Saint-Marcel has some of the coldest winter nights among mainland French towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 28.4°C. The rainiest month is December; the driest is April. In July, afternoons here are warmer than in 85% of mainland French towns. Central heating does most of its work from November to March, in months below 10°C on average.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Moûtiers station, 2.7 km south-west.
A year in Saint-Marcel at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Moûtiers station.
What a year in Saint-Marcel feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Moûtiers.
About 930 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 33 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 32nd 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: 76 frosts and 93 days of 25°C a year
On about 76 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 6 days it stays below freezing all day. About 93 days a year reach 25°C, and 36 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Moûtiers: 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 Moûtiers
Moûtiers is 2.7 km south-west of Saint-Marcel. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Marcel itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Moûtiers (73181001) |
| Distance from the town | 2.7 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 480 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 514 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 20 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 Saint-Marcel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Marcel | Moûtiers | 28.4°C | −1.9°C | 930 mm |
| Moûtiers 2.9 km | same station | 28.4°C about the same | −1.9°C about the same | 930 mm |
| Grand-Aigueblanche 4.7 km | same station | 28.4°C about the same | −1.9°C about the same | 930 mm |
| La Léchère 7.9 km | same station | 28.4°C about the same | −1.9°C about the same | 930 mm |
| Aime-la-Plagne 8.1 km | Bourg-Saint-Maurice | 26.7°C 1.7°C cooler | −3.2°C 1.3°C colder | 976 mm |
| La Plagne Tarentaise 12 km | Bourg-Saint-Maurice | 26.7°C 1.7°C cooler | −3.2°C 1.3°C colder | 976 mm |
| Les Belleville 14 km | Saint-Martin de Belleville | 21.1°C 7.3°C cooler | −5.9°C 4°C colder | 926 mm |
Saint-Marcel weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Moûtiers station; sunshine at Bourg-Saint-Maurice.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C | −1.9°C | 1.6°C | 97 mm | 110 |
| February | 8.4°C | −1.1°C | 3.6°C | 71 mm | 122 |
| March | 14.2°C | 2.6°C | 8.4°C | 73 mm | 170 |
| April | 18.5°C | 5.9°C | 12.2°C | 59 mm | 176 |
| May | 22.3°C | 9.8°C | 16.1°C | 79 mm | 200 |
| June | 26.1°C | 13.2°C | 19.7°C | 75 mm | 226 |
| July | 28.4°C | 15.0°C | 21.7°C | 77 mm | 249 |
| August | 28.0°C | 14.8°C | 21.4°C | 74 mm | 232 |
| September | 23.0°C | 11.3°C | 17.1°C | 65 mm | 189 |
| October | 17.5°C | 7.3°C | 12.4°C | 75 mm | 143 |
| November | 10.3°C | 2.4°C | 6.4°C | 80 mm | 99 |
| December | 4.9°C | −1.0°C | 1.9°C | 107 mm | 94 |
| Year | 17.2°C | 6.5°C | 11.9°C | 930 mm | 2,009 |
Where Saint-Marcel’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Moûtiers, 2.7 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, 20 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 Saint-Marcel’s climate
How warm does Saint-Marcel get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.4°C. About 93 days a year reach 25°C, more than 84% of mainland French towns, and about 36 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Marcel get in winter?
January nights average −1.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 76 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Marcel get?
About 930 mm a year, more than 82% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (107 mm) and April the driest (59 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Bourg-Saint-Maurice (20 km away), averages 2,009 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Marcel itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Marcel, Moûtiers, 2.7 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 MOUTIERS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Marcel →
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