Few mainland French towns get more frosts than Presles
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 23.7°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 29°C apart. Its yearly rainfall tops that of 97% of mainland French towns. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Villard-de-Lans station, 14 km east.
A year in Presles at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Villard-de-Lans station.
What a year in Presles feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Villard-de-Lans.
About 1,270 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and February the driest. About 45 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 5th 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: 136 frosts and 38 days of 25°C a year
On about 136 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 20 days it stays below freezing all day. About 38 days a year reach 25°C, and 5 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Villard-de-Lans: 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 Villard-de-Lans
Villard-de-Lans is 14 km east of Presles. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Presles itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Villard-de-Lans (38548001) |
| Distance from the town | 14 km east |
| Station altitude | 1,027 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 954 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 7.8 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Grenoble-Saint-Geoirs, 30 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 Presles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presles | Villard-de-Lans | 23.7°C | −4.8°C | 1,270 mm |
| Saint-Marcellin 7.8 km | Chatte | 28.3°C 4.6°C warmer | −0.5°C 4.3°C milder | 968 mm |
| Chatte 9.5 km | Chatte | 28.3°C 4.6°C warmer | −0.5°C 4.3°C milder | 968 mm |
| Saint-Jean-en-Royans 12 km | Saint-Jean-en-Roya | 28.5°C 4.8°C warmer | −0.1°C 4.7°C milder | 1,136 mm |
| Vinay 12 km | Chatte | 28.3°C 4.6°C warmer | −0.5°C 4.3°C milder | 968 mm |
| Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors 13 km | same station | 23.7°C about the same | −4.8°C about the same | 1,270 mm |
| Villard-de-Lans 14 km | same station | 23.7°C about the same | −4.8°C about the same | 1,270 mm |
Presles weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Villard-de-Lans station; sunshine at Grenoble-Saint-Geoirs.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.3°C | −4.8°C | −0.3°C | 101 mm | 91 |
| February | 5.4°C | −4.9°C | 0.3°C | 77 mm | 112 |
| March | 9.5°C | −1.9°C | 3.8°C | 91 mm | 173 |
| April | 12.6°C | 1.1°C | 6.8°C | 110 mm | 190 |
| May | 16.8°C | 4.9°C | 10.8°C | 117 mm | 221 |
| June | 20.9°C | 8.1°C | 14.5°C | 95 mm | 258 |
| July | 23.7°C | 9.7°C | 16.7°C | 94 mm | 292 |
| August | 23.4°C | 9.5°C | 16.5°C | 95 mm | 263 |
| September | 18.8°C | 6.3°C | 12.6°C | 121 mm | 199 |
| October | 15.0°C | 3.7°C | 9.3°C | 120 mm | 140 |
| November | 8.6°C | −0.6°C | 4.0°C | 138 mm | 91 |
| December | 4.7°C | −3.8°C | 0.5°C | 112 mm | 78 |
| Year | 13.6°C | 2.3°C | 8.0°C | 1,270 mm | 2,108 |
Where Presles’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Villard-de-Lans, 14 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, 30 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 Presles’s climate
How warm does Presles get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.7°C. About 38 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 82% of mainland French towns, and about 5 reach 30°C.
How cold does Presles get in winter?
February nights average −4.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 136 nights a year, and about 20 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Presles get?
About 1,270 mm a year, more than 97% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (138 mm) and February the driest (77 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Grenoble-Saint-Geoirs (30 km away), averages 2,108 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Presles itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Presles, Villard-de-Lans, 14 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 VILLARD-DE-LANS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Presles →
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.