Weather without surprises: Mont-Saint-Jean keeps close to the norm for mainland French towns
July afternoons reach 25.2°C on a typical day and January nights drop to 2.1°C; 804 mm of rain falls in a year. Expect the heaviest rain in December and the lightest in August. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 68% of mainland French towns. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 49 nights a year below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Évron station, 22 km south-west.
A year in Mont-Saint-Jean at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Évron station.
What a year in Mont-Saint-Jean feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Évron.
About 804 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and August the driest. About 24 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 41 towns of 2,500+ in Sarthe.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Alençon
49 frosts and 51 days of 25°C a year
On about 49 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 51 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Évron: 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 Évron
Évron is 22 km south-west of Mont-Saint-Jean. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Mont-Saint-Jean itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Évron (53097001) |
| Distance from the town | 22 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 107 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 191 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 15 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Alençon, 27 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 Mont-Saint-Jean 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 Sarthe.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont-Saint-Jean | Évron | 25.2°C | 2.1°C | 804 mm |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 14 km | Alençon | 24.3°C 0.9°C cooler | 2.1°C about the same | 744 mm |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 17 km | same station | 25.2°C about the same | 2.1°C about the same | 804 mm |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 23 km | Alençon | 24.3°C 0.9°C cooler | 2.1°C about the same | 744 mm |
| Évron 24 km | same station | 25.2°C about the same | 2.1°C about the same | 804 mm |
| Alençon 25 km | Alençon | 24.3°C 0.9°C cooler | 2.1°C about the same | 744 mm |
| La Bazoge 26 km | Le Mans | 26.0°C 0.8°C warmer | 2.7°C 0.6°C milder | 693 mm |
Mont-Saint-Jean weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Évron station; sunshine at Alençon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C | 2.1°C | 5.1°C | 81 mm | 60 |
| February | 9.4°C | 1.7°C | 5.5°C | 66 mm | 89 |
| March | 12.8°C | 3.4°C | 8.1°C | 58 mm | 134 |
| April | 16.0°C | 5.0°C | 10.5°C | 56 mm | 174 |
| May | 19.6°C | 8.5°C | 14.0°C | 61 mm | 198 |
| June | 23.0°C | 11.3°C | 17.1°C | 56 mm | 215 |
| July | 25.2°C | 12.9°C | 19.0°C | 53 mm | 222 |
| August | 25.2°C | 12.7°C | 19.0°C | 52 mm | 214 |
| September | 21.8°C | 10.0°C | 15.9°C | 64 mm | 174 |
| October | 16.6°C | 8.1°C | 12.4°C | 80 mm | 112 |
| November | 11.6°C | 4.6°C | 8.1°C | 84 mm | 73 |
| December | 8.6°C | 2.3°C | 5.5°C | 94 mm | 63 |
| Year | 16.5°C | 6.9°C | 11.7°C | 804 mm | 1,727 |
Where Mont-Saint-Jean’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Évron, 22 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, Alençon, 27 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 Sarthe.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Mont-Saint-Jean’s climate
How warm does Mont-Saint-Jean get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.2°C. About 51 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 66% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Mont-Saint-Jean get in winter?
February nights average 1.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 49 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Mont-Saint-Jean get?
About 804 mm a year, more than 61% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (94 mm) and August the driest (52 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Alençon (27 km away), averages 1,727 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Mont-Saint-Jean itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Mont-Saint-Jean, Évron, 22 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 EVRON, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Mont-Saint-Jean →
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