La Giettaz sits near the top of mainland French towns for rain, with 1,702 mm a year
Midwinter brings lows of about −4.3°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in almost every mainland French town. Expect the heaviest rain in December and the lightest in July. Garden chairs stay out from June to August, the months with highs of 20–22°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s La Clusaz station, 6 km west.
A year in La Giettaz at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the La Clusaz station.
What a year in La Giettaz feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at La Clusaz.
About 1,702 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 63 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 37 towns of 2,500+ in Savoie.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Meythet
A frosty town: 123 frosts and 25 days of 25°C a year
On about 123 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 29 days it stays below freezing all day. About 25 days a year reach 25°C, and 2 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at La Clusaz: 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 La Clusaz
La Clusaz is 6 km west of La Giettaz. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in La Giettaz itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | La Clusaz (74080002) |
| Distance from the town | 6 km west |
| Station altitude | 1,180 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 1,217 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Meythet, 32 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 Giettaz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Giettaz | La Clusaz | 22.1°C | −4.3°C | 1,702 mm |
| Megève 9.1 km | Megève | 23.1°C 1°C warmer | −5.4°C 1.1°C colder | 1,513 mm |
| Sallanches 13 km | Sallanches | 27.0°C 4.9°C warmer | −3.0°C 1.3°C milder | 1,099 mm |
| Thônes 14 km | Thônes | 26.5°C 4.4°C warmer | −2.8°C 1.5°C milder | 1,774 mm |
| Ugine 14 km | Ugine | 26.4°C 4.3°C warmer | −0.8°C 3.5°C milder | 1,399 mm |
| Saint-Gervais-les-Bains 16 km | Servoz | 26.0°C 3.9°C warmer | −4.1°C about the same | 1,446 mm |
| Passy 17 km | Sallanches | 27.0°C 4.9°C warmer | −3.0°C 1.3°C milder | 1,099 mm |
La Giettaz weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the La Clusaz station; sunshine at Meythet.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.3°C | −4.3°C | −1.0°C | 160 mm | 88 |
| February | 3.5°C | −4.3°C | −0.4°C | 132 mm | 113 |
| March | 7.4°C | −1.4°C | 3.0°C | 138 mm | 174 |
| April | 11.3°C | 1.6°C | 6.4°C | 129 mm | 191 |
| May | 15.7°C | 5.7°C | 10.7°C | 142 mm | 220 |
| June | 19.9°C | 9.0°C | 14.5°C | 136 mm | 256 |
| July | 22.1°C | 10.8°C | 16.5°C | 126 mm | 274 |
| August | 21.8°C | 10.8°C | 16.3°C | 136 mm | 249 |
| September | 17.3°C | 7.4°C | 12.3°C | 129 mm | 195 |
| October | 13.0°C | 4.2°C | 8.6°C | 135 mm | 141 |
| November | 6.8°C | −0.3°C | 3.3°C | 151 mm | 91 |
| December | 2.6°C | −3.3°C | −0.3°C | 188 mm | 78 |
| Year | 12.0°C | 3.0°C | 7.5°C | 1,702 mm | 2,069 |
Where La Giettaz’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for La Clusaz, 6 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, Meythet, 32 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 La Giettaz’s climate
How warm does La Giettaz get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22.1°C. About 25 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 93% of mainland French towns, and about 2 reach 30°C.
How cold does La Giettaz get in winter?
January nights average −4.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 123 nights a year, and about 29 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does La Giettaz get?
About 1,702 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. December is the wettest month (188 mm) and July the driest (126 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Meythet (32 km away), averages 2,069 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for La Giettaz itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to La Giettaz, La Clusaz, 6 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 CLUSAZ (LA), edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for La Giettaz →
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