Photo: Le corrigateur · CC BY-SA 4.0Few mainland French towns have colder winter nights than Gap
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 29.7°C. In July, afternoons here are warmer than in 91% of mainland French towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 34°C apart. Plan for rain on about 79 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Tallard station, 12 km south.
A year in Gap at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Tallard station.
What a year in Gap feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tallard.
About 766 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 25 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 7 towns of 2,500+ in Hautes-Alpes.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Embrun
A frosty town: 117 frosts and 98 days of 25°C a year
On about 117 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 98 days a year reach 25°C, and 42 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tallard: 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 Tallard
Tallard is 12 km south of Gap. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Gap itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Tallard (05170001) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km south |
| Station altitude | 593 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 736 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 2.3 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Embrun, 34 km away |
Gap sits 143 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Gap to run about 0.9°C cooler than these figures.
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 Gap 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 Hautes-Alpes.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gap | Tallard | 29.7°C | −4.0°C | 766 mm |
| La Bâtie-Neuve 10 km | Embrun | 27.8°C 1.9°C cooler | −2.4°C 1.6°C milder | 733 mm |
| Chorges 16 km | Embrun | 27.8°C 1.9°C cooler | −2.4°C 1.6°C milder | 733 mm |
| Veynes 20 km | La Faurie | 27.4°C 2.3°C cooler | −4.6°C 0.6°C colder | 951 mm |
Gap weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Tallard station; sunshine at Embrun.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C | −4.0°C | 2.2°C | 54 mm | 159 |
| February | 10.5°C | −3.8°C | 3.4°C | 42 mm | 175 |
| March | 15.1°C | −0.4°C | 7.3°C | 48 mm | 225 |
| April | 17.9°C | 2.9°C | 10.4°C | 65 mm | 210 |
| May | 21.9°C | 6.9°C | 14.4°C | 69 mm | 225 |
| June | 26.6°C | 10.5°C | 18.5°C | 53 mm | 265 |
| July | 29.7°C | 12.5°C | 21.1°C | 39 mm | 292 |
| August | 29.6°C | 12.3°C | 20.9°C | 46 mm | 271 |
| September | 24.2°C | 8.8°C | 16.5°C | 76 mm | 233 |
| October | 18.8°C | 5.2°C | 12.0°C | 102 mm | 187 |
| November | 12.6°C | 0.4°C | 6.5°C | 106 mm | 145 |
| December | 8.4°C | −3.2°C | 2.6°C | 67 mm | 142 |
| Year | 18.6°C | 4.0°C | 11.3°C | 766 mm | 2,530 |
Where Gap’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Tallard, 12 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, Embrun, 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 Hautes-Alpes.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Gap’s climate
How warm does Gap get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 29.7°C. About 98 days a year reach 25°C, more than 87% of mainland French towns, and about 42 reach 30°C.
How cold does Gap get in winter?
January nights average −4.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 117 nights a year, and about 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Gap get?
About 766 mm a year, more than 53% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (106 mm) and July the driest (39 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Embrun (34 km away), averages 2,530 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Gap itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Gap, Tallard, 12 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 TALLARD, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Gap →
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.