Few mainland French towns have colder winter nights than Hautecour
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 26.7°C. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 87% of mainland French towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 30°C apart. Long walks are most pleasant from June to September, when afternoons reach 22–27°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Bourg-Saint-Maurice station, 21 km north-east.
A year in Hautecour at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Bourg-Saint-Maurice station.
What a year in Hautecour feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bourg-Saint-Maurice.
About 976 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 34 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 29th 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: 99 frosts and 72 days of 25°C a year
On about 99 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 6 days it stays below freezing all day. About 72 days a year reach 25°C, and 22 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bourg-Saint-Maurice: 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 Bourg-Saint-Maurice
Bourg-Saint-Maurice is 21 km north-east of Hautecour. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Hautecour itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Bourg-Saint-Maurice (73054001) |
| Distance from the town | 21 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 865 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 902 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 2 km |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
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 Hautecour 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hautecour | Bourg-Saint-Maurice | 26.7°C | −3.2°C | 976 mm |
| Moûtiers 2.1 km | Moûtiers | 28.4°C 1.7°C warmer | −1.9°C 1.3°C milder | 930 mm |
| Grand-Aigueblanche 3.3 km | Moûtiers | 28.4°C 1.7°C warmer | −1.9°C 1.3°C milder | 930 mm |
| La Léchère 6.6 km | Moûtiers | 28.4°C 1.7°C warmer | −1.9°C 1.3°C milder | 930 mm |
| Aime-la-Plagne 9 km | same station | 26.7°C about the same | −3.2°C about the same | 976 mm |
| La Plagne Tarentaise 13 km | same station | 26.7°C about the same | −3.2°C about the same | 976 mm |
| Les Belleville 14 km | Saint-Martin de Belleville | 21.1°C 5.6°C cooler | −5.9°C 2.7°C colder | 926 mm |
Hautecour weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Bourg-Saint-Maurice station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.7°C | −3.2°C | 1.2°C | 101 mm | 110 |
| February | 7.8°C | −2.8°C | 2.5°C | 76 mm | 122 |
| March | 12.8°C | 0.7°C | 6.7°C | 74 mm | 170 |
| April | 16.2°C | 4.1°C | 10.1°C | 57 mm | 176 |
| May | 20.4°C | 7.9°C | 14.2°C | 83 mm | 200 |
| June | 24.5°C | 11.2°C | 17.8°C | 82 mm | 226 |
| July | 26.7°C | 12.9°C | 19.8°C | 81 mm | 249 |
| August | 26.4°C | 12.6°C | 19.5°C | 78 mm | 232 |
| September | 21.9°C | 9.3°C | 15.6°C | 68 mm | 189 |
| October | 16.9°C | 5.7°C | 11.3°C | 78 mm | 143 |
| November | 10.2°C | 1.1°C | 5.6°C | 84 mm | 99 |
| December | 5.7°C | −2.2°C | 1.7°C | 114 mm | 94 |
| Year | 16.3°C | 4.8°C | 10.5°C | 976 mm | 2,009 |
Where Hautecour’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 21 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, 21 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 Hautecour’s climate
How warm does Hautecour get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.7°C. About 72 days a year reach 25°C, more than 66% of mainland French towns, and about 22 reach 30°C.
How cold does Hautecour get in winter?
January nights average −3.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 99 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Hautecour get?
About 976 mm a year, more than 87% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (114 mm) and April the driest (57 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Bourg-Saint-Maurice (21 km away), averages 2,009 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Hautecour itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Hautecour, Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 21 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 BOURG ST MAURICE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Hautecour →
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.