Champanges has some of the coldest winter nights among mainland French towns
Expect July afternoons of about 23.5°C. By rainfall alone, it ranks wetter than almost every mainland French town. Only 27°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Plan for rain on about 139 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Vacheresse station, 11 km south-east.
A year in Champanges at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Vacheresse station.
What a year in Champanges feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Vacheresse.
About 1,584 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 58 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 3rd wettest of 69 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Savoie.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Meythet
A frosty town: 118 frosts and 35 days of 25°C a year
On about 118 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 28 days it stays below freezing all day. About 35 days a year reach 25°C, and 4 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Vacheresse: 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 Vacheresse
Vacheresse is 11 km south-east of Champanges. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Champanges itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Vacheresse (74286001) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 790 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 712 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 2.4 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Meythet, 61 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 Champanges 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 Haute-Savoie.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champanges | Vacheresse | 23.5°C | −3.9°C | 1,584 mm |
| Publier 2.4 km | Évian | 25.9°C 2.4°C warmer | 0.8°C 4.7°C milder | 1,107 mm |
| Évian-les-Bains 3.7 km | Évian | 25.9°C 2.4°C warmer | 0.8°C 4.7°C milder | 1,107 mm |
| Neuvecelle 5 km | Évian | 25.9°C 2.4°C warmer | 0.8°C 4.7°C milder | 1,107 mm |
| Thonon-les-Bains 5.8 km | Évian | 25.9°C 2.4°C warmer | 0.8°C 4.7°C milder | 1,107 mm |
| Saint-Paul-en-Chablais 6.2 km | same station | 23.5°C about the same | −3.9°C about the same | 1,584 mm |
| Allinges 7.7 km | Évian | 25.9°C 2.4°C warmer | 0.8°C 4.7°C milder | 1,107 mm |
Champanges weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Vacheresse station; sunshine at Meythet.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0°C | −3.9°C | −1.0°C | 115 mm | 88 |
| February | 3.5°C | −3.7°C | −0.1°C | 108 mm | 113 |
| March | 9.2°C | −0.6°C | 4.3°C | 113 mm | 174 |
| April | 13.4°C | 2.3°C | 7.8°C | 121 mm | 191 |
| May | 17.4°C | 6.2°C | 11.8°C | 157 mm | 220 |
| June | 21.4°C | 9.7°C | 15.5°C | 145 mm | 256 |
| July | 23.5°C | 11.5°C | 17.5°C | 142 mm | 274 |
| August | 23.0°C | 11.4°C | 17.2°C | 147 mm | 249 |
| September | 18.1°C | 7.9°C | 13.0°C | 127 mm | 195 |
| October | 12.4°C | 4.5°C | 8.5°C | 132 mm | 141 |
| November | 6.2°C | 0.0°C | 3.1°C | 131 mm | 91 |
| December | 2.7°C | −3.0°C | −0.2°C | 146 mm | 78 |
| Year | 12.7°C | 3.5°C | 8.1°C | 1,584 mm | 2,069 |
Where Champanges’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Vacheresse, 11 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, Meythet, 61 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 Haute-Savoie.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Champanges’s climate
How warm does Champanges get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.5°C. About 35 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 85% of mainland French towns, and about 4 reach 30°C.
How cold does Champanges get in winter?
January nights average −3.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 118 nights a year, and about 28 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Champanges get?
About 1,584 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. May is the wettest month (157 mm) and February the driest (108 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Meythet (61 km away), averages 2,069 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Champanges itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Champanges, Vacheresse, 11 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 VACHERESSE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Champanges →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.