Hardly any mainland French towns see harsher January nights than Le Freney-d'Oisans
Midsummer highs settle at about 26.1°C. Its yearly rainfall tops that of 93% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month, July the driest. Frost greets about 116 mornings a year, so leave time to clear the car.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Saint-Firmin station, 30 km south; at that distance they describe the area more than the town.
A year in Le Freney-d'Oisans at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saint-Firmin station.
What a year in Le Freney-d'Oisans feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Firmin.
About 1,120 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 38 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 43rd wettest of 110 towns of 2,500+ in Isère.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Villar-Saint-Pancrace
A frosty town: 116 frosts and 63 days of 25°C a year
On about 116 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 11 days it stays below freezing all day. About 63 days a year reach 25°C, and 20 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Firmin: 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 Saint-Firmin
Saint-Firmin is 30 km south of Le Freney-d'Oisans. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Le Freney-d'Oisans itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saint-Firmin (05142001) |
| Distance from the town | 30 km south |
| Station altitude | 935 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 930 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 4.4 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Villar-Saint-Pancrace, 45 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 Le Freney-d'Oisans 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Freney-d'Oisans | Saint-Firmin | 26.1°C | −3.7°C | 1,120 mm |
| Le Bourg-d'Oisans 7.4 km | Saint-Michel Maur | 27.4°C 1.3°C warmer | −2.8°C 0.9°C milder | 754 mm |
| Saint-Martin-d'Uriage 25 km | Monestier | 25.0°C 1.1°C cooler | −2.1°C 1.6°C milder | 1,063 mm |
| Vaulnaveys-le-Haut 25 km | Saint-Pierre-de-Soucy | 27.7°C 1.6°C warmer | −1.8°C 1.9°C milder | 1,122 mm |
| Vizille 28 km | Chatte | 28.3°C 2.2°C warmer | −0.5°C 3.2°C milder | 968 mm |
| Le Versoud 28 km | Pont-de-Beauvoisin | 28.5°C 2.4°C warmer | −1.2°C 2.5°C milder | 1,166 mm |
| Villard-Bonnot 29 km | Pont-de-Beauvoisin | 28.5°C 2.4°C warmer | −1.2°C 2.5°C milder | 1,166 mm |
Le Freney-d'Oisans weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saint-Firmin station; sunshine at Villar-Saint-Pancrace.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C | −3.7°C | 0.9°C | 97 mm | 126 |
| February | 7.1°C | −3.9°C | 1.6°C | 70 mm | 131 |
| March | 11.5°C | −0.6°C | 5.4°C | 81 mm | 165 |
| April | 14.9°C | 2.3°C | 8.6°C | 92 mm | 193 |
| May | 19.1°C | 6.1°C | 12.6°C | 95 mm | 217 |
| June | 23.3°C | 9.6°C | 16.5°C | 77 mm | 245 |
| July | 26.1°C | 11.6°C | 18.8°C | 61 mm | 270 |
| August | 26.1°C | 11.4°C | 18.8°C | 63 mm | 250 |
| September | 21.1°C | 8.2°C | 14.6°C | 89 mm | 179 |
| October | 16.2°C | 5.0°C | 10.6°C | 131 mm | 139 |
| November | 9.8°C | 0.5°C | 5.2°C | 150 mm | 112 |
| December | 5.9°C | −2.8°C | 1.6°C | 116 mm | 109 |
| Year | 15.6°C | 3.6°C | 9.6°C | 1,120 mm | 2,135 |
Where Le Freney-d'Oisans’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saint-Firmin, 30 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, Villar-Saint-Pancrace, 45 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 Le Freney-d'Oisans’s climate
How warm does Le Freney-d'Oisans get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.1°C. About 63 days a year reach 25°C, more than 54% of mainland French towns, and about 20 reach 30°C.
How cold does Le Freney-d'Oisans get in winter?
February nights average −3.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 116 nights a year, and about 11 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Le Freney-d'Oisans get?
About 1,120 mm a year, more than 93% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (150 mm) and July the driest (61 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Villar-Saint-Pancrace (45 km away), averages 2,135 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Le Freney-d'Oisans itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Le Freney-d'Oisans, Saint-Firmin, 30 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 ST FIRMIN, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Le Freney-d'Oisans →
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