Photo: Florian Pépellin · CC BY-SA 4.0Few mainland French towns have colder winter nights than Les Belleville
Expect July afternoons of about 21.1°C. None of the 37 towns of 2,500+ in Savoie has cooler July afternoons. Temperatures cover 27°C across the year, low to high. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 152 nights a year below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Saint-Martin de Belleville station, 0.9 km south-west.
A year in Les Belleville at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Saint-Martin de Belleville station.
What a year in Les Belleville feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Martin de Belleville.
About 926 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 33 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 35th 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: 152 frosts and 16 days of 25°C a year
On about 152 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 27 days it stays below freezing all day. About 16 days a year reach 25°C, and under 1 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Saint-Martin de Belleville: 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-Martin de Belleville
Saint-Martin de Belleville is 0.9 km south-west of Les Belleville. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Les Belleville itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Saint-Martin de Belleville (73257001) |
| Distance from the town | 0.9 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 1,443 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 1,607 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 33 km away |
Les Belleville sits 164 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Les Belleville to run about 1.1°C cooler 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 Les Belleville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Belleville | Saint-Martin de Belleville | 21.1°C | −5.9°C | 926 mm |
| Moûtiers 12 km | Moûtiers | 28.4°C 7.3°C warmer | −1.9°C 4°C milder | 930 mm |
| Grand-Aigueblanche 15 km | Moûtiers | 28.4°C 7.3°C warmer | −1.9°C 4°C milder | 930 mm |
| Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne 17 km | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne | 27.4°C 6.3°C warmer | −1.9°C 4°C milder | 911 mm |
| La Léchère 18 km | Moûtiers | 28.4°C 7.3°C warmer | −1.9°C 4°C milder | 930 mm |
| Aime-la-Plagne 22 km | Bourg-Saint-Maurice | 26.7°C 5.6°C warmer | −3.2°C 2.7°C milder | 976 mm |
| Modane 23 km | Avrieux | 24.5°C 3.4°C warmer | −4.7°C 1.2°C milder | 600 mm |
Les Belleville weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Saint-Martin de Belleville station; sunshine at Bourg-Saint-Maurice.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.3°C | −5.9°C | −1.3°C | 78 mm | 110 |
| February | 4.0°C | −5.9°C | −1.0°C | 62 mm | 122 |
| March | 7.3°C | −2.8°C | 2.2°C | 60 mm | 170 |
| April | 10.5°C | 0.2°C | 5.3°C | 58 mm | 176 |
| May | 14.6°C | 3.9°C | 9.3°C | 87 mm | 200 |
| June | 18.7°C | 7.2°C | 13.0°C | 84 mm | 226 |
| July | 21.1°C | 9.1°C | 15.1°C | 85 mm | 249 |
| August | 20.6°C | 9.1°C | 14.9°C | 88 mm | 232 |
| September | 16.3°C | 5.8°C | 11.1°C | 72 mm | 189 |
| October | 12.4°C | 2.6°C | 7.5°C | 77 mm | 143 |
| November | 6.9°C | −1.9°C | 2.5°C | 78 mm | 99 |
| December | 3.8°C | −4.9°C | −0.5°C | 98 mm | 94 |
| Year | 11.6°C | 1.4°C | 6.5°C | 926 mm | 2,009 |
Where Les Belleville’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Saint-Martin de Belleville, 0.9 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, 33 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 Les Belleville’s climate
How warm does Les Belleville get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21.1°C. About 16 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 97% of mainland French towns, and about under 1 reach 30°C.
How cold does Les Belleville get in winter?
January nights average −5.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 152 nights a year, and about 27 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Les Belleville get?
About 926 mm a year, more than 81% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (98 mm) and April the driest (58 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Bourg-Saint-Maurice (33 km away), averages 2,009 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Les Belleville itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Les Belleville, Saint-Martin de Belleville, 0.9 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 ST-MARTIN DE BELLEVILLE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Les Belleville →
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.