Climate averages 1991–2020
Saint-Étienne weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Saint-Étienne: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 18 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lyon (50 km away). In July its highs average 26.7°C, 2.1°C warmer than Saint-Étienne, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Saint-Étienne ranks 22nd of 57 for the warmest July highs and joint 53rd of 57 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 57 cities is 24.9°C; Saint-Étienne is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 83 mm to 77 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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 | 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
July in nearby cities
- Lyon in JulyFrance · 50 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in JulyFrance · 53 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Grenoble in JulyFrance · 107 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 113 mm rain
- Clermont-Ferrand in JulyFrance · 108 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Geneva in JulySwitzerland · 161 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Avignon in JulyFrance · 168 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Nîmes in JulyFrance · 178 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Montpellier in JulyFrance · 207 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 14 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.