Few mainland French towns get more rain than Saignes: 1,505 mm a year
Midwinter brings lows of about 0.5°C. Frost is common: about 64 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 85% of mainland French towns. Only 26°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Expect about 64 frosty starts a year, nights when the air falls below freezing.
Figures from Météo-France’s Sousceyrac station, 19 km north-east.
A year in Saignes at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Sousceyrac station.
What a year in Saignes feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Sousceyrac.
About 1,505 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 54 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 8 towns of 2,500+ in Lot.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Gourdon
A frosty town: 64 frosts and 65 days of 25°C a year
On about 64 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 65 days a year reach 25°C, and 21 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Sousceyrac: 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 Sousceyrac
Sousceyrac is 19 km north-east of Saignes. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saignes itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Sousceyrac (46311001) |
| Distance from the town | 19 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 550 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 407 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 16 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Gourdon, 34 km away |
Saignes sits 143 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Saignes to run about 0.9°C warmer than these figures.
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 Saignes 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 Lot.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saignes | Sousceyrac | 26.0°C | 0.5°C | 1,505 mm |
| Gramat 7.4 km | Gourdon | 27.6°C 1.6°C warmer | 2.0°C 1.5°C milder | 823 mm |
| Saint-Céré 9.5 km | Argentat | 28.4°C 2.4°C warmer | 0.4°C about the same | 1,146 mm |
| Figeac 26 km | Saint-Constant | 29.0°C 3°C warmer | 0.3°C about the same | 1,058 mm |
Saignes weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Sousceyrac station; sunshine at Gourdon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C | 0.5°C | 4.1°C | 139 mm | 92 |
| February | 9.0°C | 0.0°C | 4.5°C | 116 mm | 120 |
| March | 12.8°C | 2.3°C | 7.6°C | 120 mm | 170 |
| April | 15.7°C | 4.5°C | 10.1°C | 139 mm | 181 |
| May | 19.7°C | 7.8°C | 13.8°C | 137 mm | 214 |
| June | 23.6°C | 11.2°C | 17.4°C | 108 mm | 242 |
| July | 26.0°C | 12.9°C | 19.4°C | 88 mm | 265 |
| August | 26.1°C | 12.9°C | 19.5°C | 91 mm | 252 |
| September | 22.0°C | 9.6°C | 15.8°C | 118 mm | 209 |
| October | 17.2°C | 7.6°C | 12.4°C | 129 mm | 149 |
| November | 11.4°C | 3.5°C | 7.5°C | 157 mm | 95 |
| December | 8.7°C | 1.2°C | 4.9°C | 163 mm | 90 |
| Year | 16.7°C | 6.2°C | 11.4°C | 1,505 mm | 2,076 |
Where Saignes’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Sousceyrac, 19 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, Gourdon, 34 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 Lot.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saignes’s climate
How warm does Saignes get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.1°C. About 65 days a year reach 25°C, more than 56% of mainland French towns, and about 21 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saignes get in winter?
February nights average 0.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 64 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saignes get?
About 1,505 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. December is the wettest month (163 mm) and July the driest (88 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Gourdon (34 km away), averages 2,076 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saignes itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saignes, Sousceyrac, 19 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 SOUSCEYRAC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saignes →
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.