshine at Saint-Nicolas.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C | 0.0°C | 3.6°C | 67 mm | 76 |
| February | 8.2°C | −0.1°C | 4.1°C | 57 mm | 100 |
| March | 12.3°C | 2.1°C | 7.2°C | 57 mm | 148 |
| April | 15.6°C | 4.3°C | 9.9°C | 80 mm | 177 |
| May | 19.6°C | 8.0°C | 13.8°C | 101 mm | 185 |
| June | 23.7°C | 11.6°C | 17.6°C | 80 mm | 222 |
| July | 26.2°C | 13.2°C | 19.7°C | 89 mm | 255 |
| August | 26.1°C | 13.0°C | 19.6°C | 85 mm | 221 |
| September | 21.3°C | 9.7°C | 15.5°C | 82 mm | 173 |
| October | 16.8°C | 7.1°C | 11.9°C | 89 mm | 133 |
| November | 11.0°C | 3.2°C | 7.1°C | 91 mm | 81 |
| December | 7.8°C | 0.8°C | 4.3°C | 74 mm | 69 |
| Year | 16.3°C | 6.1°C | 11.2°C | 952 mm | 1,839 |
Where Saint-Haon-le-Châtel’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Arfeuilles, 18 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, Saint-Nicolas, 8.7 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 Loire.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Haon-le-Châtel’s climate
How warm does Saint-Haon-le-Châtel get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.2°C. About 62 days a year reach 25°C, more than 51% of mainland French towns, and about 19 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Haon-le-Châtel get in winter?
February nights average −0.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 68 nights a year, and about 8 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Haon-le-Châtel get?
About 952 mm a year, more than 84% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (101 mm) and March the driest (57 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Saint-Nicolas (8.7 km away), averages 1,839 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Haon-le-Châtel itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Haon-le-Châtel, Arfeuilles, 18 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 ARFEUILLES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Haon-le-Châtel →
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