Few mainland French towns get more rain than La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères: 1,513 mm a year
Deep winter brings January lows near −1.4°C. Frost is common: about 83 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 96% of mainland French towns. The rainiest month is December; the driest is April. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to September, with highs of 20–25°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Fougerolles station, 39 km south-west: at that distance, read them as the area’s climate rather than the town’s.
A year in La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Fougerolles station.
What a year in La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Fougerolles.
About 1,513 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 56 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 12th wettest of 30 towns of 2,500+ in Vosges.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Epinal
A frosty town: 83 frosts and 53 days of 25°C a year
On about 83 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 12 days it stays below freezing all day. About 53 days a year reach 25°C, and 11 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Fougerolles: 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 Fougerolles
Fougerolles is 39 km south-west of La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Fougerolles (70245001) |
| Distance from the town | 39 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 473 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 493 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 13 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Epinal, 25 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 La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères 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 Vosges.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères | Fougerolles | 24.6°C | −1.4°C | 1,513 mm |
| Granges-Aumontzey 3.8 km | same station | 24.6°C about the same | −1.4°C about the same | 1,513 mm |
| Bruyères 6.2 km | Epinal | 25.1°C 0.5°C warmer | −0.9°C about the same | 907 mm |
| Anould 11 km | Bergheim-Inrae | 25.4°C 0.8°C warmer | −0.3°C 1.1°C milder | 664 mm |
| Gérardmer 14 km | Trois-Epis | 22.9°C 1.7°C cooler | −1.1°C about the same | 805 mm |
| Fraize 16 km | Trois-Epis | 22.9°C 1.7°C cooler | −1.1°C about the same | 805 mm |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 16 km | Badonviller | 25.3°C 0.7°C warmer | −1.3°C about the same | 1,066 mm |
La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Fougerolles station; sunshine at Epinal.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.9°C | −1.4°C | 1.7°C | 149 mm | 63 |
| February | 6.5°C | −1.3°C | 2.6°C | 121 mm | 87 |
| March | 11.0°C | 1.4°C | 6.2°C | 121 mm | 143 |
| April | 15.2°C | 4.1°C | 9.6°C | 93 mm | 178 |
| May | 19.0°C | 7.9°C | 13.5°C | 126 mm | 207 |
| June | 22.6°C | 11.2°C | 16.9°C | 108 mm | 225 |
| July | 24.6°C | 13.0°C | 18.8°C | 110 mm | 238 |
| August | 24.5°C | 12.9°C | 18.7°C | 108 mm | 221 |
| September | 20.1°C | 9.4°C | 14.8°C | 112 mm | 171 |
| October | 15.1°C | 6.4°C | 10.8°C | 136 mm | 113 |
| November | 9.2°C | 2.3°C | 5.7°C | 156 mm | 64 |
| December | 5.5°C | −0.4°C | 2.5°C | 174 mm | 54 |
| Year | 14.8°C | 5.5°C | 10.2°C | 1,513 mm | 1,760 |
Where La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Fougerolles, 39 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, Epinal, 25 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 Vosges.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères’s climate
How warm does La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.6°C. About 53 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 64% of mainland French towns, and about 11 reach 30°C.
How cold does La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères get in winter?
January nights average −1.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 83 nights a year, and about 12 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères get?
About 1,513 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. December is the wettest month (174 mm) and April the driest (93 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Epinal (25 km away), averages 1,760 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères, Fougerolles, 39 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 FOUGEROLLES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères →
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