Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt has warmer summer afternoons than 86% of mainland French towns
January nights here settle around 1.7°C. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 66% of mainland French towns. Of all months, May brings the most rain and July the least. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 43 nights a year below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Le Montat station, 13 km south-east.
A year in Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Le Montat station.
What a year in Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Montat.
About 825 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and July the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 8 towns of 2,500+ in Lot.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Le Montat
43 frosts and 91 days of 25°C a year
On about 43 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 91 days a year reach 25°C, and 38 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Montat: 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 Le Montat
Le Montat is 13 km south-east of Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Le Montat (46197002) |
| Distance from the town | 13 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 260 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 290 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 9.7 km |
| 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-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt | Le Montat | 28.7°C | 1.7°C | 825 mm |
| Pradines 7.5 km | Anglars | 28.4°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 823 mm |
| Cahors 10 km | Anglars | 28.4°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 823 mm |
| Prayssac 12 km | Anglars | 28.4°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 823 mm |
| Montayral 27 km | Anglars | 28.4°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 823 mm |
| Fumel 28 km | Anglars | 28.4°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 823 mm |
Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Le Montat station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C | 1.7°C | 5.4°C | 77 mm | 84 |
| February | 10.9°C | 1.5°C | 6.2°C | 60 mm | 128 |
| March | 15.1°C | 4.2°C | 9.6°C | 61 mm | 169 |
| April | 18.2°C | 6.5°C | 12.3°C | 73 mm | 193 |
| May | 22.0°C | 9.6°C | 15.8°C | 80 mm | 221 |
| June | 25.9°C | 13.1°C | 19.5°C | 78 mm | 251 |
| July | 28.7°C | 15.0°C | 21.8°C | 50 mm | 272 |
| August | 28.7°C | 14.9°C | 21.8°C | 61 mm | 253 |
| September | 24.4°C | 11.5°C | 17.9°C | 69 mm | 221 |
| October | 19.3°C | 9.0°C | 14.1°C | 65 mm | 153 |
| November | 12.9°C | 4.8°C | 8.8°C | 74 mm | 103 |
| December | 9.6°C | 2.3°C | 6.0°C | 77 mm | 94 |
| Year | 18.7°C | 7.8°C | 13.3°C | 825 mm | 2,142 |
Where Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Le Montat, 13 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, Le Montat, 13 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-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt’s climate
How warm does Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.7°C. About 91 days a year reach 25°C, more than 83% of mainland French towns, and about 38 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt get in winter?
February nights average 1.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 43 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt get?
About 825 mm a year, more than 66% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (80 mm) and July the driest (50 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Le Montat (13 km away), averages 2,142 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt, Le Montat, 13 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 LE MONTAT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt →
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