Few mainland French towns have colder winter nights than Notre-Dame-du-Pré
Sunny July days climb to about 26.7°C. Temperatures cover 30°C across the year, low to high. Its yearly rainfall tops that of 87% of mainland French towns. Keep the boiler serviced for the months from November to March, which average under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Bourg-Saint-Maurice station, 18 km north-east.
A year in Notre-Dame-du-Pré at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Bourg-Saint-Maurice station.
What a year in Notre-Dame-du-Pré 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 18 km north-east of Notre-Dame-du-Pré. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Notre-Dame-du-Pré itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Bourg-Saint-Maurice (73054001) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 865 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 934 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 4.7 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 Notre-Dame-du-Pré 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre-Dame-du-Pré | Bourg-Saint-Maurice | 26.7°C | −3.2°C | 976 mm |
| Moûtiers 4.9 km | Moûtiers | 28.4°C 1.7°C warmer | −1.9°C 1.3°C milder | 930 mm |
| Aime-la-Plagne 6.1 km | same station | 26.7°C about the same | −3.2°C about the same | 976 mm |
| Grand-Aigueblanche 6.4 km | Moûtiers | 28.4°C 1.7°C warmer | −1.9°C 1.3°C milder | 930 mm |
| La Léchère 9.1 km | Moûtiers | 28.4°C 1.7°C warmer | −1.9°C 1.3°C milder | 930 mm |
| La Plagne Tarentaise 9.5 km | same station | 26.7°C about the same | −3.2°C about the same | 976 mm |
| Les Belleville 16 km | Saint-Martin de Belleville | 21.1°C 5.6°C cooler | −5.9°C 2.7°C colder | 926 mm |
Notre-Dame-du-Pré 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 Notre-Dame-du-Pré’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, 18 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 Notre-Dame-du-Pré’s climate
How warm does Notre-Dame-du-Pré 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 Notre-Dame-du-Pré 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 Notre-Dame-du-Pré 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 (18 km away), averages 2,009 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Notre-Dame-du-Pré itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Notre-Dame-du-Pré, Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 18 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 Notre-Dame-du-Pré →
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