Le Valtin has colder winter nights than 94% of mainland French towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 22.9°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 92% of mainland French towns. Only 24°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from November to April, when means dip under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Trois-Epis station, 16 km east.
A year in Le Valtin at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Trois-Epis station.
What a year in Le Valtin feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Trois-Epis.
About 805 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and April the driest. About 24 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 28th wettest of 30 towns of 2,500+ in Vosges.
Rain by month
Millimeters
A frosty town: 71 frosts and 31 days of 25°C a year
On about 71 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 21 days it stays below freezing all day. About 31 days a year reach 25°C, and 5 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Trois-Epis: 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 Trois-Epis
Trois-Epis is 16 km east of Le Valtin. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Le Valtin itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Trois-Epis (68338001) |
| Distance from the town | 16 km east |
| Station altitude | 656 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 783 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 9.1 km |
Le Valtin sits 127 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Le Valtin to run about 0.8°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 Le Valtin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Valtin | Trois-Epis | 22.9°C | −1.1°C | 805 mm |
| Fraize 10 km | same station | 22.9°C about the same | −1.1°C about the same | 805 mm |
| Orbey 10 km | same station | 22.9°C about the same | −1.1°C about the same | 805 mm |
| Munster 11 km | Rouffach - Sa | 26.0°C 3.1°C warmer | −0.2°C 0.9°C milder | 622 mm |
| Gérardmer 11 km | same station | 22.9°C about the same | −1.1°C about the same | 805 mm |
| Anould 12 km | Bergheim-Inrae | 25.4°C 2.5°C warmer | −0.3°C 0.8°C milder | 664 mm |
| La Bresse 14 km | Sewen - Lac Alfeld | 23.8°C 0.9°C warmer | −1.1°C about the same | 2,282 mm |
Le Valtin weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Trois-Epis station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C | −1.1°C | 1.4°C | 68 mm |
| February | 4.8°C | −0.7°C | 2.1°C | 57 mm |
| March | 8.7°C | 2.1°C | 5.4°C | 55 mm |
| April | 13.1°C | 5.4°C | 9.2°C | 53 mm |
| May | 17.1°C | 9.2°C | 13.2°C | 82 mm |
| June | 20.9°C | 12.6°C | 16.8°C | 74 mm |
| July | 22.9°C | 14.7°C | 18.8°C | 73 mm |
| August | 22.7°C | 14.7°C | 18.7°C | 69 mm |
| September | 18.1°C | 10.9°C | 14.5°C | 60 mm |
| October | 13.1°C | 7.2°C | 10.2°C | 74 mm |
| November | 7.8°C | 2.7°C | 5.3°C | 61 mm |
| December | 4.7°C | 0.0°C | 2.3°C | 79 mm |
| Year | 13.2°C | 6.5°C | 9.8°C | 805 mm |
Where Le Valtin’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Trois-Epis, 16 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.
- 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 Le Valtin’s climate
How warm does Le Valtin get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22.9°C. About 31 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 90% of mainland French towns, and about 5 reach 30°C.
How cold does Le Valtin get in winter?
January nights average −1.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 71 nights a year, and about 21 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Le Valtin get?
About 805 mm a year, more than 61% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (82 mm) and April the driest (53 mm).
Are these figures for Le Valtin itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Le Valtin, Trois-Epis, 16 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 TROIS-EPIS_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Le Valtin →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.