Saint-Faust is among the wettest of mainland French towns: 1,229 mm of rain a year
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 26.6°C. Frosty nights are scarcer than in 91% of mainland French towns. Only 23°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 20 nights a year below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Monein station, 6.5 km west.
A year in Saint-Faust at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Monein station.
What a year in Saint-Faust feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Monein.
About 1,229 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and August the driest. About 42 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 26th wettest of 45 towns of 2,500+ in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Pau-Uzein
20 frosts and 84 days of 25°C a year
On about 20 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about under 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 84 days a year reach 25°C, and 26 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Monein: 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 Monein
Monein is 6.5 km west of Saint-Faust. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Faust itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Monein (64393001) |
| Distance from the town | 6.5 km west |
| Station altitude | 241 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 268 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Pau-Uzein, 12 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-Faust 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 Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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-Faust | Monein | 26.6°C | 3.6°C | 1,229 mm |
| Jurançon 4.8 km | Pau-Uzein | 25.9°C 0.7°C cooler | 2.4°C 1.2°C colder | 1,094 mm |
| Billère 5.7 km | Pau-Uzein | 25.9°C 0.7°C cooler | 2.4°C 1.2°C colder | 1,094 mm |
| Lescar 6.2 km | Pau-Uzein | 25.9°C 0.7°C cooler | 2.4°C 1.2°C colder | 1,094 mm |
| Gelos 6.3 km | Pau-Uzein | 25.9°C 0.7°C cooler | 2.4°C 1.2°C colder | 1,094 mm |
| Lons 6.7 km | Pau-Uzein | 25.9°C 0.7°C cooler | 2.4°C 1.2°C colder | 1,094 mm |
| Gan 7.8 km | same station | 26.6°C about the same | 3.6°C about the same | 1,229 mm |
Saint-Faust weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Monein station; sunshine at Pau-Uzein.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.4°C | 3.6°C | 7.5°C | 113 mm | 101 |
| February | 12.5°C | 3.7°C | 8.1°C | 96 mm | 122 |
| March | 15.9°C | 5.8°C | 10.8°C | 99 mm | 164 |
| April | 18.0°C | 7.5°C | 12.7°C | 125 mm | 167 |
| May | 21.5°C | 10.8°C | 16.1°C | 114 mm | 186 |
| June | 24.6°C | 13.9°C | 19.2°C | 97 mm | 196 |
| July | 26.6°C | 15.8°C | 21.2°C | 72 mm | 213 |
| August | 26.9°C | 16.1°C | 21.5°C | 70 mm | 211 |
| September | 24.2°C | 13.4°C | 18.8°C | 84 mm | 193 |
| October | 20.3°C | 10.7°C | 15.5°C | 104 mm | 150 |
| November | 14.7°C | 6.4°C | 10.6°C | 145 mm | 107 |
| December | 12.3°C | 4.4°C | 8.3°C | 110 mm | 99 |
| Year | 19.1°C | 9.3°C | 14.2°C | 1,229 mm | 1,910 |
Where Saint-Faust’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Monein, 6.5 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, Pau-Uzein, 12 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 Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Faust’s climate
How warm does Saint-Faust get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.9°C. About 84 days a year reach 25°C, more than 76% of mainland French towns, and about 26 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Faust get in winter?
January nights average 3.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 20 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Faust get?
About 1,229 mm a year, more than 97% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (145 mm) and August the driest (70 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Pau-Uzein (12 km away), averages 1,910 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Faust itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Faust, Monein, 6.5 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 MONEIN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Faust →
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