Weather in Loire

Calculated from weather data of Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport (LFMH) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.1	8.8	7.0	6.0	6.0	9.6
February	11.2	11.6	10.4	11.5	12.8	14.0
March	13.8	14.6	14.3	14.6	11.8	13.4
April	16.9		15.4	16.3	15.0	20.3
May	20.4		19.8	24.3	18.3	21.5
June	26.0		26.1	28.6	25.3	23.3
July	28.3		28.6	30.1	24.8	28.6
August	28.1		29.3	29.8	24.5	29.1
September	24.0		28.0	22.8	24.0	24.1
October	19.1		22.5	22.3	17.1	15.4
November	11.7		12.4	13.5	8.5	13.6
December	8.5		10.0	5.2	8.0	9.0
Average	17.2	11.7	18.7	19.2	16.4	18.5

41st highest temperature of France

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	-1.9	1	1	-2	0	0
February	0.6	3	-1	0	3	2
March	2.4	4	4	1	1	2
April	4.0		5	4	2	5
May	8.3		9	10	7	8
June	13.0		13	14	13	12
July	14.1		15	14	13	14
August	14.2		16	15	13	14
September	10.6		14	10	12	11
October	7.9		10	12	5	7
November	3.4		4	5	2	3
December	1.4		1	0	1	2
Average	6.2	2.6	7.4	7.1	6.0	6.6

9th lowest temperature of France

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	39	50	8	31
25 °C or warmer	0	99	101	51	73
20 °C or warmer	4	149	162	124	149
0 °C or colder	18	55	60	64	54

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.9	8	5	3	29	13
February	8.8	8	4	3	4	15
March	10.4	9	3	3	17	12
April	9.2		4	7	12	6
May	11.8		6	2	25	9
June	7.6		6	4	8	5
July	3.9		1	0	11	4
August	4.7		2	3	4	7
September	6.5		4	4	6	12
October	11.0		4	3	3	23
November	11.6		10	4	6	5
December	17.3		8	12	7	30
Average	9.1	8.3	4.5	3.5	10.8	10.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	10.7	11	13	9	11	10
February	12.4	13	10	12	15	15
March	13.2	15	13	14	13	11
April	12.7		12	13	13	11
May	11.5		11	12	11	11
June	10.7		10	12	11	10
July	10.7		11	12	9	11
August	10.2		12	10	10	11
September	10.1		12	10	9	11
October	12.5		14	14	14	14
November	11.0		13	11	9	11
December	10.9		11	9	9	14
Average	11.6	13.1	11.7	11.7	11.1	11.3

87th highest wind speed of France

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	SW	W	NW	W	S
February	SW	N	W	S	SW
March	S	SW	S	N	W
April		NW	NW	N	S
May		N	N	W	N
June		N	SW	NW	N
July		NW	N	N	N
August		NW	N	N	NW
September		S	W	S	W
October		S	S	S	S
November		SW	S	NW	S
December		S	SW	SW	S

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Loire weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Loire?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 28 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Loire?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 7 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Loire?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in December with a probability of around 17.3 %.

Which month is the driest in Loire?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in July. The probability is about 4.0 %.