More rain falls on Saint-Étienne-du-Bois than on 82% of mainland French towns: 929 mm a year
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.9°C on average. In January, nights here are milder than in 75% of mainland French towns. Rain peaks in November and eases off in July. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 37 nights a year below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Palluau station, 3.1 km south.
A year in Saint-Étienne-du-Bois at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Palluau station.
What a year in Saint-Étienne-du-Bois feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Palluau.
About 929 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 30 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 13th wettest of 75 towns of 2,500+ in Vendée.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at La Roche-sur-Yon
37 frosts and 59 days of 25°C a year
On about 37 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about under 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 59 days a year reach 25°C, and 17 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Palluau: 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 Palluau
Palluau is 3.1 km south of Saint-Étienne-du-Bois. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Étienne-du-Bois itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Palluau (85169002) |
| Distance from the town | 3.1 km south |
| Station altitude | 51 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 56 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | La Roche-sur-Yon, 22 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-Étienne-du-Bois 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 Vendée.
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-Étienne-du-Bois | Palluau | 25.9°C | 3.1°C | 929 mm |
| Legé 6.5 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 3.1°C about the same | 929 mm |
| Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne 8.2 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 3.1°C about the same | 929 mm |
| Aizenay 10 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 3.1°C about the same | 929 mm |
| Le Poiré-sur-Vie 11 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 3.1°C about the same | 929 mm |
| Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron 12 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 3.1°C about the same | 929 mm |
| Rocheservière 13 km | Rocheservière | 25.8°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 831 mm |
Saint-Étienne-du-Bois weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Palluau station; sunshine at La Roche-sur-Yon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C | 3.1°C | 6.3°C | 100 mm | 74 |
| February | 10.6°C | 2.6°C | 6.6°C | 80 mm | 106 |
| March | 13.7°C | 4.2°C | 8.9°C | 67 mm | 151 |
| April | 16.5°C | 5.6°C | 11.0°C | 69 mm | 184 |
| May | 20.1°C | 9.0°C | 14.5°C | 66 mm | 211 |
| June | 23.7°C | 11.8°C | 17.7°C | 49 mm | 229 |
| July | 25.9°C | 13.4°C | 19.7°C | 47 mm | 241 |
| August | 26.2°C | 13.3°C | 19.7°C | 55 mm | 236 |
| September | 23.0°C | 10.9°C | 17.0°C | 69 mm | 199 |
| October | 18.0°C | 9.3°C | 13.6°C | 101 mm | 129 |
| November | 13.1°C | 5.8°C | 9.4°C | 114 mm | 89 |
| December | 10.0°C | 3.5°C | 6.8°C | 112 mm | 74 |
| Year | 17.5°C | 7.7°C | 12.6°C | 929 mm | 1,922 |
Where Saint-Étienne-du-Bois’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Palluau, 3.1 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, La Roche-sur-Yon, 22 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 Vendée.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Étienne-du-Bois’s climate
How warm does Saint-Étienne-du-Bois get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.2°C. About 59 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 54% of mainland French towns, and about 17 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Étienne-du-Bois get in winter?
February nights average 2.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 37 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Étienne-du-Bois get?
About 929 mm a year, more than 82% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (114 mm) and July the driest (47 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, La Roche-sur-Yon (22 km away), averages 1,922 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Étienne-du-Bois itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Étienne-du-Bois, Palluau, 3.1 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 PALLUAU, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Étienne-du-Bois →
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