Ice on the ground: Taizé sees more frosts than 93% of mainland French towns
July afternoons average 26.8°C. Its yearly rainfall tops that of 74% of mainland French towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 27°C apart. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 121 times a year.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Jalogny station, 12 km south.
A year in Taizé at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Jalogny station.
What a year in Taizé feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Jalogny.
About 873 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and February the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 12th 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: 75 frosts and 70 days of 25°C a year
On about 75 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 70 days a year reach 25°C, and 22 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Jalogny: 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 Jalogny
Jalogny is 12 km south of Taizé. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Taizé itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Jalogny (71240001) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km south |
| Station altitude | 246 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 239 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Mt-Saint-Vincent, 20 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 Taizé 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taizé | Jalogny | 26.8°C | −0.3°C | 873 mm |
| Cluny 8.9 km | same station | 26.8°C about the same | −0.3°C about the same | 873 mm |
| Tournus 18 km | Romenay | 27.2°C about the same | 0.2°C 0.5°C milder | 984 mm |
| Sennecey-le-Grand 20 km | Saint-Marcel | 28.3°C 1.5°C warmer | 0.7°C 1°C milder | 818 mm |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon 25 km | Mâcon | 27.1°C about the same | 0.7°C 1°C milder | 834 mm |
| Mâcon 25 km | Mâcon | 27.1°C about the same | 0.7°C 1°C milder | 834 mm |
| Feillens 26 km | Mâcon | 27.1°C about the same | 0.7°C 1°C milder | 834 mm |
Taizé weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Jalogny station; sunshine at Mt-Saint-Vincent.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.5°C | −0.3°C | 3.1°C | 62 mm | 73 |
| February | 8.2°C | −0.4°C | 3.9°C | 53 mm | 100 |
| March | 12.9°C | 1.5°C | 7.2°C | 56 mm | 162 |
| April | 16.5°C | 3.8°C | 10.1°C | 68 mm | 190 |
| May | 20.6°C | 7.9°C | 14.3°C | 82 mm | 208 |
| June | 24.6°C | 11.4°C | 18.0°C | 76 mm | 244 |
| July | 26.8°C | 13.1°C | 20.0°C | 79 mm | 265 |
| August | 26.7°C | 12.6°C | 19.7°C | 73 mm | 239 |
| September | 22.0°C | 9.1°C | 15.5°C | 71 mm | 187 |
| October | 16.7°C | 6.8°C | 11.8°C | 88 mm | 130 |
| November | 10.6°C | 2.8°C | 6.7°C | 94 mm | 83 |
| December | 7.0°C | 0.5°C | 3.8°C | 71 mm | 69 |
| Year | 16.6°C | 5.7°C | 11.2°C | 873 mm | 1,950 |
Where Taizé’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Jalogny, 12 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, 20 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 Taizé’s climate
How warm does Taizé get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.8°C. About 70 days a year reach 25°C, more than 62% of mainland French towns, and about 22 reach 30°C.
How cold does Taizé get in winter?
February nights average −0.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 75 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Taizé get?
About 873 mm a year, more than 74% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (94 mm) and February the driest (53 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Mt-Saint-Vincent (20 km away), averages 1,950 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Taizé itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Taizé, Jalogny, 12 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 JALOGNY_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Taizé →
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.