Saint-Pardoux has cooler summers than 85% of mainland French towns
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near 0.3°C. In January, nights here are colder than in 82% of mainland French towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 24°C. Windscreens need scraping on about 58 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Échassières station, 16 km north.
A year in Saint-Pardoux at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Échassières station.
What a year in Saint-Pardoux feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Échassières.
About 847 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 24 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 6th wettest of 44 towns of 2,500+ in Puy-de-Dôme.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Clermont-Fd
A frosty town: 58 frosts and 39 days of 25°C a year
On about 58 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 14 days it stays below freezing all day. About 39 days a year reach 25°C, and 9 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Échassières: 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 Échassières
Échassières is 16 km north of Saint-Pardoux. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Pardoux itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Échassières (03108001) |
| Distance from the town | 16 km north |
| Station altitude | 650 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 624 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Clermont-Fd, 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-Pardoux 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-Pardoux | Échassières | 23.8°C | 0.3°C | 847 mm |
| Gannat 15 km | Charmes | 26.9°C 3.1°C warmer | 0.7°C about the same | 675 mm |
| Aigueperse 15 km | Charmes | 26.9°C 3.1°C warmer | 0.7°C about the same | 675 mm |
| Châtel-Guyon 16 km | Sayat | 25.4°C 1.6°C warmer | 0.0°C about the same | 776 mm |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines 18 km | Durdat-Larequille | 25.2°C 1.4°C warmer | 0.3°C about the same | 879 mm |
| Mozac 19 km | Clermont-Fd | 26.8°C 3°C warmer | 0.6°C about the same | 563 mm |
| Riom 20 km | Clermont-Fd | 26.8°C 3°C warmer | 0.6°C about the same | 563 mm |
Saint-Pardoux weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Échassières station; sunshine at Clermont-Fd.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C | 0.3°C | 2.9°C | 60 mm | 85 |
| February | 6.4°C | 0.1°C | 3.3°C | 49 mm | 110 |
| March | 10.4°C | 2.4°C | 6.4°C | 52 mm | 165 |
| April | 13.4°C | 4.4°C | 8.9°C | 72 mm | 179 |
| May | 17.4°C | 7.8°C | 12.6°C | 90 mm | 200 |
| June | 21.3°C | 11.0°C | 16.2°C | 83 mm | 225 |
| July | 23.8°C | 13.0°C | 18.4°C | 74 mm | 256 |
| August | 23.9°C | 13.4°C | 18.7°C | 82 mm | 243 |
| September | 19.4°C | 10.3°C | 14.8°C | 76 mm | 191 |
| October | 14.8°C | 7.8°C | 11.3°C | 70 mm | 136 |
| November | 9.3°C | 3.5°C | 6.4°C | 75 mm | 90 |
| December | 6.3°C | 1.1°C | 3.7°C | 64 mm | 78 |
| Year | 14.3°C | 6.3°C | 10.3°C | 847 mm | 1,958 |
Where Saint-Pardoux’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Échassières, 16 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, Clermont-Fd, 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 Puy-de-Dôme.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Pardoux’s climate
How warm does Saint-Pardoux get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.9°C. About 39 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 82% of mainland French towns, and about 9 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Pardoux get in winter?
February nights average 0.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 58 nights a year, and about 14 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Pardoux get?
About 847 mm a year, more than 70% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (90 mm) and February the driest (49 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Clermont-Fd (32 km away), averages 1,958 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Pardoux itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Pardoux, Échassières, 16 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 ECHASSIERES_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Pardoux →
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