Climate Between 1991 and 2020 Payerne had an average of 111.7 days of rain or snow per year and on average received of precipitation. The wettest month was July during which time Payerne received an average of of rain or snow. During this month there was precipitation for an average of 10.0 days. The month with the most days of precipitation was May, with an average of 11.3, but with only of rain or snow. The driest month of the year was February with an average of of precipitation over 7.8 days. Transportation The municipality has a railway station, on the Palézieux–Lyss and Fribourg–Yverdon lines. It has regular service to , , , and . Notable people Frédéric-Louis Allamand (1736 in Payerne – 1809) a Swiss botanist, he moved to Leiden, Netherlands in 1749 Antoine-Henri, Baron Jomini (1779 in Payerne – 1869) a Swiss officer who served as a general in the French and later in the Russian service Daniel Rapin (1799 in Payerne – 1882) a Swiss pharmacist and botanist Charles Estoppey (1820 in Payerne – 1888) was a Swiss politician, in 1875 he was elected to the Swiss Federal Council Hélène Monastier (1882 in Payerne – 1976) a Swiss peace activist Léon Savary (1895–1968), a Swiss writer and journalist Jacques Chessex (1934 in Payerne – 2009) a Swiss author and painter Mat Rebeaud (born 1982 in Payerne) a Swiss freestyle motocross rider Charles-André Doudin (born 1986 in Payerne) a Swiss professional footballer References Cities in Switzerland Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Vaud 14th-century establishments in the Old Swiss Confederacy