Hardly any mainland French towns see harsher January nights than Domancy
July afternoons average 27.0°C. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 92% of mainland French towns. Rain is spread evenly through the year: the wettest month, December, gets little more than the driest, February. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from November to March, when means dip under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Sallanches station, 3 km north-west.
A year in Domancy at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Sallanches station.
What a year in Domancy feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Sallanches.
About 1,099 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and February the driest. About 40 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 57th wettest of 69 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Savoie.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Bourg-Saint-Maurice
A frosty town: 98 frosts and 75 days of 25°C a year
On about 98 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 8 days it stays below freezing all day. About 75 days a year reach 25°C, and 23 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Sallanches: 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 Sallanches
Sallanches is 3 km north-west of Domancy. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Domancy itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Sallanches (74256001) |
| Distance from the town | 3 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 542 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 555 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 34 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 Domancy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domancy | Sallanches | 27.0°C | −3.0°C | 1,099 mm |
| Passy 3.8 km | same station | 27.0°C about the same | −3.0°C about the same | 1,099 mm |
| Sallanches 4.1 km | same station | 27.0°C about the same | −3.0°C about the same | 1,099 mm |
| Saint-Gervais-les-Bains 4.3 km | Servoz | 26.0°C 1°C cooler | −4.1°C 1.1°C colder | 1,446 mm |
| Megève 6.9 km | Megève | 23.1°C 3.9°C cooler | −5.4°C 2.4°C colder | 1,513 mm |
| Les Houches 11 km | Les Houches | 23.9°C 3.1°C cooler | −5.6°C 2.6°C colder | 1,233 mm |
| Magland 12 km | same station | 27.0°C about the same | −3.0°C about the same | 1,099 mm |
Domancy weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Sallanches station; sunshine at Bourg-Saint-Maurice.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C | −3.0°C | 1.2°C | 100 mm | 110 |
| February | 8.1°C | −2.3°C | 2.9°C | 77 mm | 122 |
| March | 13.3°C | 0.9°C | 7.1°C | 77 mm | 170 |
| April | 17.4°C | 3.9°C | 10.7°C | 77 mm | 176 |
| May | 21.2°C | 8.4°C | 14.8°C | 99 mm | 200 |
| June | 24.8°C | 11.8°C | 18.3°C | 95 mm | 226 |
| July | 27.0°C | 13.5°C | 20.3°C | 98 mm | 249 |
| August | 26.4°C | 13.3°C | 19.9°C | 105 mm | 232 |
| September | 21.9°C | 9.9°C | 15.9°C | 79 mm | 189 |
| October | 16.9°C | 6.1°C | 11.5°C | 88 mm | 143 |
| November | 10.0°C | 1.1°C | 5.6°C | 90 mm | 99 |
| December | 5.6°C | −2.1°C | 1.8°C | 114 mm | 94 |
| Year | 16.5°C | 5.1°C | 10.8°C | 1,099 mm | 2,009 |
Where Domancy’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Sallanches, 3 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, Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 34 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 Domancy’s climate
How warm does Domancy get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.0°C. About 75 days a year reach 25°C, more than 67% of mainland French towns, and about 23 reach 30°C.
How cold does Domancy get in winter?
January nights average −3.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 98 nights a year, and about 8 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Domancy get?
About 1,099 mm a year, more than 92% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (114 mm) and February the driest (77 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Bourg-Saint-Maurice (34 km away), averages 2,009 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Domancy itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Domancy, Sallanches, 3 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 SALLANCHES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Domancy →
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.