Saint-André-d'Embrun has some of the coldest winter nights among mainland French towns
July afternoons average 27.8°C. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 76% of mainland French towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 30°C apart. Keep the boiler serviced for the months from November to March, which average under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Embrun station, 2.5 km south-west.
A year in Saint-André-d'Embrun at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Embrun station.
What a year in Saint-André-d'Embrun feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Embrun.
About 733 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and February the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 5th 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: 93 frosts and 79 days of 25°C a year
On about 93 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 79 days a year reach 25°C, and 24 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Embrun: 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 Embrun
Embrun is 2.5 km south-west of Saint-André-d'Embrun. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-André-d'Embrun itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Embrun (05046001) |
| Distance from the town | 2.5 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 873 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 1,019 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
Saint-André-d'Embrun sits 146 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Saint-André-d'Embrun 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 Saint-André-d'Embrun 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. 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-André-d'Embrun | Embrun | 27.8°C | −2.4°C | 733 mm |
| Embrun 4 km | same station | 27.8°C about the same | −2.4°C about the same | 733 mm |
| Chorges 21 km | same station | 27.8°C about the same | −2.4°C about the same | 733 mm |
| Barcelonnette 24 km | Barcelonnette | 26.3°C 1.5°C cooler | −7.9°C 5.5°C colder | 694 mm |
| La Bâtie-Neuve 26 km | same station | 27.8°C about the same | −2.4°C about the same | 733 mm |
Saint-André-d'Embrun weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Embrun station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C | −2.4°C | 2.4°C | 51 mm | 159 |
| February | 9.0°C | −2.2°C | 3.4°C | 43 mm | 175 |
| March | 13.3°C | 1.1°C | 7.2°C | 50 mm | 225 |
| April | 16.4°C | 4.0°C | 10.2°C | 57 mm | 210 |
| May | 20.4°C | 7.7°C | 14.1°C | 69 mm | 225 |
| June | 24.8°C | 11.2°C | 18.0°C | 61 mm | 265 |
| July | 27.8°C | 13.3°C | 20.6°C | 49 mm | 292 |
| August | 27.7°C | 13.3°C | 20.5°C | 52 mm | 271 |
| September | 22.6°C | 9.6°C | 16.1°C | 65 mm | 233 |
| October | 17.4°C | 6.2°C | 11.8°C | 82 mm | 187 |
| November | 11.3°C | 1.6°C | 6.4°C | 85 mm | 145 |
| December | 7.4°C | −1.6°C | 2.9°C | 70 mm | 142 |
| Year | 17.1°C | 5.2°C | 11.1°C | 733 mm | 2,530 |
Where Saint-André-d'Embrun’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Embrun, 2.5 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, 2.5 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 Saint-André-d'Embrun’s climate
How warm does Saint-André-d'Embrun get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.8°C. About 79 days a year reach 25°C, more than 71% of mainland French towns, and about 24 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-André-d'Embrun get in winter?
January nights average −2.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 93 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-André-d'Embrun get?
About 733 mm a year, less than 58% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (85 mm) and February the driest (43 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Embrun (2.5 km away), averages 2,530 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-André-d'Embrun itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-André-d'Embrun, Embrun, 2.5 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 EMBRUN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-André-d'Embrun →
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