Climate · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains

Saint-Gervais-les-Bains in August

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains is warm: highs near 73°F, lows near 50°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 23 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 10°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 23 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
73°F23°Caverage
Low
50°F10°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 56% of days
Daylight
14h 04mon average

Is August a good time to visit Saint-Gervais-les-Bains?


Yes. August is one of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains's best months (July to August).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 73°F in August, against 36°F to 73°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in August, against 2°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

56% of days in August, against 43% to 67% through the year.

Cloud cover

48% cover in August, against 46% to 64% through the year.

Daylight

14h 04m in August, against 8h 43m to 15h 40m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. July73°23°low 50°low 10°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. August73°23°low 50°low 10°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. September66°19°low 43°low 6°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Saint-Gervais-les-Bains sits, in August

Europe/Paris

this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:32 AMsets 8:44 PM
Above the sea
1,130 mupland
Latitude
45.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Talloires39 km west

The land around Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in France in August

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Saint-Gervais-les-Bains. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,130 m) against the climate model's (1,599 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,130 m) against the climate model's (1,599 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.