Climate averages 1991–2020
Saint-Étienne weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Saint-Étienne: daytime highs average 7.0°C and nights cool to about 1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 47 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lyon (50 km away). In December its highs average 7.7°C, 0.7°C warmer than Saint-Étienne, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Saint-Étienne ranks joint 46th of 57 for the warmest December highs and 8th of 57 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 57 cities is 8.5°C; Saint-Étienne is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 6.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Saint-Étienne climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 63 | 12.2 | 9.19 h |
| February | 7.4°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 49 | 10.0 | 10.410 h |
| March | 11.1°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 55 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 86 | 12.5 | 13.513 h |
| May | 18.1°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 98 | 13.5 | 14.915 h |
| June | 22.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 89 | 12.4 | 15.616 h |
| July | 24.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 83 | 10.4 | 15.315 h |
| August | 24.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 77 | 9.7 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 90 | 9.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.8°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 95 | 11.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.1°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 94 | 12.3 | 9.610 h |
| December, selected | 7.0°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 64 | 11.4 | 8.89 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Lyon in DecemberFrance · 50 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 1.7°C · 74 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in DecemberFrance · 53 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 1.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Grenoble in DecemberFrance · 107 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 0.7°C · 133 mm rain
- Clermont-Ferrand in DecemberFrance · 108 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 1.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Geneva in DecemberSwitzerland · 161 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -0.1°C · 131 mm rain
- Avignon in DecemberFrance · 168 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Nîmes in DecemberFrance · 178 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 4.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Montpellier in DecemberFrance · 207 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 63 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Saint-Étienne) is explained once on the Saint-Étienne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.