Neither notably warm, cold, wet nor dry, Saint-Brice sits near the middle of mainland French towns
A typical July afternoon reaches 25.9°C, a January night drops to 2.3°C, and 718 mm of rain falls in a year. None of the 19 towns of 2,500+ in Mayenne gets less rain. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 24°C. Frost greets about 44 mornings a year, so leave time to clear the car.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Coudray station, 18 km south-west.
A year in Saint-Brice at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Coudray station.
What a year in Saint-Brice feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Coudray.
About 718 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and August the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 19th wettest of 19 towns of 2,500+ in Mayenne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
44 frosts and 61 days of 25°C a year
On about 44 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 61 days a year reach 25°C, and 16 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Coudray: 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 Coudray
Coudray is 18 km south-west of Saint-Brice. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Brice itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Coudray (53078001) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 55 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 65 m |
| Period | 1996–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 2.3 km |
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-Brice 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 Mayenne.
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-Brice | Coudray | 25.9°C | 2.3°C | 718 mm |
| Sablé-sur-Sarthe 8.2 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 718 mm |
| Meslay-du-Maine 13 km | Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard | 25.4°C 0.5°C cooler | 2.3°C about the same | 799 mm |
| Précigné 14 km | Montreuil-sur-Loir | 26.1°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 697 mm |
| Morannes sur Sarthe-Daumeray 16 km | Montreuil-sur-Loir | 26.1°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 697 mm |
| Les Hauts-d'Anjou 20 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 718 mm |
| Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne 21 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 718 mm |
Saint-Brice weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Coudray station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C | 2.3°C | 5.5°C | 70 mm |
| February | 10.3°C | 2.0°C | 6.2°C | 56 mm |
| March | 13.5°C | 3.4°C | 8.5°C | 50 mm |
| April | 17.0°C | 5.0°C | 11.0°C | 53 mm |
| May | 20.5°C | 8.6°C | 14.5°C | 59 mm |
| June | 24.0°C | 11.6°C | 17.8°C | 53 mm |
| July | 25.9°C | 13.1°C | 19.5°C | 46 mm |
| August | 25.9°C | 13.0°C | 19.4°C | 43 mm |
| September | 23.0°C | 10.4°C | 16.7°C | 62 mm |
| October | 17.7°C | 8.4°C | 13.1°C | 71 mm |
| November | 12.4°C | 4.9°C | 8.6°C | 77 mm |
| December | 9.3°C | 2.6°C | 5.9°C | 79 mm |
| Year | 17.4°C | 7.1°C | 12.2°C | 718 mm |
Where Saint-Brice’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Coudray, 18 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1996–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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.
- Comparisons: every town of 2,500 or more in mainland France, read the same way; the dots are the towns of 2,500+ in Mayenne.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Brice’s climate
How warm does Saint-Brice get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.9°C. About 61 days a year reach 25°C, more than 50% of mainland French towns, and about 16 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Brice get in winter?
February nights average 2.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 44 nights a year, and about 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Brice get?
About 718 mm a year, less than 62% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (79 mm) and August the driest (43 mm).
Are these figures for Saint-Brice itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Brice, Coudray, 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 COUDRAY, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Brice →
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.