Saintes climate — normals and trends
Saintes (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.9 °C and it receives 745 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (20.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Saintes averages 29 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.
Saintes has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 35 to 23 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.5 °C (on 18 June 2022) and the coldest -14.9 °C (on 17 January 1987).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
SaintesNew Aquitaine
- coords
- 45.75°, -0.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.9°C
Average daily high
17.2°C
Average daily low
8.9°C
Annual rainfall
745mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
18.0km/h
Seasonal range
14.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
29 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
124 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.8 cm
Average feels-like high
15.6 °C
Average feels-like low
6.7 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
41.5 °C
18 June 2022
Coldest day
-14.9 °C
17 January 1987
Wettest day
53 mm
3 October 2006
Windiest day
74.9 km/h
27 December 1999
Strongest gust
140.8 km/h
27 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
42.4 °C
23 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-20.0 °C
17 January 1987
Snowiest day
9.4 cm
28 November 1947
Sunniest day
15.3 h
18 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 151 mm | +78 mm |
| Feb | 12.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 75 mm | +12 mm |
| Mar | 14.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 36 mm | -24 mm |
| Apr | 19.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 90 mm | +28 mm |
| May | 21.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 50 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 28.3 °C | +5.1 °C | 10 mm | -42 mm |
| Jul | 27.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 28 mm | -12 mm |
| Aug | 29.4 °C | +3.9 °C | 53 mm | +7 mm |
| Sep | 21.9 °C | -1.0 °C | 58 mm | +3 mm |
| Oct | 19.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 76 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 14.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 95 mm | +19 mm |
| Dec | 11.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 55 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Saintes?
Saintes has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.9 °C and it receives 745 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saintes?
The hottest day measured in Saintes between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 2022, reaching 41.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Saintes?
The coldest day measured in Saintes between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1987, at -14.9 °C.
Does it snow in Saintes?
Yes. Saintes gets on average 2.8 cm of snow per year and has around 29 frost days.
Has the climate of Saintes warmed?
Yes: Saintes warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Saintes?
The wettest day measured in Saintes between 1940 and 2025 was 3 October 2006, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Saintes?
The windiest day measured in Saintes between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1999, with winds reaching 74.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Saintes?
The warmest month in Saintes is July (20.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Saintes?
Saintes receives on average 745 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Saintes?
Saintes gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Saintes?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Saintes between 1940 and 2025 was 28 November 1947, with 9.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Saintes?
Yes: Saintes has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Saintes?
In Saintes, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.4 °C on 23 August 2023, and the lowest was -20.0 °C on 17 January 1987.
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