Bourg-Saint-Maurice climate — normals and trends
Bourg-Saint-Maurice (France) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 0.1 °C and it receives 1,286 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (10.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-9.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Bourg-Saint-Maurice averages 240 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 165 rainy days per year.
Bourg-Saint-Maurice has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 264 to 216 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 25.5 °C (on 13 August 2025) and the coldest -33.0 °C (on 7 January 1985).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Bourg-Saint-MauriceRhône-Alpes
- coords
- 45.61°, 6.77°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
0.1°C
Average daily high
4.3°C
Average daily low
-4.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,286mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
7.5km/h
Seasonal range
20.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
240 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
165 d/yr
Annual snowfall
597.2 cm
Average feels-like high
1.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-7.3 °C
Average peak gust
39.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
25.5 °C
13 August 2025
Coldest day
-33.0 °C
7 January 1985
Wettest day
93 mm
14 February 1990
Windiest day
22.0 km/h
5 January 2012
Strongest gust
169.9 km/h
27 February 1990
Hottest feels-like
25.4 °C
13 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-37.8 °C
7 January 1985
Snowiest day
65.1 cm
14 February 1990
Sunniest day
15.0 h
27 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -2.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 201 mm | +78 mm |
| Feb | 0.0 °C | +4.1 °C | 39 mm | -74 mm |
| Mar | 1.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 61 mm | -48 mm |
| Apr | 5.7 °C | +3.3 °C | 171 mm | +68 mm |
| May | 8.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 93 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 18.0 °C | +6.5 °C | 73 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 15.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 92 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 17.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 80 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 11.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 108 mm | +22 mm |
| Oct | 6.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 179 mm | +79 mm |
| Nov | 0.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 118 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | -1.6 °C | +4.2 °C | 38 mm | -96 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bourg-Saint-Maurice?
Bourg-Saint-Maurice has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 0.1 °C and it receives 1,286 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bourg-Saint-Maurice?
The hottest day measured in Bourg-Saint-Maurice between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2025, reaching 25.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bourg-Saint-Maurice?
The coldest day measured in Bourg-Saint-Maurice between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1985, at -33.0 °C.
Does it snow in Bourg-Saint-Maurice?
Yes. Bourg-Saint-Maurice gets on average 597.2 cm of snow per year and has around 240 frost days.
Has the climate of Bourg-Saint-Maurice warmed?
Yes: Bourg-Saint-Maurice warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bourg-Saint-Maurice?
The wettest day measured in Bourg-Saint-Maurice between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1990, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bourg-Saint-Maurice?
The windiest day measured in Bourg-Saint-Maurice between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 2012, with winds reaching 22.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bourg-Saint-Maurice?
The warmest month in Bourg-Saint-Maurice is July (10.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Bourg-Saint-Maurice?
Bourg-Saint-Maurice receives on average 1,286 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 165 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bourg-Saint-Maurice?
Bourg-Saint-Maurice gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bourg-Saint-Maurice?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bourg-Saint-Maurice between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1990, with 65.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bourg-Saint-Maurice?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bourg-Saint-Maurice.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bourg-Saint-Maurice?
In Bourg-Saint-Maurice, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 25.4 °C on 13 August 2025, and the lowest was -37.8 °C on 7 January 1985.
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