Saint-Savin has warmer summer afternoons than 75% of mainland French towns
Midwinter brings lows of about 2.5°C. A year here swings 26°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. By January nights alone, it runs milder than 63% of mainland French towns. Waterproofs come out on about 120 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Le Blanc station, 18 km north-east.
A year in Saint-Savin at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Le Blanc station.
What a year in Saint-Savin feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Blanc.
About 776 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 23 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 10th wettest of 37 towns of 2,500+ in Vienne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montmorillon
42 frosts and 81 days of 25°C a year
On about 42 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 81 days a year reach 25°C, and 29 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Blanc: 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 Le Blanc
Le Blanc is 18 km north-east of Saint-Savin. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Savin itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Le Blanc (36018001) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 117 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 104 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Montmorillon, 18 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-Savin 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-Savin | Le Blanc | 27.7°C | 2.5°C | 776 mm |
| Montmorillon 16 km | Montmorillon | 26.3°C 1.4°C cooler | 2.6°C about the same | 782 mm |
| Chauvigny 16 km | Montmorillon | 26.3°C 1.4°C cooler | 2.6°C about the same | 782 mm |
| Le Blanc 18 km | same station | 27.7°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 776 mm |
| Valdivienne 19 km | Montmorillon | 26.3°C 1.4°C cooler | 2.6°C about the same | 782 mm |
| Saint-Julien-l'Ars 28 km | Poitiers-Biard | 26.1°C 1.6°C cooler | 2.1°C about the same | 695 mm |
Saint-Savin weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Le Blanc station; sunshine at Montmorillon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C | 2.5°C | 5.5°C | 68 mm | 71 |
| February | 10.1°C | 2.0°C | 6.0°C | 54 mm | 104 |
| March | 14.2°C | 4.1°C | 9.2°C | 56 mm | 160 |
| April | 17.5°C | 6.1°C | 11.8°C | 61 mm | 191 |
| May | 21.3°C | 9.6°C | 15.5°C | 75 mm | 216 |
| June | 25.2°C | 13.1°C | 19.1°C | 62 mm | 234 |
| July | 27.7°C | 14.7°C | 21.2°C | 51 mm | 259 |
| August | 27.6°C | 14.5°C | 21.1°C | 54 mm | 237 |
| September | 23.4°C | 11.2°C | 17.3°C | 58 mm | 205 |
| October | 18.2°C | 9.0°C | 13.6°C | 78 mm | 136 |
| November | 12.4°C | 5.2°C | 8.8°C | 79 mm | 81 |
| December | 9.0°C | 2.9°C | 5.9°C | 81 mm | 76 |
| Year | 17.9°C | 7.9°C | 12.9°C | 776 mm | 1,969 |
Where Saint-Savin’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Le Blanc, 18 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, Montmorillon, 18 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-Savin’s climate
How warm does Saint-Savin get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.7°C. About 81 days a year reach 25°C, more than 72% of mainland French towns, and about 29 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Savin get in winter?
February nights average 2.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 42 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Savin get?
About 776 mm a year, more than 55% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (81 mm) and July the driest (51 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montmorillon (18 km away), averages 1,969 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Savin itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Savin, Le Blanc, 18 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 LE BLANC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Savin →
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.