Berzé-le-Châtel gets more frosts than 93% of mainland French towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 26.8°C. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 74% of mainland French towns. Only 27°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Long walks are most pleasant from June to September, when afternoons reach 22–27°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Jalogny station, 3.4 km north-west.
A year in Berzé-le-Châtel at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Jalogny station.
What a year in Berzé-le-Châtel feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Jalogny.
About 873 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and February the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 12th wettest of 32 towns of 2,500+ in Saône-et-Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Mâcon
A frosty town: 75 frosts and 70 days of 25°C a year
On about 75 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 70 days a year reach 25°C, and 22 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Jalogny: 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 Jalogny
Jalogny is 3.4 km north-west of Berzé-le-Châtel. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Berzé-le-Châtel itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Jalogny (71240001) |
| Distance from the town | 3.4 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 246 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 389 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Mâcon, 13 km away |
Berzé-le-Châtel sits 143 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Berzé-le-Châtel to run about 0.9°C cooler than these figures.
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 Berzé-le-Châtel 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 Saône-et-Loire.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berzé-le-Châtel | Jalogny | 26.8°C | −0.3°C | 873 mm |
| Cluny 5.6 km | same station | 26.8°C about the same | −0.3°C about the same | 873 mm |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon 12 km | Mâcon | 27.1°C about the same | 0.7°C 1°C milder | 834 mm |
| Mâcon 13 km | Mâcon | 27.1°C about the same | 0.7°C 1°C milder | 834 mm |
| Feillens 17 km | Mâcon | 27.1°C about the same | 0.7°C 1°C milder | 834 mm |
| Replonges 17 km | Mâcon | 27.1°C about the same | 0.7°C 1°C milder | 834 mm |
| Crêches-sur-Saône 18 km | Mâcon | 27.1°C about the same | 0.7°C 1°C milder | 834 mm |
Berzé-le-Châtel weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Jalogny station; sunshine at Mâcon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.5°C | −0.3°C | 3.1°C | 62 mm | 62 |
| February | 8.2°C | −0.4°C | 3.9°C | 53 mm | 96 |
| March | 12.9°C | 1.5°C | 7.2°C | 56 mm | 164 |
| April | 16.5°C | 3.8°C | 10.1°C | 68 mm | 192 |
| May | 20.6°C | 7.9°C | 14.3°C | 82 mm | 217 |
| June | 24.6°C | 11.4°C | 18.0°C | 76 mm | 249 |
| July | 26.8°C | 13.1°C | 20.0°C | 79 mm | 275 |
| August | 26.7°C | 12.6°C | 19.7°C | 73 mm | 251 |
| September | 22.0°C | 9.1°C | 15.5°C | 71 mm | 195 |
| October | 16.7°C | 6.8°C | 11.8°C | 88 mm | 120 |
| November | 10.6°C | 2.8°C | 6.7°C | 94 mm | 71 |
| December | 7.0°C | 0.5°C | 3.8°C | 71 mm | 52 |
| Year | 16.6°C | 5.7°C | 11.2°C | 873 mm | 1,943 |
Where Berzé-le-Châtel’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Jalogny, 3.4 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, Mâcon, 13 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 Saône-et-Loire.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Berzé-le-Châtel’s climate
How warm does Berzé-le-Châtel get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.8°C. About 70 days a year reach 25°C, more than 62% of mainland French towns, and about 22 reach 30°C.
How cold does Berzé-le-Châtel get in winter?
February nights average −0.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 75 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Berzé-le-Châtel get?
About 873 mm a year, more than 74% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (94 mm) and February the driest (53 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Mâcon (13 km away), averages 1,943 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Berzé-le-Châtel itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Berzé-le-Châtel, Jalogny, 3.4 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 JALOGNY_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Berzé-le-Châtel →
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