Saint-Paul-en-Forêt is among the mainland French towns with the most days of 25 degrees or more
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at 1.9°C on average. Rain is plentiful here, more than falls on 79% of mainland French towns. Winter and summer sit 30°C apart. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 32 nights a year below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Seillans station, 5.5 km west.
A year in Saint-Paul-en-Forêt at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Seillans station.
What a year in Saint-Paul-en-Forêt feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Seillans.
About 914 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 10th wettest of 85 towns of 2,500+ in Var.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Cannes
32 frosts and 125 days of 25°C a year
On about 32 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 125 days a year reach 25°C, and 60 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Seillans: 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 Seillans
Seillans is 5.5 km west of Saint-Paul-en-Forêt. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Paul-en-Forêt itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Seillans (83124002) |
| Distance from the town | 5.5 km west |
| Station altitude | 278 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 293 m |
| Period | 1997–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Cannes, 21 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-Paul-en-Forêt 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 Var.
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-Paul-en-Forêt | Seillans | 31.2°C | 1.9°C | 914 mm |
| Bagnols-en-Forêt 3.4 km | same station | 31.2°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 914 mm |
| Fayence 4.6 km | same station | 31.2°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 914 mm |
| Tourrettes 5.2 km | same station | 31.2°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 914 mm |
| Seillans 6.8 km | same station | 31.2°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 914 mm |
| Callian 7.4 km | same station | 31.2°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 914 mm |
| Montauroux 8.1 km | Mandelieu-la-Napoule | 29.2°C 2°C cooler | 4.7°C 2.8°C milder | 926 mm |
Saint-Paul-en-Forêt weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Seillans station; sunshine at Cannes.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.2°C | 1.9°C | 7.0°C | 69 mm | 148 |
| February | 13.3°C | 1.8°C | 7.5°C | 57 mm | 164 |
| March | 16.3°C | 4.2°C | 10.3°C | 63 mm | 217 |
| April | 19.3°C | 7.0°C | 13.1°C | 83 mm | 227 |
| May | 23.4°C | 10.4°C | 16.9°C | 73 mm | 275 |
| June | 28.2°C | 14.1°C | 21.1°C | 55 mm | 313 |
| July | 31.2°C | 16.1°C | 23.7°C | 18 mm | 347 |
| August | 31.3°C | 16.3°C | 23.8°C | 33 mm | 320 |
| September | 26.6°C | 13.1°C | 19.8°C | 70 mm | 254 |
| October | 21.3°C | 10.1°C | 15.7°C | 127 mm | 193 |
| November | 15.7°C | 5.8°C | 10.8°C | 165 mm | 150 |
| December | 12.6°C | 2.7°C | 7.7°C | 102 mm | 137 |
| Year | 21.0°C | 8.6°C | 14.8°C | 914 mm | 2,743 |
Where Saint-Paul-en-Forêt’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Seillans, 5.5 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1997–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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, Cannes, 21 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 Var.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Paul-en-Forêt’s climate
How warm does Saint-Paul-en-Forêt get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 31.3°C. About 125 days a year reach 25°C, more than 97% of mainland French towns, and about 60 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Paul-en-Forêt get in winter?
February nights average 1.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 32 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Paul-en-Forêt get?
About 914 mm a year, more than 79% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (165 mm) and July the driest (18 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Cannes (21 km away), averages 2,743 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Paul-en-Forêt itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Paul-en-Forêt, Seillans, 5.5 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 SEILLANS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Paul-en-Forêt →
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