More rain falls on Savonnières-devant-Bar than on 87% of mainland French towns: 982 mm a year
January mornings start at about 0.4°C. About 63 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 84% of mainland French towns. Only 26°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Plan for rain on about 138 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Chevillon station, 27 km south: at that distance, read them as the area’s climate rather than the town’s.
A year in Savonnières-devant-Bar at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Chevillon station.
What a year in Savonnières-devant-Bar feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chevillon.
About 982 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and June the driest. About 31 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 10 towns of 2,500+ in Meuse.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Saint-Dizier
A frosty town: 63 frosts and 60 days of 25°C a year
On about 63 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 60 days a year reach 25°C, and 17 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chevillon: 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 Chevillon
Chevillon is 27 km south of Savonnières-devant-Bar. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Savonnières-devant-Bar itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Chevillon (52123003) |
| Distance from the town | 27 km south |
| Station altitude | 170 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 190 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 4.2 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Saint-Dizier, 25 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 Savonnières-devant-Bar 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 Meuse.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savonnières-devant-Bar | Chevillon | 25.9°C | 0.4°C | 982 mm |
| Bar-le-Duc 1.8 km | Saint-Dizier | 26.0°C about the same | 0.8°C about the same | 795 mm |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 13 km | Erneville-aux-Bois | 24.7°C 1.2°C cooler | −0.7°C 1.1°C colder | 1,022 mm |
| Ancerville 18 km | Saint-Dizier | 26.0°C about the same | 0.8°C about the same | 795 mm |
| Saint-Dizier 21 km | Saint-Dizier | 26.0°C about the same | 0.8°C about the same | 795 mm |
Savonnières-devant-Bar weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Chevillon station; sunshine at Saint-Dizier.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C | 0.4°C | 3.3°C | 90 mm | 61 |
| February | 7.9°C | 0.4°C | 4.1°C | 84 mm | 81 |
| March | 12.1°C | 2.0°C | 7.1°C | 74 mm | 143 |
| April | 16.2°C | 4.3°C | 10.3°C | 66 mm | 183 |
| May | 20.2°C | 8.3°C | 14.3°C | 78 mm | 216 |
| June | 23.8°C | 11.4°C | 17.6°C | 66 mm | 228 |
| July | 25.9°C | 13.3°C | 19.6°C | 76 mm | 235 |
| August | 25.6°C | 13.1°C | 19.3°C | 83 mm | 224 |
| September | 21.2°C | 9.7°C | 15.4°C | 76 mm | 173 |
| October | 16.2°C | 7.2°C | 11.7°C | 93 mm | 116 |
| November | 10.3°C | 3.6°C | 6.9°C | 90 mm | 63 |
| December | 6.8°C | 1.4°C | 4.1°C | 107 mm | 53 |
| Year | 16.0°C | 6.3°C | 11.1°C | 982 mm | 1,776 |
Where Savonnières-devant-Bar’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Chevillon, 27 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1992–2020, 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.
- Sunshine: the nearest station with at least 10 years of sunshine records, Saint-Dizier, 25 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 Meuse.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Savonnières-devant-Bar’s climate
How warm does Savonnières-devant-Bar get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.9°C. About 60 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 52% of mainland French towns, and about 17 reach 30°C.
How cold does Savonnières-devant-Bar get in winter?
January nights average 0.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 63 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Savonnières-devant-Bar get?
About 982 mm a year, more than 87% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (107 mm) and June the driest (66 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Saint-Dizier (25 km away), averages 1,776 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Savonnières-devant-Bar itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Savonnières-devant-Bar, Chevillon, 27 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 CHEVILLON_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Savonnières-devant-Bar →
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