Rainfall in Tancon tops that of 79% of mainland French towns: 917 mm a year
Sunny July days climb to about 26.3°C. Expect the heaviest rain in May and the lightest in February. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 77% of mainland French towns. Frost greets about 55 mornings a year, so leave time to clear the car.
Figures from Météo-France’s Nandax station, 13 km south-west.
A year in Tancon at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Nandax station.
What a year in Tancon feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Nandax.
About 917 mm of rain a year
May 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 Saint-Yan
A frosty town: 55 frosts and 63 days of 25°C a year
On about 55 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 63 days a year reach 25°C, and 20 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Nandax: 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 Nandax
Nandax is 13 km south-west of Tancon. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Tancon itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Nandax (42152001) |
| Distance from the town | 13 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 374 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 374 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 8.8 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Saint-Yan, 30 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 Tancon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tancon | Nandax | 26.3°C | 0.8°C | 917 mm |
| Chauffailles 5 km | Briant | 26.0°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 931 mm |
| Charlieu 9.2 km | Charlieu | 27.1°C 0.8°C warmer | −0.1°C 0.9°C colder | 769 mm |
| Cours 12 km | Machézal | 25.4°C 0.9°C cooler | 0.5°C about the same | 820 mm |
| Pouilly-sous-Charlieu 14 km | Charlieu | 27.1°C 0.8°C warmer | −0.1°C 0.9°C colder | 769 mm |
| Thizy-les-Bourgs 19 km | Fourneaux | 27.1°C 0.8°C warmer | 0.1°C 0.7°C colder | 900 mm |
| Mably 22 km | Riorges - Man | 27.6°C 1.3°C warmer | 0.5°C about the same | 711 mm |
Tancon weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Nandax station; sunshine at Saint-Yan.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.0°C | 0.8°C | 3.9°C | 61 mm | 65 |
| February | 8.2°C | 0.6°C | 4.4°C | 49 mm | 89 |
| March | 12.5°C | 2.9°C | 7.7°C | 53 mm | 147 |
| April | 15.8°C | 5.2°C | 10.5°C | 70 mm | 168 |
| May | 19.9°C | 8.9°C | 14.4°C | 100 mm | 198 |
| June | 23.9°C | 12.4°C | 18.2°C | 83 mm | 227 |
| July | 26.3°C | 14.3°C | 20.3°C | 93 mm | 248 |
| August | 26.2°C | 14.0°C | 20.1°C | 84 mm | 230 |
| September | 21.6°C | 10.7°C | 16.2°C | 83 mm | 167 |
| October | 16.8°C | 8.3°C | 12.6°C | 86 mm | 112 |
| November | 11.0°C | 4.1°C | 7.5°C | 91 mm | 66 |
| December | 7.7°C | 1.6°C | 4.6°C | 64 mm | 52 |
| Year | 16.4°C | 7.0°C | 11.7°C | 917 mm | 1,768 |
Where Tancon’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Nandax, 13 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, Saint-Yan, 30 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 Tancon’s climate
How warm does Tancon get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.3°C. About 63 days a year reach 25°C, more than 54% of mainland French towns, and about 20 reach 30°C.
How cold does Tancon get in winter?
February nights average 0.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 55 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Tancon get?
About 917 mm a year, more than 79% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (100 mm) and February the driest (49 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Saint-Yan (30 km away), averages 1,768 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Tancon itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Tancon, Nandax, 13 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 NANDAX, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Tancon →
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.