Saint-Caprais gets more days of 25 degrees or more than 87% of mainland French towns
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at 2.0°C on average. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 27°C. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 65% of mainland French towns. An umbrella earns its place on about 116 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Anglars station, 14 km south.
A year in Saint-Caprais at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Anglars station.
What a year in Saint-Caprais feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Anglars.
About 823 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 27 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 6th wettest of 8 towns of 2,500+ in Lot.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Gourdon
47 frosts and 98 days of 25°C a year
On about 47 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about under 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 98 days a year reach 25°C, and 38 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Anglars: 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 Anglars
Anglars is 14 km south of Saint-Caprais. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Caprais itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Anglars (46005001) |
| Distance from the town | 14 km south |
| Station altitude | 104 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 215 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Gourdon, 24 km away |
Saint-Caprais sits 111 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Saint-Caprais to run about 0.7°C cooler 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 Saint-Caprais 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. 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-Caprais | Anglars | 28.4°C | 2.0°C | 823 mm |
| Prayssac 12 km | same station | 28.4°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 823 mm |
| Fumel 19 km | same station | 28.4°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 823 mm |
| Montayral 20 km | same station | 28.4°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 823 mm |
| Gourdon 23 km | Gourdon | 27.6°C 0.8°C cooler | 2.0°C about the same | 823 mm |
| Pradines 25 km | same station | 28.4°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 823 mm |
| Cahors 29 km | same station | 28.4°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 823 mm |
Saint-Caprais weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Anglars station; sunshine at Gourdon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.0°C | 2.0°C | 6.0°C | 76 mm | 92 |
| February | 11.8°C | 1.5°C | 6.7°C | 59 mm | 120 |
| March | 15.9°C | 3.8°C | 9.8°C | 62 mm | 170 |
| April | 18.6°C | 6.2°C | 12.4°C | 78 mm | 181 |
| May | 22.4°C | 9.8°C | 16.1°C | 77 mm | 214 |
| June | 26.0°C | 13.1°C | 19.6°C | 67 mm | 242 |
| July | 28.4°C | 14.7°C | 21.5°C | 55 mm | 265 |
| August | 28.6°C | 14.5°C | 21.5°C | 57 mm | 252 |
| September | 24.9°C | 11.2°C | 18.1°C | 66 mm | 209 |
| October | 20.2°C | 9.0°C | 14.6°C | 68 mm | 149 |
| November | 13.9°C | 4.9°C | 9.4°C | 80 mm | 95 |
| December | 10.6°C | 2.4°C | 6.5°C | 77 mm | 90 |
| Year | 19.3°C | 7.8°C | 13.5°C | 823 mm | 2,076 |
Where Saint-Caprais’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Anglars, 14 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, 24 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 Saint-Caprais’s climate
How warm does Saint-Caprais get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.6°C. About 98 days a year reach 25°C, more than 87% of mainland French towns, and about 38 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Caprais get in winter?
February nights average 1.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 47 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Caprais get?
About 823 mm a year, more than 65% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (80 mm) and July the driest (55 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Gourdon (24 km away), averages 2,076 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Caprais itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Caprais, Anglars, 14 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 ANGLARS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Caprais →
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