Wet weather: 1,026 mm a year falls on Saint-Usuge, more than on 88% of mainland French towns
Sunny July days climb to about 27.3°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 27°C apart. Frost is common: about 65 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 86% of mainland French towns. Radiators earn their keep from November to March, the months that average under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Montpont station, 15 km south-west.
A year in Saint-Usuge at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Montpont station.
What a year in Saint-Usuge feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Montpont.
About 1,026 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and March the driest. About 35 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: 65 frosts and 79 days of 25°C a year
On about 65 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 9 days it stays below freezing all day. About 79 days a year reach 25°C, and 26 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Montpont: 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 Montpont
Montpont is 15 km south-west of Saint-Usuge. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Usuge itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Montpont (71318001) |
| Distance from the town | 15 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 205 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 202 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Tavaux Sa, 42 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-Usuge 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-Usuge | Montpont | 27.3°C | 0.2°C | 1,026 mm |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud 6.6 km | same station | 27.3°C about the same | 0.2°C about the same | 1,026 mm |
| Montmorot 22 km | Lons le Saunier | 25.9°C 1.4°C cooler | 0.6°C about the same | 1,147 mm |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône 23 km | Saint-Marcel | 28.3°C 1°C warmer | 0.7°C about the same | 818 mm |
| Lons-le-Saunier 24 km | Lons le Saunier | 25.9°C 1.4°C cooler | 0.6°C about the same | 1,147 mm |
| Saint-Marcel 28 km | Saint-Marcel | 28.3°C 1°C warmer | 0.7°C about the same | 818 mm |
Saint-Usuge weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Montpont station; sunshine at Tavaux Sa.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.0°C | 0.2°C | 3.1°C | 80 mm | 57 |
| February | 7.9°C | 0.4°C | 4.1°C | 67 mm | 100 |
| March | 13.0°C | 2.8°C | 7.9°C | 66 mm | 186 |
| April | 16.9°C | 5.4°C | 11.2°C | 80 mm | 215 |
| May | 21.1°C | 9.5°C | 15.3°C | 100 mm | 221 |
| June | 25.0°C | 12.9°C | 19.0°C | 82 mm | 252 |
| July | 27.3°C | 14.3°C | 20.8°C | 81 mm | 276 |
| August | 27.2°C | 13.9°C | 20.5°C | 83 mm | 251 |
| September | 22.8°C | 10.6°C | 16.7°C | 83 mm | 205 |
| October | 17.0°C | 7.9°C | 12.4°C | 108 mm | 128 |
| November | 10.1°C | 3.6°C | 6.9°C | 110 mm | 67 |
| December | 6.5°C | 1.0°C | 3.7°C | 88 mm | 54 |
| Year | 16.7°C | 6.9°C | 11.8°C | 1,026 mm | 2,012 |
Where Saint-Usuge’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Montpont, 15 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, 42 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-Usuge’s climate
How warm does Saint-Usuge get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.3°C. About 79 days a year reach 25°C, more than 71% of mainland French towns, and about 26 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Usuge get in winter?
January nights average 0.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 65 nights a year, and about 9 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Usuge get?
About 1,026 mm a year, more than 88% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (110 mm) and March the driest (66 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Tavaux Sa (42 km away), averages 2,012 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Usuge itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Usuge, Montpont, 15 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 MONTPONT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Usuge →
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