Photo: Tabl-trai · CC BY-SA 3.0Few mainland French towns get more frosts than Megève
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 23.1°C on average. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 29°C. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on almost every mainland French town. Radiators earn their keep from October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Megève station, 0.6 km west.
A year in Megève at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Megève station.
What a year in Megève feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Megève.
About 1,513 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 56 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th 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: 141 frosts and 34 days of 25°C a year
On about 141 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 24 days it stays below freezing all day. About 34 days a year reach 25°C, and 3 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Megève: 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 Megève
Megève is 0.6 km west of Megève. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Megève itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Megève (74173001) |
| Distance from the town | 0.6 km west |
| Station altitude | 1,080 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 1,093 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 29 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 Megève 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megève | Megève | 23.1°C | −5.4°C | 1,513 mm |
| Saint-Gervais-les-Bains 8.1 km | Servoz | 26.0°C 2.9°C warmer | −4.1°C 1.3°C milder | 1,446 mm |
| Sallanches 9.6 km | Sallanches | 27.0°C 3.9°C warmer | −3.0°C 2.4°C milder | 1,099 mm |
| Passy 10 km | Sallanches | 27.0°C 3.9°C warmer | −3.0°C 2.4°C milder | 1,099 mm |
| Les Houches 15 km | Les Houches | 23.9°C 0.8°C warmer | −5.6°C about the same | 1,233 mm |
| Magland 17 km | Sallanches | 27.0°C 3.9°C warmer | −3.0°C 2.4°C milder | 1,099 mm |
| Ugine 19 km | Ugine | 26.4°C 3.3°C warmer | −0.8°C 4.6°C milder | 1,399 mm |
Megève weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Megève station; sunshine at Bourg-Saint-Maurice.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.2°C | −5.4°C | −1.1°C | 144 mm | 110 |
| February | 4.5°C | −5.2°C | −0.3°C | 111 mm | 122 |
| March | 8.8°C | −1.9°C | 3.5°C | 113 mm | 170 |
| April | 12.8°C | 1.2°C | 7.0°C | 103 mm | 176 |
| May | 17.0°C | 5.3°C | 11.2°C | 127 mm | 200 |
| June | 21.0°C | 8.6°C | 14.8°C | 133 mm | 226 |
| July | 23.1°C | 10.3°C | 16.7°C | 131 mm | 249 |
| August | 22.7°C | 10.1°C | 16.4°C | 125 mm | 232 |
| September | 18.1°C | 6.9°C | 12.5°C | 112 mm | 189 |
| October | 13.8°C | 3.4°C | 8.6°C | 121 mm | 143 |
| November | 7.7°C | −1.0°C | 3.4°C | 125 mm | 99 |
| December | 3.6°C | −4.3°C | −0.3°C | 168 mm | 94 |
| Year | 13.0°C | 2.3°C | 7.7°C | 1,513 mm | 2,009 |
Where Megève’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Megève, 0.6 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, Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 29 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 Megève’s climate
How warm does Megève get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.1°C. About 34 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 89% of mainland French towns, and about 3 reach 30°C.
How cold does Megève get in winter?
January nights average −5.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 141 nights a year, and about 24 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Megève get?
About 1,513 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. December is the wettest month (168 mm) and April the driest (103 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Bourg-Saint-Maurice (29 km away), averages 2,009 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Megève itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Megève, Megève, 0.6 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 MEGEVE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Megève →
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