Few mainland French towns get more rain than Saint-Sulpice: 1,316 mm a year
Midwinter brings lows of about −1.1°C. About 81 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 95% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month, March the driest. Homes need heating from November to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Tauves station, 11 km south.
A year in Saint-Sulpice at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Tauves station.
What a year in Saint-Sulpice feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tauves.
About 1,316 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and March the driest. About 45 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 44 towns of 2,500+ in Puy-de-Dôme.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Chastreix
A frosty town: 81 frosts and 38 days of 25°C a year
On about 81 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 13 days it stays below freezing all day. About 38 days a year reach 25°C, and 6 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tauves: 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 Tauves
Tauves is 11 km south of Saint-Sulpice. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Sulpice itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Tauves (63426001) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km south |
| Station altitude | 851 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 887 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 1.5 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Chastreix, 17 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-Sulpice 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-Sulpice | Tauves | 23.0°C | −1.1°C | 1,316 mm |
| Ussel 26 km | Ussel-Lamartine | 25.0°C 2°C warmer | −1.6°C 0.5°C colder | 1,156 mm |
Saint-Sulpice weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Tauves station; sunshine at Chastreix.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C | −1.1°C | 2.2°C | 105 mm | 98 |
| February | 6.2°C | −1.4°C | 2.4°C | 96 mm | 118 |
| March | 10.1°C | 1.2°C | 5.6°C | 91 mm | 153 |
| April | 13.0°C | 3.3°C | 8.1°C | 116 mm | 167 |
| May | 16.9°C | 6.6°C | 11.8°C | 116 mm | 171 |
| June | 21.0°C | 10.1°C | 15.5°C | 108 mm | 196 |
| July | 23.0°C | 11.9°C | 17.5°C | 102 mm | 229 |
| August | 23.1°C | 12.0°C | 17.5°C | 95 mm | 212 |
| September | 19.0°C | 8.8°C | 13.9°C | 106 mm | 177 |
| October | 14.8°C | 6.4°C | 10.6°C | 117 mm | 138 |
| November | 9.1°C | 2.3°C | 5.7°C | 138 mm | 87 |
| December | 6.2°C | −0.2°C | 3.0°C | 125 mm | 92 |
| Year | 14.0°C | 5.0°C | 9.5°C | 1,316 mm | 1,837 |
Where Saint-Sulpice’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Tauves, 11 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, Chastreix, 17 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-Sulpice’s climate
How warm does Saint-Sulpice get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.1°C. About 38 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 82% of mainland French towns, and about 6 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Sulpice get in winter?
February nights average −1.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 81 nights a year, and about 13 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Sulpice get?
About 1,316 mm a year, more than 98% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (138 mm) and March the driest (91 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chastreix (17 km away), averages 1,837 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Sulpice itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Sulpice, Tauves, 11 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 TAUVES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Sulpice →
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.