More rain falls on Saillenard than on 93% of mainland French towns: 1,147 mm a year
July afternoons average 25.9°C. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 79% of mainland French towns. Only 25°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 133 times a year.
Figures from Météo-France’s Lons le Saunier station, 11 km east.
A year in Saillenard at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Lons le Saunier station.
What a year in Saillenard feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lons le Saunier.
About 1,147 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and February the driest. About 39 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 32 towns of 2,500+ in Saône-et-Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Tavaux Sa
A frosty town: 52 frosts and 61 days of 25°C a year
On about 52 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 10 days it stays below freezing all day. About 61 days a year reach 25°C, and 16 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lons le Saunier: 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 Lons le Saunier
Lons le Saunier is 11 km east of Saillenard. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saillenard itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Lons le Saunier (39362001) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km east |
| Station altitude | 298 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 203 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Tavaux Sa, 39 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 Saillenard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saillenard | Lons le Saunier | 25.9°C | 0.6°C | 1,147 mm |
| Montmorot 12 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 1,147 mm |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud 13 km | Montpont | 27.3°C 1.4°C warmer | 0.2°C about the same | 1,026 mm |
| Lons-le-Saunier 14 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 1,147 mm |
Saillenard weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Lons le Saunier station; sunshine at Tavaux Sa.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.0°C | 0.6°C | 3.3°C | 83 mm | 57 |
| February | 7.6°C | 0.8°C | 4.2°C | 77 mm | 100 |
| March | 12.4°C | 3.8°C | 8.1°C | 80 mm | 186 |
| April | 16.1°C | 6.4°C | 11.3°C | 92 mm | 215 |
| May | 20.0°C | 10.1°C | 15.1°C | 113 mm | 221 |
| June | 23.8°C | 13.6°C | 18.7°C | 89 mm | 252 |
| July | 25.9°C | 15.5°C | 20.7°C | 95 mm | 276 |
| August | 25.8°C | 15.3°C | 20.5°C | 95 mm | 251 |
| September | 21.3°C | 11.8°C | 16.5°C | 95 mm | 205 |
| October | 16.2°C | 8.8°C | 12.5°C | 112 mm | 128 |
| November | 10.1°C | 4.1°C | 7.1°C | 117 mm | 67 |
| December | 6.6°C | 1.3°C | 3.9°C | 100 mm | 54 |
| Year | 16.0°C | 7.7°C | 11.8°C | 1,147 mm | 2,012 |
Where Saillenard’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Lons le Saunier, 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, Tavaux Sa, 39 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 Saillenard’s climate
How warm does Saillenard get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.9°C. About 61 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 50% of mainland French towns, and about 16 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saillenard get in winter?
January nights average 0.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 52 nights a year, and about 10 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saillenard get?
About 1,147 mm a year, more than 93% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (117 mm) and February the driest (77 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Tavaux Sa (39 km away), averages 2,012 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saillenard itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saillenard, Lons le Saunier, 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 LONS LE SAUNIER, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saillenard →
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.