La Tour-du-Pin is among the frostiest of mainland French towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 28.5°C. October is the wettest month, February the driest. Rain is plentiful here, more than falls on 95% of mainland French towns. If you like long walks, May, June and September offer highs of 22–26°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Pont-de-Beauvoisin station, 18 km east.
A year in La Tour-du-Pin at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Pont-de-Beauvoisin station.
What a year in La Tour-du-Pin feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pont-de-Beauvoisin.
About 1,166 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. About 39 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 8th wettest of 110 towns of 2,500+ in Isère.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Grenoble-Saint-Geoirs
A frosty town: 83 frosts and 92 days of 25°C a year
On about 83 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 92 days a year reach 25°C, and 36 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pont-de-Beauvoisin: 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 Pont-de-Beauvoisin
Pont-de-Beauvoisin is 18 km east of La Tour-du-Pin. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in La Tour-du-Pin itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Pont-de-Beauvoisin (38315002) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km east |
| Station altitude | 284 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 320 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 11 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Grenoble-Saint-Geoirs, 25 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 La Tour-du-Pin 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 Isère.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Tour-du-Pin | Pont-de-Beauvoisin | 28.5°C | −1.2°C | 1,166 mm |
| Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour 2.8 km | same station | 28.5°C about the same | −1.2°C about the same | 1,166 mm |
| Cessieu 5.2 km | same station | 28.5°C about the same | −1.2°C about the same | 1,166 mm |
| Dolomieu 6.2 km | same station | 28.5°C about the same | −1.2°C about the same | 1,166 mm |
| Saint-André-le-Gaz 7 km | same station | 28.5°C about the same | −1.2°C about the same | 1,166 mm |
| Ruy-Montceau 8.9 km | Grenoble-Saint-Geoirs | 27.1°C 1.4°C cooler | −0.7°C 0.5°C milder | 915 mm |
| Saint-Chef 10 km | Lyon-Saint-Exupery | 27.5°C 1°C cooler | 1.1°C 2.3°C milder | 863 mm |
La Tour-du-Pin weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Pont-de-Beauvoisin station; sunshine at Grenoble-Saint-Geoirs.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C | −1.2°C | 2.8°C | 84 mm | 91 |
| February | 9.1°C | −1.2°C | 3.9°C | 69 mm | 112 |
| March | 14.3°C | 1.6°C | 7.9°C | 84 mm | 173 |
| April | 17.9°C | 4.5°C | 11.2°C | 93 mm | 190 |
| May | 21.9°C | 8.9°C | 15.4°C | 115 mm | 221 |
| June | 26.0°C | 12.4°C | 19.2°C | 103 mm | 258 |
| July | 28.5°C | 13.9°C | 21.2°C | 94 mm | 292 |
| August | 28.2°C | 13.7°C | 20.9°C | 89 mm | 263 |
| September | 23.2°C | 10.2°C | 16.7°C | 111 mm | 199 |
| October | 17.9°C | 7.1°C | 12.5°C | 117 mm | 140 |
| November | 11.2°C | 2.5°C | 6.9°C | 113 mm | 91 |
| December | 7.2°C | −0.4°C | 3.4°C | 94 mm | 78 |
| Year | 17.7°C | 6.0°C | 11.8°C | 1,166 mm | 2,108 |
Where La Tour-du-Pin’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Pont-de-Beauvoisin, 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, Grenoble-Saint-Geoirs, 25 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 Isère.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about La Tour-du-Pin’s climate
How warm does La Tour-du-Pin get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.5°C. About 92 days a year reach 25°C, more than 83% of mainland French towns, and about 36 reach 30°C.
How cold does La Tour-du-Pin get in winter?
January nights average −1.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 83 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does La Tour-du-Pin get?
About 1,166 mm a year, more than 95% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (117 mm) and February the driest (69 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Grenoble-Saint-Geoirs (25 km away), averages 2,108 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for La Tour-du-Pin itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to La Tour-du-Pin, Pont-de-Beauvoisin, 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 PONT-DE-BEAUVOISIN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for La Tour-du-Pin →
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