Hardly any mainland French towns collect more rain than Saint-Prix: 1,252 mm a year
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at 0.2°C on average. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 89% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month, June the driest. Frost greets about 57 mornings a year, so leave time to clear the car.
Figures from Météo-France’s Château Chinon station, 16 km north-west.
A year in Saint-Prix at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Château Chinon station.
What a year in Saint-Prix feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Château Chinon.
About 1,252 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and June the driest. About 44 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 Autun
A frosty town: 57 frosts and 39 days of 25°C a year
On about 57 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 12 days it stays below freezing all day. About 39 days a year reach 25°C, and 7 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Château Chinon: 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 Château Chinon
Château Chinon is 16 km north-west of Saint-Prix. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Prix itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Château Chinon (58062001) |
| Distance from the town | 16 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 598 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 478 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 14 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Autun, 14 km away |
Saint-Prix sits 120 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Saint-Prix to run about 0.8°C warmer 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 Saint-Prix 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Prix | Château Chinon | 23.6°C | 0.2°C | 1,252 mm |
| Autun 17 km | Autun | 25.9°C 2.3°C warmer | −0.3°C 0.5°C colder | 857 mm |
Saint-Prix weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Château Chinon station; sunshine at Autun.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C | 0.2°C | 2.7°C | 120 mm | 67 |
| February | 6.2°C | 0.2°C | 3.2°C | 95 mm | 103 |
| March | 10.4°C | 2.9°C | 6.7°C | 92 mm | 162 |
| April | 14.1°C | 5.3°C | 9.7°C | 95 mm | 197 |
| May | 17.9°C | 8.7°C | 13.3°C | 108 mm | 209 |
| June | 21.5°C | 11.9°C | 16.7°C | 91 mm | 245 |
| July | 23.6°C | 13.8°C | 18.7°C | 94 mm | 262 |
| August | 23.6°C | 14.0°C | 18.8°C | 91 mm | 228 |
| September | 19.3°C | 10.8°C | 15.0°C | 94 mm | 192 |
| October | 14.5°C | 7.9°C | 11.2°C | 114 mm | 124 |
| November | 8.9°C | 3.5°C | 6.2°C | 130 mm | 72 |
| December | 5.9°C | 1.1°C | 3.5°C | 130 mm | 59 |
| Year | 14.3°C | 6.7°C | 10.5°C | 1,252 mm | 1,918 |
Where Saint-Prix’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Château Chinon, 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, Autun, 14 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-Prix’s climate
How warm does Saint-Prix get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.6°C. About 39 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 82% of mainland French towns, and about 7 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Prix get in winter?
January nights average 0.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 57 nights a year, and about 12 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Prix get?
About 1,252 mm a year, more than 97% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (130 mm) and June the driest (91 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Autun (14 km away), averages 1,918 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Prix itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Prix, Château Chinon, 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 CHATEAU CHINON, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Prix →
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.