Frost comes to Saint-Babel more often than to 85% of mainland French towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 25.9°C. It is the wettest of its 6 nearest neighbors. Only 26°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from November to April, when means dip under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Fayet-le-Chatea station, 15 km north-east.
A year in Saint-Babel at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Fayet-le-Chatea station.
What a year in Saint-Babel feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Fayet-le-Chatea.
About 890 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 44 towns of 2,500+ in Puy-de-Dôme.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Issoire
A frosty town: 64 frosts and 63 days of 25°C a year
On about 64 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 11 days it stays below freezing all day. About 63 days a year reach 25°C, and 19 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Fayet-le-Chatea: 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 Fayet-le-Chatea
Fayet-le-Chatea is 15 km north-east of Saint-Babel. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Babel itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Fayet-le-Chatea (63157001) |
| Distance from the town | 15 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 585 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 557 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 7.5 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Issoire, 7.5 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-Babel 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 Puy-de-Dôme.
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-Babel | Fayet-le-Chatea | 25.9°C | 0.0°C | 890 mm |
| Issoire 7.4 km | Issoire | 27.7°C 1.8°C warmer | −0.1°C about the same | 611 mm |
| Vic-le-Comte 7.7 km | Plauzat | 25.9°C about the same | 0.2°C about the same | 607 mm |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre 12 km | Clermont-Fd | 26.8°C 0.9°C warmer | 0.6°C 0.6°C milder | 563 mm |
| Veyre-Monton 13 km | Plauzat | 25.9°C about the same | 0.2°C about the same | 607 mm |
| Billom 14 km | Clermont-Fd | 26.8°C 0.9°C warmer | 0.6°C 0.6°C milder | 563 mm |
| Orcet 16 km | Clermont-Fd | 26.8°C 0.9°C warmer | 0.6°C 0.6°C milder | 563 mm |
Saint-Babel weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Fayet-le-Chatea station; sunshine at Issoire.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C | 0.0°C | 3.3°C | 55 mm | 83 |
| February | 8.1°C | −0.1°C | 4.0°C | 50 mm | 102 |
| March | 12.4°C | 2.3°C | 7.3°C | 51 mm | 153 |
| April | 15.4°C | 4.5°C | 9.9°C | 77 mm | 173 |
| May | 19.5°C | 8.1°C | 13.8°C | 98 mm | 201 |
| June | 23.4°C | 11.6°C | 17.5°C | 90 mm | 241 |
| July | 25.9°C | 13.5°C | 19.7°C | 78 mm | 255 |
| August | 26.0°C | 13.5°C | 19.8°C | 87 mm | 234 |
| September | 21.5°C | 10.1°C | 15.8°C | 82 mm | 173 |
| October | 16.7°C | 7.5°C | 12.1°C | 82 mm | 124 |
| November | 10.6°C | 3.3°C | 7.0°C | 83 mm | 83 |
| December | 7.3°C | 0.8°C | 4.1°C | 57 mm | 78 |
| Year | 16.1°C | 6.3°C | 11.2°C | 890 mm | 1,899 |
Where Saint-Babel’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Fayet-le-Chatea, 15 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, Issoire, 7.5 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 Puy-de-Dôme.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Babel’s climate
How warm does Saint-Babel get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.0°C. About 63 days a year reach 25°C, more than 53% of mainland French towns, and about 19 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Babel get in winter?
February nights average −0.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 64 nights a year, and about 11 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Babel get?
About 890 mm a year, more than 77% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (98 mm) and February the driest (50 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Issoire (7.5 km away), averages 1,899 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Babel itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Babel, Fayet-le-Chatea, 15 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 FAYET-LE-CHATEA, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Babel →
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.