Frost comes to Saint-Eugène more often than to 87% of mainland French towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 26.3°C. By rainfall alone, it ranks wetter than 87% of mainland French towns. Wet weather is most frequent in November and least in August. Waterproofs come out on about 133 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne station, 17 km north-east.
A year in Saint-Eugène at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne station.
What a year in Saint-Eugène feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne.
About 974 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and August the driest. About 32 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 3rd 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: 65 frosts and 64 days of 25°C a year
On about 65 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 6 days it stays below freezing all day. About 64 days a year reach 25°C, and 18 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne: 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-Symphorien-de-Marmagne
Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne is 17 km north-east of Saint-Eugène. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Eugène itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne (71482001) |
| Distance from the town | 17 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 349 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 330 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Mt-Saint-Vincent, 23 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-Eugène 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Eugène | Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne | 26.3°C | 0.0°C | 974 mm |
| Sanvignes-les-Mines 10 km | same station | 26.3°C about the same | 0.0°C about the same | 974 mm |
| Montceau-les-Mines 13 km | same station | 26.3°C about the same | 0.0°C about the same | 974 mm |
| Blanzy 14 km | same station | 26.3°C about the same | 0.0°C about the same | 974 mm |
| Saint-Vallier 14 km | Guiche(la) | 25.5°C 0.8°C cooler | −0.3°C about the same | 963 mm |
| Torcy 18 km | same station | 26.3°C about the same | 0.0°C about the same | 974 mm |
| Gueugnon 18 km | Saint-Yan | 26.7°C about the same | 0.2°C about the same | 772 mm |
Saint-Eugène weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne station; sunshine at Mt-Saint-Vincent.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C | 0.0°C | 3.1°C | 91 mm | 73 |
| February | 8.0°C | 0.0°C | 4.0°C | 74 mm | 100 |
| March | 12.5°C | 2.2°C | 7.3°C | 72 mm | 162 |
| April | 16.0°C | 4.6°C | 10.3°C | 74 mm | 190 |
| May | 19.8°C | 8.4°C | 14.1°C | 90 mm | 208 |
| June | 23.9°C | 11.6°C | 17.8°C | 70 mm | 244 |
| July | 26.3°C | 13.2°C | 19.8°C | 69 mm | 265 |
| August | 26.0°C | 12.9°C | 19.4°C | 68 mm | 239 |
| September | 21.6°C | 9.7°C | 15.6°C | 71 mm | 187 |
| October | 16.3°C | 7.0°C | 11.7°C | 87 mm | 130 |
| November | 10.2°C | 2.9°C | 6.5°C | 106 mm | 83 |
| December | 6.9°C | 0.7°C | 3.8°C | 103 mm | 69 |
| Year | 16.1°C | 6.1°C | 11.1°C | 974 mm | 1,950 |
Where Saint-Eugène’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne, 17 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, 23 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 Saint-Eugène’s climate
How warm does Saint-Eugène get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.3°C. About 64 days a year reach 25°C, more than 55% of mainland French towns, and about 18 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Eugène get in winter?
January nights average 0.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 65 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Eugène get?
About 974 mm a year, more than 87% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (106 mm) and August the driest (68 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Mt-Saint-Vincent (23 km away), averages 1,950 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Eugène itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Eugène, Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne, 17 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-SYMPHORIEN DE MARMAGNE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Eugène →
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.