Hardly any mainland French towns wake to more frost than Saint-Léger-du-Malzieu
High summer brings afternoon highs near 24.8°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 75% of mainland French towns. Temperatures cover 28°C across the year, low to high. Plan for rain on about 108 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Saugues station, 19 km east.
A year in Saint-Léger-du-Malzieu at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saugues station.
What a year in Saint-Léger-du-Malzieu feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saugues.
About 766 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 23 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 5th wettest of 4 towns of 2,500+ in Lozère.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Coltines
A frosty town: 128 frosts and 50 days of 25°C a year
On about 128 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 18 days it stays below freezing all day. About 50 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saugues: 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 Saugues
Saugues is 19 km east of Saint-Léger-du-Malzieu. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Léger-du-Malzieu itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saugues (43234001) |
| Distance from the town | 19 km east |
| Station altitude | 940 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 848 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 7.9 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Coltines, 32 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-Léger-du-Malzieu 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 Lozère.
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-Léger-du-Malzieu | Saugues | 24.8°C | −3.3°C | 766 mm |
| Saint-Chély-d'Apcher 10 km | Fau de Peyre | 22.0°C 2.8°C cooler | −2.6°C 0.7°C milder | 955 mm |
| Saint-Flour 24 km | Saint-Flour | 23.8°C 1°C cooler | −2.2°C 1.1°C milder | 800 mm |
| Langeac 27 km | Chavaniac-Lafayette | 26.6°C 1.8°C warmer | −1.4°C 1.9°C milder | 766 mm |
Saint-Léger-du-Malzieu weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saugues station; sunshine at Coltines.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.1°C | −3.3°C | 0.9°C | 48 mm | 108 |
| February | 6.1°C | −3.5°C | 1.3°C | 40 mm | 137 |
| March | 10.1°C | −1.3°C | 4.4°C | 41 mm | 174 |
| April | 13.1°C | 0.7°C | 6.9°C | 65 mm | 187 |
| May | 17.5°C | 4.3°C | 10.9°C | 81 mm | 211 |
| June | 21.9°C | 7.7°C | 14.8°C | 78 mm | 247 |
| July | 24.8°C | 9.1°C | 16.9°C | 68 mm | 279 |
| August | 24.6°C | 8.8°C | 16.7°C | 66 mm | 252 |
| September | 19.7°C | 5.9°C | 12.8°C | 74 mm | 196 |
| October | 14.8°C | 4.1°C | 9.5°C | 77 mm | 141 |
| November | 8.9°C | 0.2°C | 4.6°C | 77 mm | 102 |
| December | 5.9°C | −2.4°C | 1.8°C | 50 mm | 105 |
| Year | 14.4°C | 2.5°C | 8.5°C | 766 mm | 2,139 |
Where Saint-Léger-du-Malzieu’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saugues, 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, Coltines, 32 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 Lozère.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Léger-du-Malzieu’s climate
How warm does Saint-Léger-du-Malzieu get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.8°C. About 50 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 68% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Léger-du-Malzieu get in winter?
February nights average −3.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 128 nights a year, and about 18 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Léger-du-Malzieu get?
About 766 mm a year, more than 53% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (81 mm) and February the driest (40 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Coltines (32 km away), averages 2,139 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Léger-du-Malzieu itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Léger-du-Malzieu, Saugues, 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 SAUGUES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Léger-du-Malzieu →
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