Weather without surprises: Savigny-sur-Clairis keeps close to the norm for mainland French towns
A typical year brings 732 mm of rain, with July afternoons around 25.6°C and January nights around 1.4°C. No month is much wetter than another: December, the wettest, gets little more than March, the driest. By warm days alone, it ranks cooler than 68% of mainland French towns. The outdoor season runs from May to September, with highs of 19–26°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Savigny/Clairis station, 1.8 km north-east.
A year in Savigny-sur-Clairis at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Savigny/Clairis station.
What a year in Savigny-sur-Clairis feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Savigny/Clairis.
About 732 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and March the driest. About 20 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 7th wettest of 19 towns of 2,500+ in Yonne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Melun
48 frosts and 50 days of 25°C a year
On about 48 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 50 days a year reach 25°C, and 14 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Savigny/Clairis: 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 Savigny/Clairis
Savigny/Clairis is 1.8 km north-east of Savigny-sur-Clairis. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Savigny-sur-Clairis itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Savigny/Clairis (89380001) |
| Distance from the town | 1.8 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 184 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 163 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Melun, 67 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 Savigny-sur-Clairis 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 Yonne.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savigny-sur-Clairis | Savigny/Clairis | 25.6°C | 1.4°C | 732 mm |
| Courtenay 6.1 km | same station | 25.6°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 732 mm |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 15 km | Sens | 26.5°C 0.9°C warmer | 1.7°C about the same | 645 mm |
| Paron 17 km | Sens | 26.5°C 0.9°C warmer | 1.7°C about the same | 645 mm |
| Sens 20 km | Sens | 26.5°C 0.9°C warmer | 1.7°C about the same | 645 mm |
| Charny Orée de Puisaye 21 km | Grandchamp | 25.8°C about the same | 1.2°C about the same | 759 mm |
| Saint-Clément 22 km | Sens | 26.5°C 0.9°C warmer | 1.7°C about the same | 645 mm |
Savigny-sur-Clairis weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Savigny/Clairis station; sunshine at Melun.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C | 1.4°C | 3.8°C | 57 mm | 60 |
| February | 7.6°C | 1.2°C | 4.4°C | 54 mm | 83 |
| March | 11.7°C | 3.3°C | 7.5°C | 53 mm | 143 |
| April | 15.3°C | 5.1°C | 10.2°C | 57 mm | 188 |
| May | 19.0°C | 8.6°C | 13.8°C | 65 mm | 216 |
| June | 22.8°C | 11.8°C | 17.3°C | 56 mm | 226 |
| July | 25.6°C | 13.7°C | 19.7°C | 67 mm | 235 |
| August | 25.4°C | 13.7°C | 19.6°C | 57 mm | 225 |
| September | 21.0°C | 10.6°C | 15.8°C | 59 mm | 180 |
| October | 15.9°C | 8.1°C | 12.0°C | 71 mm | 119 |
| November | 10.1°C | 4.5°C | 7.3°C | 66 mm | 68 |
| December | 6.8°C | 2.0°C | 4.4°C | 71 mm | 54 |
| Year | 15.6°C | 7.0°C | 11.3°C | 732 mm | 1,798 |
Where Savigny-sur-Clairis’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Savigny/Clairis, 1.8 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.
- Sunshine: the nearest station with at least 10 years of sunshine records, Melun, 67 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 Yonne.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Savigny-sur-Clairis’s climate
How warm does Savigny-sur-Clairis get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.6°C. About 50 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 68% of mainland French towns, and about 14 reach 30°C.
How cold does Savigny-sur-Clairis get in winter?
February nights average 1.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 48 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Savigny-sur-Clairis get?
About 732 mm a year, less than 58% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (71 mm) and March the driest (53 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Melun (67 km away), averages 1,798 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Savigny-sur-Clairis itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Savigny-sur-Clairis, Savigny/Clairis, 1.8 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 SAVIGNY/CLAIRIS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Savigny-sur-Clairis →
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