Summer arrives in force in Laives, hotter than in 83% of mainland French towns
January mornings start at about 0.7°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 78% of mainland French towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 28°C apart. Radiators earn their keep from November to March, the months that average under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Saint-Marcel station, 16 km north.
A year in Laives at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saint-Marcel station.
What a year in Laives feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Marcel.
About 818 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and February the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 19th wettest of 32 towns of 2,500+ in Saône-et-Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Mt-Saint-Vincent
A frosty town: 58 frosts and 88 days of 25°C a year
On about 58 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 88 days a year reach 25°C, and 36 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Marcel: 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 Saint-Marcel
Saint-Marcel is 16 km north of Laives. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Laives itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saint-Marcel (71445001) |
| Distance from the town | 16 km north |
| Station altitude | 187 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 196 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Mt-Saint-Vincent, 28 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 Laives 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laives | Saint-Marcel | 28.3°C | 0.7°C | 818 mm |
| Sennecey-le-Grand 1.9 km | same station | 28.3°C about the same | 0.7°C about the same | 818 mm |
| Tournus 10 km | Romenay | 27.2°C 1.1°C cooler | 0.2°C about the same | 984 mm |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône 12 km | same station | 28.3°C about the same | 0.7°C about the same | 818 mm |
| Saint-Rémy 14 km | same station | 28.3°C about the same | 0.7°C about the same | 818 mm |
| Saint-Marcel 15 km | same station | 28.3°C about the same | 0.7°C about the same | 818 mm |
| Chalon-sur-Saône 16 km | same station | 28.3°C about the same | 0.7°C about the same | 818 mm |
Laives weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saint-Marcel station; sunshine at Mt-Saint-Vincent.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.0°C | 0.7°C | 3.3°C | 61 mm | 73 |
| February | 8.3°C | 0.6°C | 4.5°C | 48 mm | 100 |
| March | 13.6°C | 3.1°C | 8.4°C | 51 mm | 162 |
| April | 17.7°C | 5.8°C | 11.8°C | 61 mm | 190 |
| May | 21.8°C | 9.8°C | 15.8°C | 76 mm | 208 |
| June | 26.0°C | 13.4°C | 19.7°C | 66 mm | 244 |
| July | 28.3°C | 15.2°C | 21.8°C | 69 mm | 265 |
| August | 28.1°C | 14.7°C | 21.4°C | 70 mm | 239 |
| September | 23.2°C | 11.2°C | 17.2°C | 72 mm | 187 |
| October | 17.2°C | 8.2°C | 12.7°C | 87 mm | 130 |
| November | 10.4°C | 4.0°C | 7.2°C | 91 mm | 83 |
| December | 6.5°C | 1.5°C | 4.0°C | 67 mm | 69 |
| Year | 17.3°C | 7.3°C | 12.3°C | 818 mm | 1,950 |
Where Laives’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saint-Marcel, 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, Mt-Saint-Vincent, 28 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 Laives’s climate
How warm does Laives get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.3°C. About 88 days a year reach 25°C, more than 79% of mainland French towns, and about 36 reach 30°C.
How cold does Laives get in winter?
February nights average 0.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 58 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Laives get?
About 818 mm a year, more than 63% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (91 mm) and February the driest (48 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Mt-Saint-Vincent (28 km away), averages 1,950 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Laives itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Laives, Saint-Marcel, 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 ST-MARCEL, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Laives →
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.