Beaufort has some of the coldest winter nights among mainland French towns
Sunny July days climb to about 23.0°C. By rainfall alone, it ranks wetter than 98% of mainland French towns. The rainiest month is December; the driest is April. Windscreens need scraping on about 102 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Beaufort-sur-Doron station, 1.9 km south.
A year in Beaufort at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Beaufort-sur-Doron station.
What a year in Beaufort feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Beaufort-sur-Doron.
About 1,384 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 51 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd wettest of 37 towns of 2,500+ in Savoie.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Bourg-Saint-Maurice
A frosty town: 102 frosts and 31 days of 25°C a year
On about 102 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 17 days it stays below freezing all day. About 31 days a year reach 25°C, and 3 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Beaufort-sur-Doron: 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 Beaufort-sur-Doron
Beaufort-sur-Doron is 1.9 km south of Beaufort. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Beaufort itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Beaufort-sur-Doron (73034002) |
| Distance from the town | 1.9 km south |
| Station altitude | 1,036 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 899 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 18 km away |
Beaufort sits 137 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Beaufort to run about 0.9°C warmer 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 Beaufort 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 Savoie.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaufort | Beaufort-sur-Doron | 23.0°C | −3.1°C | 1,384 mm |
| Ugine 13 km | Ugine | 26.4°C 3.4°C warmer | −0.8°C 2.3°C milder | 1,399 mm |
| Albertville 15 km | Gilly-sur-Isère | 27.5°C 4.5°C warmer | −2.8°C about the same | 1,354 mm |
| Megève 17 km | Megève | 23.1°C about the same | −5.4°C 2.3°C colder | 1,513 mm |
| Gilly-sur-Isère 18 km | Gilly-sur-Isère | 27.5°C 4.5°C warmer | −2.8°C about the same | 1,354 mm |
| Mercury 18 km | Gilly-sur-Isère | 27.5°C 4.5°C warmer | −2.8°C about the same | 1,354 mm |
| Aime-la-Plagne 18 km | Bourg-Saint-Maurice | 26.7°C 3.7°C warmer | −3.2°C about the same | 976 mm |
Beaufort weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Beaufort-sur-Doron station; sunshine at Bourg-Saint-Maurice.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C | −3.1°C | 0.5°C | 126 mm | 110 |
| February | 5.2°C | −3.2°C | 1.0°C | 102 mm | 122 |
| March | 9.2°C | 0.0°C | 4.6°C | 106 mm | 170 |
| April | 13.0°C | 3.1°C | 8.1°C | 92 mm | 176 |
| May | 16.9°C | 6.9°C | 11.9°C | 123 mm | 200 |
| June | 20.8°C | 10.5°C | 15.7°C | 120 mm | 226 |
| July | 23.0°C | 12.4°C | 17.7°C | 122 mm | 249 |
| August | 22.6°C | 12.5°C | 17.5°C | 117 mm | 232 |
| September | 18.0°C | 9.0°C | 13.5°C | 106 mm | 189 |
| October | 13.8°C | 5.6°C | 9.7°C | 107 mm | 143 |
| November | 8.2°C | 1.0°C | 4.6°C | 115 mm | 99 |
| December | 4.4°C | −2.1°C | 1.2°C | 149 mm | 94 |
| Year | 13.3°C | 4.4°C | 8.8°C | 1,384 mm | 2,009 |
Where Beaufort’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Beaufort-sur-Doron, 1.9 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, Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 18 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 Savoie.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Beaufort’s climate
How warm does Beaufort get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.0°C. About 31 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 91% of mainland French towns, and about 3 reach 30°C.
How cold does Beaufort get in winter?
February nights average −3.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 102 nights a year, and about 17 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Beaufort get?
About 1,384 mm a year, more than 98% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (149 mm) and April the driest (92 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Bourg-Saint-Maurice (18 km away), averages 2,009 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Beaufort itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Beaufort, Beaufort-sur-Doron, 1.9 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 BEAUFORT-SUR-DORON, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Beaufort →
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