A middle-of-the-road climate: Saint-Sauvant is close to most mainland French towns on every count
A typical year brings 814 mm of rain, with July afternoons around 25.9°C and January nights around 2.4°C. Rain is plentiful here, more than falls on 62% of mainland French towns. The rainiest month is December; the driest is July. Windscreens need scraping on about 40 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Lusignan-Inrae station, 6.7 km north-east.
A year in Saint-Sauvant at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Lusignan-Inrae station.
What a year in Saint-Sauvant feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lusignan-Inrae.
About 814 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 3rd wettest of 37 towns of 2,500+ in Vienne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Poitiers-Biard
40 frosts and 57 days of 25°C a year
On about 40 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 57 days a year reach 25°C, and 16 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lusignan-Inrae: 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 Lusignan-Inrae
Lusignan-Inrae is 6.7 km north-east of Saint-Sauvant. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Sauvant itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Lusignan-Inrae (86139001) |
| Distance from the town | 6.7 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 152 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 135 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Poitiers-Biard, 31 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-Sauvant 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 Vienne.
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-Sauvant | Lusignan-Inrae | 25.9°C | 2.4°C | 814 mm |
| Rouillé 6.3 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.4°C about the same | 814 mm |
| Lusignan 8.6 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.4°C about the same | 814 mm |
| Valence-en-Poitou 12 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.4°C about the same | 814 mm |
| Vivonne 16 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.4°C about the same | 814 mm |
| Boivre-la-Vallée 20 km | Ménigoute | 27.0°C 1.1°C warmer | 2.2°C about the same | 957 mm |
| Saint-Maixent-l'École 22 km | Ménigoute | 27.0°C 1.1°C warmer | 2.2°C about the same | 957 mm |
Saint-Sauvant weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Lusignan-Inrae station; sunshine at Poitiers-Biard.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C | 2.4°C | 5.2°C | 80 mm | 70 |
| February | 9.3°C | 1.9°C | 5.6°C | 58 mm | 102 |
| March | 13.0°C | 3.9°C | 8.4°C | 58 mm | 158 |
| April | 15.9°C | 5.6°C | 10.8°C | 64 mm | 183 |
| May | 19.6°C | 9.0°C | 14.3°C | 64 mm | 213 |
| June | 23.4°C | 12.2°C | 17.8°C | 65 mm | 233 |
| July | 25.9°C | 13.9°C | 19.9°C | 49 mm | 251 |
| August | 26.0°C | 13.8°C | 19.9°C | 50 mm | 244 |
| September | 22.3°C | 11.0°C | 16.7°C | 61 mm | 200 |
| October | 17.2°C | 8.8°C | 13.0°C | 82 mm | 131 |
| November | 11.7°C | 5.1°C | 8.4°C | 91 mm | 87 |
| December | 8.4°C | 2.7°C | 5.6°C | 93 mm | 71 |
| Year | 16.7°C | 7.5°C | 12.1°C | 814 mm | 1,941 |
Where Saint-Sauvant’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Lusignan-Inrae, 6.7 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, Poitiers-Biard, 31 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 Vienne.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Sauvant’s climate
How warm does Saint-Sauvant get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.0°C. About 57 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 56% of mainland French towns, and about 16 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Sauvant get in winter?
February nights average 1.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 40 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Sauvant get?
About 814 mm a year, more than 62% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (93 mm) and July the driest (49 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Poitiers-Biard (31 km away), averages 1,941 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Sauvant itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Sauvant, Lusignan-Inrae, 6.7 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 LUSIGNAN-INRAE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Sauvant →
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