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Val-d'Isère in May

Cool and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Val-d'Isère is cool: highs near 52°F, lows near 31°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 3 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Val-d'Isère is cool: highs near 11°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 3 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
52°F11°Caverage
Low
31°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 63% of days
Daylight
14h 53mon average

Is May a good time to visit Val-d'Isère?

May sits outside Val-d'Isère's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cool days and rain or snow on about four days a week.

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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 52°F in May, against 31°F to 68°F through the year.Highs near 11°C in May, against -1°C to 20°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

63% of days in May, against 43% to 70% through the year.

Cloud cover

63% cover in May, against 43% to 63% through the year.

Daylight

14h 53m in May, against 8h 46m to 15h 37m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. April44°7°low 24°low -4°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. May52°11°low 31°low -1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. June62°17°low 40°low 4°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Val-d'Isère sits, in May

Europe/Paris
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:02 AMsets 8:54 PM
Above the sea
1,850 mhigh country
Latitude
45.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Courchevel27 km west

The land around Val-d'Isère, shaded by its typical high in May, 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 May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Val-d'Isère

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Val-d'Isère. 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 (1,850 m) against the climate model's (2,720 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 (1,850 m) against the climate model's (2,720 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.