Hardly any mainland French towns collect more rain than Dingy-Saint-Clair: 1,774 mm a year
Expect July afternoons of about 26.5°C. In January, nights here are colder than in almost every mainland French town. Only 29°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 94 nights a year below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Thônes station, 8.6 km south-east.
A year in Dingy-Saint-Clair at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Thônes station.
What a year in Dingy-Saint-Clair feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Thônes.
About 1,774 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 62 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd 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: 94 frosts and 67 days of 25°C a year
On about 94 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 10 days it stays below freezing all day. About 67 days a year reach 25°C, and 19 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Thônes: 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 Thônes
Thônes is 8.6 km south-east of Dingy-Saint-Clair. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Dingy-Saint-Clair itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Thônes (74280001) |
| Distance from the town | 8.6 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 630 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 624 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Meythet, 10 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 Dingy-Saint-Clair 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dingy-Saint-Clair | Thônes | 26.5°C | −2.8°C | 1,774 mm |
| Villaz 5 km | Groisy | 25.4°C 1.1°C cooler | −2.1°C 0.7°C milder | 1,373 mm |
| Argonay 7.1 km | Meythet | 26.5°C about the same | −1.4°C 1.4°C milder | 1,211 mm |
| Annecy 8.2 km | Meythet | 26.5°C about the same | −1.4°C 1.4°C milder | 1,211 mm |
| Thônes 8.5 km | same station | 26.5°C about the same | −2.8°C about the same | 1,774 mm |
| Sevrier 8.8 km | Meythet | 26.5°C about the same | −1.4°C 1.4°C milder | 1,211 mm |
| Fillière 9.1 km | Groisy | 25.4°C 1.1°C cooler | −2.1°C 0.7°C milder | 1,373 mm |
Dingy-Saint-Clair weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Thônes station; sunshine at Meythet.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C | −2.8°C | 0.6°C | 163 mm | 88 |
| February | 6.4°C | −2.4°C | 2.0°C | 133 mm | 113 |
| March | 11.9°C | 0.8°C | 6.3°C | 142 mm | 174 |
| April | 16.1°C | 3.9°C | 10.0°C | 127 mm | 191 |
| May | 20.2°C | 8.0°C | 14.1°C | 146 mm | 220 |
| June | 24.3°C | 11.5°C | 17.9°C | 133 mm | 256 |
| July | 26.5°C | 13.3°C | 19.9°C | 138 mm | 274 |
| August | 26.1°C | 13.1°C | 19.6°C | 144 mm | 249 |
| September | 21.1°C | 9.7°C | 15.4°C | 137 mm | 195 |
| October | 15.6°C | 6.2°C | 10.9°C | 150 mm | 141 |
| November | 8.7°C | 1.4°C | 5.1°C | 164 mm | 91 |
| December | 4.6°C | −1.9°C | 1.4°C | 196 mm | 78 |
| Year | 15.5°C | 5.1°C | 10.3°C | 1,774 mm | 2,069 |
Where Dingy-Saint-Clair’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Thônes, 8.6 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, 10 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 Dingy-Saint-Clair’s climate
How warm does Dingy-Saint-Clair get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.5°C. About 67 days a year reach 25°C, more than 59% of mainland French towns, and about 19 reach 30°C.
How cold does Dingy-Saint-Clair get in winter?
January nights average −2.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 94 nights a year, and about 10 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Dingy-Saint-Clair get?
About 1,774 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. December is the wettest month (196 mm) and April the driest (127 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Meythet (10 km away), averages 2,069 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Dingy-Saint-Clair itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Dingy-Saint-Clair, Thônes, 8.6 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 THONES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Dingy-Saint-Clair →
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