Desingy is among the wettest of mainland French towns: 1,211 mm of rain a year
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 26.5°C. Wet weather is most frequent in December and least in February. Its January nights bite harder than in 96% of mainland French towns. Waterproofs come out on about 122 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Meythet station, 18 km south-east.
A year in Desingy at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Meythet station.
What a year in Desingy feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Meythet.
About 1,211 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and February the driest. About 44 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 16th 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: 74 frosts and 64 days of 25°C a year
On about 74 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 6 days it stays below freezing all day. About 64 days a year reach 25°C, and 17 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Meythet: 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 Meythet
Meythet is 18 km south-east of Desingy. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Desingy itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Meythet (74182001) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 455 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 473 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 3.6 km |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
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 Desingy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desingy | Meythet | 26.5°C | −1.4°C | 1,211 mm |
| Vallières-sur-Fier 11 km | Bloye | 27.8°C 1.3°C warmer | −1.5°C about the same | 1,207 mm |
| La Balme-de-Sillingy 12 km | same station | 26.5°C about the same | −1.4°C about the same | 1,211 mm |
| Sillingy 13 km | same station | 26.5°C about the same | −1.4°C about the same | 1,211 mm |
| Valleiry 14 km | Archamps | 26.4°C about the same | −1.0°C about the same | 1,170 mm |
| Valserhône 14 km | Bellegarde | 27.5°C 1°C warmer | −1.7°C about the same | 1,185 mm |
| Rumilly 16 km | Bloye | 27.8°C 1.3°C warmer | −1.5°C about the same | 1,207 mm |
Desingy weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Meythet station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C | −1.4°C | 2.1°C | 94 mm | 88 |
| February | 7.6°C | −1.0°C | 3.3°C | 79 mm | 113 |
| March | 12.3°C | 1.7°C | 7.0°C | 90 mm | 174 |
| April | 16.3°C | 5.0°C | 10.6°C | 96 mm | 191 |
| May | 20.3°C | 9.2°C | 14.7°C | 109 mm | 220 |
| June | 24.2°C | 12.7°C | 18.5°C | 95 mm | 256 |
| July | 26.5°C | 14.4°C | 20.5°C | 101 mm | 274 |
| August | 26.1°C | 14.2°C | 20.1°C | 106 mm | 249 |
| September | 21.3°C | 10.7°C | 16.0°C | 108 mm | 195 |
| October | 16.3°C | 7.2°C | 11.8°C | 110 mm | 141 |
| November | 10.0°C | 2.5°C | 6.2°C | 110 mm | 91 |
| December | 6.3°C | −0.6°C | 2.8°C | 113 mm | 78 |
| Year | 16.1°C | 6.2°C | 11.1°C | 1,211 mm | 2,069 |
Where Desingy’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Meythet, 18 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1992–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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, 18 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 Desingy’s climate
How warm does Desingy get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.5°C. About 64 days a year reach 25°C, more than 55% of mainland French towns, and about 17 reach 30°C.
How cold does Desingy get in winter?
January nights average −1.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 74 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Desingy get?
About 1,211 mm a year, more than 96% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (113 mm) and February the driest (79 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Meythet (18 km away), averages 2,069 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Desingy itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Desingy, Meythet, 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 MEYTHET, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Desingy →
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