Megève climate — normals and trends
Megève (France) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.4 °C and it receives 1,542 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 (14.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Megève averages 177 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 170 rainy days per year.
Megève has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 202 to 152 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.1 °C (on 13 August 2025) and the coldest -30.4 °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
MegèveRhône-Alpes
- coords
- 45.86°, 6.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.4°C
Average daily high
9.1°C
Average daily low
-0.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,542mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
6.6km/h
Seasonal range
19.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
177 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
170 d/yr
Annual snowfall
420.7 cm
Average feels-like high
7.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.1 °C
Average peak gust
33.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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
31.1 °C
13 August 2025
Coldest day
-30.4 °C
7 January 1985
Wettest day
88 mm
14 February 1990
Windiest day
18.3 km/h
27 February 1990
Strongest gust
133.9 km/h
27 February 1990
Hottest feels-like
31.9 °C
26 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-35.1 °C
6 January 1985
Snowiest day
36.0 cm
4 January 1981
Sunniest day
15.0 h
20 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.0 °C | +4.4 °C | 214 mm | +76 mm |
| Feb | 4.8 °C | +3.8 °C | 48 mm | -80 mm |
| Mar | 8.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 65 mm | -58 mm |
| Apr | 12.5 °C | +4.6 °C | 151 mm | +33 mm |
| May | 14.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 152 mm | +4 mm |
| Jun | 22.9 °C | +6.4 °C | 91 mm | -51 mm |
| Jul | 20.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 140 mm | +16 mm |
| Aug | 22.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 90 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 15.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 152 mm | +48 mm |
| Oct | 10.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 210 mm | +103 mm |
| Nov | 6.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 152 mm | +15 mm |
| Dec | 4.4 °C | +5.2 °C | 29 mm | -122 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Megève?
Megève has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.4 °C and it receives 1,542 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Megève?
The hottest day measured in Megève between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2025, reaching 31.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Megève?
The coldest day measured in Megève between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1985, at -30.4 °C.
Does it snow in Megève?
Yes. Megève gets on average 420.7 cm of snow per year and has around 177 frost days.
Has the climate of Megève warmed?
Yes: Megève warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Megève?
The wettest day measured in Megève between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1990, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Megève?
The windiest day measured in Megève between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1990, with winds reaching 18.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Megève?
The warmest month in Megève is July (14.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Megève?
Megève receives on average 1,542 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 170 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Megève?
Megève gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Megève?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Megève between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1981, with 36.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Megève?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Megève.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Megève?
In Megève, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.9 °C on 26 June 2019, and the lowest was -35.1 °C on 6 January 1985.
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