Hardly any mainland French towns collect more rain than Villard-sur-Doron: 1,399 mm a year
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 26.4°C. A year here swings 27°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 93% of mainland French towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 123 times a year.
Figures from Météo-France’s Ugine station, 8.9 km north-west.
A year in Villard-sur-Doron at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Ugine station.
What a year in Villard-sur-Doron feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ugine.
About 1,399 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and September the driest. About 52 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 Bourg-Saint-Maurice
A frosty town: 62 frosts and 69 days of 25°C a year
On about 62 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 69 days a year reach 25°C, and 19 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ugine: 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 Ugine
Ugine is 8.9 km north-west of Villard-sur-Doron. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Villard-sur-Doron itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Ugine (73303005) |
| Distance from the town | 8.9 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 539 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 749 m |
| Period | 1997–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 3.1 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 22 km away |
Villard-sur-Doron sits 210 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Villard-sur-Doron to run about 1.4°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 Villard-sur-Doron 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villard-sur-Doron | Ugine | 26.4°C | −0.8°C | 1,399 mm |
| Ugine 9 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | −0.8°C about the same | 1,399 mm |
| Albertville 13 km | Gilly-sur-Isère | 27.5°C 1.1°C warmer | −2.8°C 2°C colder | 1,354 mm |
| Mercury 15 km | Gilly-sur-Isère | 27.5°C 1.1°C warmer | −2.8°C 2°C colder | 1,354 mm |
| Gilly-sur-Isère 15 km | Gilly-sur-Isère | 27.5°C 1.1°C warmer | −2.8°C 2°C colder | 1,354 mm |
| Megève 16 km | Megève | 23.1°C 3.3°C cooler | −5.4°C 4.6°C colder | 1,513 mm |
| Faverges-Seythenex 18 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | −0.8°C about the same | 1,399 mm |
Villard-sur-Doron weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Ugine station; sunshine at Bourg-Saint-Maurice.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C | −0.8°C | 2.4°C | 143 mm | 110 |
| February | 7.7°C | −0.3°C | 3.7°C | 109 mm | 122 |
| March | 12.6°C | 2.9°C | 7.7°C | 122 mm | 170 |
| April | 16.7°C | 6.0°C | 11.3°C | 102 mm | 176 |
| May | 20.3°C | 9.6°C | 15.0°C | 116 mm | 200 |
| June | 24.5°C | 13.3°C | 18.9°C | 109 mm | 226 |
| July | 26.4°C | 14.9°C | 20.7°C | 111 mm | 249 |
| August | 26.0°C | 14.8°C | 20.4°C | 115 mm | 232 |
| September | 21.8°C | 11.5°C | 16.7°C | 93 mm | 189 |
| October | 16.8°C | 8.0°C | 12.4°C | 106 mm | 143 |
| November | 10.2°C | 3.1°C | 6.6°C | 119 mm | 99 |
| December | 6.1°C | −0.1°C | 3.0°C | 154 mm | 94 |
| Year | 16.2°C | 6.9°C | 11.6°C | 1,399 mm | 2,009 |
Where Villard-sur-Doron’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Ugine, 8.9 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1997–2020, 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, Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 22 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 Villard-sur-Doron’s climate
How warm does Villard-sur-Doron get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.4°C. About 69 days a year reach 25°C, more than 62% of mainland French towns, and about 19 reach 30°C.
How cold does Villard-sur-Doron get in winter?
January nights average −0.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 62 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Villard-sur-Doron get?
About 1,399 mm a year, more than 98% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (154 mm) and September the driest (93 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Bourg-Saint-Maurice (22 km away), averages 2,009 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Villard-sur-Doron itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Villard-sur-Doron, Ugine, 8.9 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 UGINE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Villard-sur-Doron →
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