Frost comes to Sainte-Barbe more often than to 94% of mainland French towns
Expect July afternoons of about 25.4°C. December is the wettest month, April the driest. By rainfall alone, it ranks wetter than 68% of mainland French towns. An umbrella earns its place on about 130 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Roville station, 8.8 km west.
A year in Sainte-Barbe at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Roville station.
What a year in Sainte-Barbe feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Roville.
About 833 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 24 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 26th wettest of 30 towns of 2,500+ in Vosges.
Rain by month
Millimeters
A frosty town: 79 frosts and 54 days of 25°C a year
On about 79 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 12 days it stays below freezing all day. About 54 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Roville: 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 Roville
Roville is 8.8 km west of Sainte-Barbe. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Sainte-Barbe itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Roville (88402002) |
| Distance from the town | 8.8 km west |
| Station altitude | 278 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 353 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
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 Sainte-Barbe 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 Vosges.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Barbe | Roville | 25.4°C | −0.9°C | 833 mm |
| Baccarat 6 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | −0.9°C about the same | 833 mm |
| Raon-l'Étape 8.8 km | Badonviller | 25.3°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 1,066 mm |
| Rambervillers 8.8 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | −0.9°C about the same | 833 mm |
| Moyenmoutier 14 km | Badonviller | 25.3°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 1,066 mm |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20 km | Badonviller | 25.3°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 1,066 mm |
| Bruyères 21 km | Epinal | 25.1°C about the same | −0.9°C about the same | 907 mm |
Sainte-Barbe weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Roville station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.0°C | −0.9°C | 2.1°C | 66 mm |
| February | 6.7°C | −0.8°C | 3.0°C | 59 mm |
| March | 11.2°C | 1.3°C | 6.3°C | 59 mm |
| April | 15.5°C | 3.4°C | 9.5°C | 56 mm |
| May | 19.4°C | 7.6°C | 13.5°C | 76 mm |
| June | 23.1°C | 11.0°C | 17.0°C | 74 mm |
| July | 25.4°C | 12.7°C | 19.1°C | 74 mm |
| August | 25.1°C | 12.5°C | 18.8°C | 68 mm |
| September | 20.5°C | 9.1°C | 14.8°C | 72 mm |
| October | 15.4°C | 6.3°C | 10.8°C | 77 mm |
| November | 9.3°C | 2.6°C | 5.9°C | 74 mm |
| December | 5.8°C | 0.3°C | 3.0°C | 79 mm |
| Year | 15.2°C | 5.4°C | 10.3°C | 833 mm |
Where Sainte-Barbe’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Roville, 8.8 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.
- Comparisons: every town of 2,500 or more in mainland France, read the same way; the dots are the towns of 2,500+ in Vosges.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Sainte-Barbe’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Barbe get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.4°C. About 54 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 64% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Sainte-Barbe get in winter?
January nights average −0.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 79 nights a year, and about 12 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Sainte-Barbe get?
About 833 mm a year, more than 68% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (79 mm) and April the driest (56 mm).
Are these figures for Sainte-Barbe itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Sainte-Barbe, Roville, 8.8 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 ROVILLE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Sainte-Barbe →
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.