Wet weather: 1,107 mm a year falls on Saint-Gingolph, more than on 92% of mainland French towns
Expect July afternoons of about 25.9°C. Of the 69 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Savoie, it has the mildest January nights. Temperatures cover 25°C across the year, low to high. Garden chairs stay out from May to September, the months with highs of 19–26°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Évian station, 18 km west.
A year in Saint-Gingolph at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Évian station.
What a year in Saint-Gingolph feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Évian.
About 1,107 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 38 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 50th wettest of 69 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Savoie.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Meythet
39 frosts and 54 days of 25°C a year
On about 39 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 54 days a year reach 25°C, and 10 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Évian: 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 Évian
Évian is 18 km west of Saint-Gingolph. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Gingolph itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Évian (74119002) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km west |
| Station altitude | 395 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 397 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 13 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Meythet, 75 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 Saint-Gingolph 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gingolph | Évian | 25.9°C | 0.8°C | 1,107 mm |
| Lugrin 10 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 0.8°C about the same | 1,107 mm |
| Saint-Paul-en-Chablais 12 km | Vacheresse | 23.5°C 2.4°C cooler | −3.9°C 4.7°C colder | 1,584 mm |
| Neuvecelle 14 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 0.8°C about the same | 1,107 mm |
| Évian-les-Bains 16 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 0.8°C about the same | 1,107 mm |
| Publier 20 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 0.8°C about the same | 1,107 mm |
| Morzine 24 km | Les Gets | 21.6°C 4.3°C cooler | −4.7°C 5.5°C colder | 1,807 mm |
Saint-Gingolph weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Évian station; sunshine at Meythet.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C | 0.8°C | 3.0°C | 71 mm | 88 |
| February | 6.5°C | 0.8°C | 3.6°C | 62 mm | 113 |
| March | 10.9°C | 3.6°C | 7.2°C | 71 mm | 174 |
| April | 15.0°C | 6.5°C | 10.8°C | 88 mm | 191 |
| May | 19.4°C | 10.6°C | 15.0°C | 109 mm | 220 |
| June | 23.5°C | 14.4°C | 18.9°C | 105 mm | 256 |
| July | 25.9°C | 16.6°C | 21.2°C | 108 mm | 274 |
| August | 25.0°C | 16.3°C | 20.6°C | 108 mm | 249 |
| September | 20.3°C | 12.7°C | 16.5°C | 96 mm | 195 |
| October | 14.9°C | 9.1°C | 12.0°C | 104 mm | 141 |
| November | 9.2°C | 4.6°C | 6.9°C | 94 mm | 91 |
| December | 5.9°C | 1.7°C | 3.8°C | 92 mm | 78 |
| Year | 15.1°C | 8.1°C | 11.6°C | 1,107 mm | 2,069 |
Where Saint-Gingolph’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Évian, 18 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, 75 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 Saint-Gingolph’s climate
How warm does Saint-Gingolph get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.9°C. About 54 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 63% of mainland French towns, and about 10 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Gingolph get in winter?
January nights average 0.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 39 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Gingolph get?
About 1,107 mm a year, more than 92% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (109 mm) and February the driest (62 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Meythet (75 km away), averages 2,069 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Gingolph itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Gingolph, Évian, 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 EVIAN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Gingolph →
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