Hardly any mainland French towns see fresher July days than Les Déserts
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −5.0°C. Rain peaks in December and eases off in February. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than almost every mainland French town. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 143 nights a year below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Feclaz station, 2.6 km north-west.
A year in Les Déserts at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Feclaz station.
What a year in Les Déserts feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Feclaz.
About 1,652 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and February the driest. About 60 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 Chambery-Aix
A frosty town: 143 frosts and 8 days of 25°C a year
On about 143 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 35 days it stays below freezing all day. About 8 days a year reach 25°C, and under 1 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Feclaz: 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 Feclaz
Feclaz is 2.6 km north-west of Les Déserts. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Les Déserts itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Feclaz (73098003) |
| Distance from the town | 2.6 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 1,328 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 1,065 m |
| Period | 1993–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Chambery-Aix, 9.9 km away |
Les Déserts sits 263 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Les Déserts to run about 1.7°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 Les Déserts 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 Déserts | Feclaz | 19.5°C | −5.0°C | 1,652 mm |
| Saint-Alban-Leysse 6.4 km | Challes-les-Eaux | 28.1°C 8.6°C warmer | −1.8°C 3.2°C milder | 1,148 mm |
| Barby 6.6 km | Challes-les-Eaux | 28.1°C 8.6°C warmer | −1.8°C 3.2°C milder | 1,148 mm |
| Drumettaz-Clarafond 7.2 km | Chambery-Aix | 27.8°C 8.3°C warmer | −0.7°C 4.3°C milder | 1,204 mm |
| Bassens 7.5 km | Challes-les-Eaux | 28.1°C 8.6°C warmer | −1.8°C 3.2°C milder | 1,148 mm |
| La Ravoire 8.1 km | Challes-les-Eaux | 28.1°C 8.6°C warmer | −1.8°C 3.2°C milder | 1,148 mm |
| Barberaz 8.6 km | Challes-les-Eaux | 28.1°C 8.6°C warmer | −1.8°C 3.2°C milder | 1,148 mm |
Les Déserts weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Feclaz station; sunshine at Chambery-Aix.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C | −5.0°C | −1.3°C | 137 mm | 77 |
| February | 2.7°C | −5.3°C | −1.3°C | 116 mm | 102 |
| March | 5.8°C | −2.7°C | 1.5°C | 125 mm | 158 |
| April | 9.1°C | 0.3°C | 4.7°C | 128 mm | 176 |
| May | 13.3°C | 4.3°C | 8.8°C | 155 mm | 202 |
| June | 17.3°C | 7.9°C | 12.6°C | 138 mm | 236 |
| July | 19.5°C | 9.6°C | 14.6°C | 139 mm | 262 |
| August | 19.2°C | 9.7°C | 14.5°C | 137 mm | 237 |
| September | 15.1°C | 6.2°C | 10.7°C | 142 mm | 181 |
| October | 11.9°C | 3.4°C | 7.6°C | 138 mm | 124 |
| November | 6.3°C | −1.3°C | 2.5°C | 144 mm | 75 |
| December | 3.3°C | −4.1°C | −0.4°C | 155 mm | 66 |
| Year | 10.5°C | 1.9°C | 6.2°C | 1,652 mm | 1,895 |
Where Les Déserts’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Feclaz, 2.6 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1993–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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, Chambery-Aix, 9.9 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 Déserts’s climate
How warm does Les Déserts get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 19.5°C. About 8 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than almost every mainland French town, and about under 1 reach 30°C.
How cold does Les Déserts get in winter?
February nights average −5.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 143 nights a year, and about 35 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Les Déserts get?
About 1,652 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. December is the wettest month (155 mm) and February the driest (116 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chambery-Aix (9.9 km away), averages 1,895 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Les Déserts itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Les Déserts, Feclaz, 2.6 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 FECLAZ_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Les Déserts →
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.