Hardly any mainland French towns wake to more frost than Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 20.2°C. By warm days alone, it ranks cooler than almost every mainland French town. Only 26°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. If you like long walks, July and August offer highs of 20°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Albiez station, 8.4 km east.
A year in Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Albiez station.
What a year in Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Albiez.
About 956 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and February 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 Villar-Saint-Pancrace
A frosty town: 140 frosts and 9 days of 25°C a year
On about 140 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 26 days it stays below freezing all day. About 9 days a year reach 25°C, and under 1 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Albiez: 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 Albiez
Albiez is 8.4 km east of Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Albiez (73013001) |
| Distance from the town | 8.4 km east |
| Station altitude | 1,540 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 1,498 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Villar-Saint-Pancrace, 49 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-Sorlin-d'Arves 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves | Albiez | 20.2°C | −5.1°C | 956 mm |
| Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne 11 km | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne | 27.4°C 7.2°C warmer | −1.9°C 3.2°C milder | 911 mm |
| Crêts en Belledonne 23 km | Sainte-Marie Cuines | 28.4°C 8.2°C warmer | −2.2°C 2.9°C milder | 856 mm |
| Allevard 23 km | Sainte-Marie Cuines | 28.4°C 8.2°C warmer | −2.2°C 2.9°C milder | 856 mm |
| Le Bourg-d'Oisans 24 km | Saint-Michel Maur | 27.4°C 7.2°C warmer | −2.8°C 2.3°C milder | 754 mm |
| Froges 25 km | Saint-Pierre-de-Soucy | 27.7°C 7.5°C warmer | −1.8°C 3.3°C milder | 1,122 mm |
| Villard-Bonnot 27 km | Pont-de-Beauvoisin | 28.5°C 8.3°C warmer | −1.2°C 3.9°C milder | 1,166 mm |
Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Albiez station; sunshine at Villar-Saint-Pancrace.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1°C | −5.1°C | −1.0°C | 86 mm | 126 |
| February | 4.0°C | −5.4°C | −0.7°C | 66 mm | 131 |
| March | 7.4°C | −2.6°C | 2.4°C | 69 mm | 165 |
| April | 10.1°C | 0.8°C | 5.4°C | 71 mm | 193 |
| May | 14.0°C | 4.6°C | 9.3°C | 91 mm | 217 |
| June | 17.9°C | 7.7°C | 12.8°C | 76 mm | 245 |
| July | 20.2°C | 9.6°C | 14.9°C | 72 mm | 270 |
| August | 19.7°C | 9.9°C | 14.8°C | 77 mm | 250 |
| September | 15.4°C | 6.5°C | 11.0°C | 73 mm | 179 |
| October | 12.1°C | 3.5°C | 7.8°C | 81 mm | 139 |
| November | 6.8°C | −1.1°C | 2.8°C | 97 mm | 112 |
| December | 3.5°C | −4.0°C | −0.3°C | 95 mm | 109 |
| Year | 11.2°C | 2.0°C | 6.6°C | 956 mm | 2,135 |
Where Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Albiez, 8.4 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1992–2020, 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, Villar-Saint-Pancrace, 49 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-Sorlin-d'Arves’s climate
How warm does Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20.2°C. About 9 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than almost every mainland French town, and about under 1 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves get in winter?
February nights average −5.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 140 nights a year, and about 26 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves get?
About 956 mm a year, more than 84% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (97 mm) and February the driest (66 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Villar-Saint-Pancrace (49 km away), averages 2,135 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves, Albiez, 8.4 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 ALBIEZ, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves →
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