Flaxieu has some of the coldest winter nights among mainland French towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 27.5°C. Its yearly rainfall tops that of 98% of mainland French towns. Rain is spread evenly through the year: the wettest month, October, gets little more than the driest, February. The heating season runs November to March: each of those months averages under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Mognard station, 18 km east.
A year in Flaxieu at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Mognard station.
What a year in Flaxieu feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mognard.
About 1,280 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. About 46 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 8th wettest of 60 towns of 2,500+ in Ain.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Chambery-Aix
A frosty town: 91 frosts and 78 days of 25°C a year
On about 91 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 78 days a year reach 25°C, and 26 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mognard: a frost is a night of 0°C or below, a summer day (jour d’été) 25°C or more, a hot day (forte chaleur) 30°C or more.
The Météo-France station at Mognard
Mognard is 18 km east of Flaxieu. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Flaxieu itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Mognard (73158001) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km east |
| Station altitude | 340 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 283 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 5.8 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Chambery-Aix, 22 km away |
TownRatings matches each commune to one station with at least 24 years of temperature and rain records: the nearest, counting every 100 m of height difference as 10 km, never across the sea.
How Flaxieu compares
Against the 4,385 towns of 2,500 or more in mainland France, each read from its own matched station. The dots are the other towns of 2,500+ in Ain.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km. Where a neighbor uses the same station its figures are the same: the differences you’d feel over a few kilometers aren’t in the normals.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flaxieu | Mognard | 27.5°C | −2.0°C | 1,280 mm |
| Culoz-Béon 5.7 km | Bloye | 27.8°C about the same | −1.5°C 0.5°C milder | 1,207 mm |
| Belley 6.9 km | Chambery-Aix | 27.8°C about the same | −0.7°C 1.3°C milder | 1,204 mm |
| Yenne 12 km | Chambery-Aix | 27.8°C about the same | −0.7°C 1.3°C milder | 1,204 mm |
| La Biolle 16 km | same station | 27.5°C about the same | −2.0°C about the same | 1,280 mm |
| Entrelacs 16 km | Bloye | 27.8°C about the same | −1.5°C 0.5°C milder | 1,207 mm |
| Rumilly 17 km | Bloye | 27.8°C about the same | −1.5°C 0.5°C milder | 1,207 mm |
Flaxieu weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Mognard station; sunshine at Chambery-Aix.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C | −2.0°C | 1.8°C | 100 mm | 77 |
| February | 8.0°C | −1.8°C | 3.1°C | 84 mm | 102 |
| March | 13.2°C | 0.8°C | 7.0°C | 94 mm | 158 |
| April | 17.0°C | 3.9°C | 10.5°C | 97 mm | 176 |
| May | 21.2°C | 8.3°C | 14.7°C | 109 mm | 202 |
| June | 25.1°C | 11.9°C | 18.5°C | 108 mm | 236 |
| July | 27.5°C | 13.2°C | 20.4°C | 98 mm | 262 |
| August | 27.0°C | 13.0°C | 20.0°C | 113 mm | 237 |
| September | 22.2°C | 9.6°C | 15.9°C | 113 mm | 181 |
| October | 16.8°C | 6.4°C | 11.6°C | 125 mm | 124 |
| November | 10.1°C | 1.8°C | 5.9°C | 118 mm | 75 |
| December | 6.0°C | −1.2°C | 2.4°C | 123 mm | 66 |
| Year | 16.6°C | 5.3°C | 11.0°C | 1,280 mm | 1,895 |
Where Flaxieu’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Mognard, 18 km away: statistics for 1991–2020.
- Which station: among stations with at least 24 of the 30 years of temperature and rain, the nearest to the commune’s population-weighted center, counting each 100 m of height difference as 10 km; mainland towns use mainland stations and each overseas département its own.
- Altitudes: the town’s from IGN’s RGE ALTI® at its population-weighted center; the station’s from Météo-France.
- Sunshine: the nearest station with at least 10 years of sunshine records, Chambery-Aix, 22 km away.
- Comparisons: every town of 2,500 or more in mainland France, read the same way; the dots are the towns of 2,500+ in Ain.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Flaxieu’s climate
How warm does Flaxieu get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.5°C. About 78 days a year reach 25°C, more than 70% of mainland French towns, and about 26 reach 30°C.
How cold does Flaxieu get in winter?
January nights average −2.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 91 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Flaxieu get?
About 1,280 mm a year, more than 98% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (125 mm) and February the driest (84 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chambery-Aix (22 km away), averages 1,895 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Flaxieu itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Flaxieu, Mognard, 18 km away. France publishes its climate normals by station, not by commune; a valley, a hill or the sea can make a difference over a few kilometers.
Where do these figures come from?
Météo-France’s fiches climatologiques: 30-year averages (1991–2020) for each of its long-running stations, published as open data since 2024. They are normals, not a forecast.
Source: Météo-France, fiches climatologiques, 1991–2020 statistics (station MOGNARD, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Flaxieu →
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