🇫🇷 Weather in Chamonix in December
This is what the weather in Chamonix (Haute-Savoie, France) was like in December in 2016–2025.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
0.0 °C
-2.1 °C – 3.5 °C
Avg. night-time low
-7.1 °C
-10.4 °C – -4.6 °C
Avg. rain days in period
14.9
48 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
131 mm
2.8 mm – 214 mm
Avg. cloud cover
73 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
–
No sea nearby – no sea temperature.
Extremes: Highest temperature 6.9 °C (26 Dec 2016) · Lowest temperature -20.0 °C (15 Dec 2018) · Avg. daily peak wind 10 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 4Sunny
- 114Partly cloudy
- 43Cloudy
- 72Light rain
- 77Rain
Summary
- On average 0.0 °C during the day and -7.1 °C at night.
- On average 14.9 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 131 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Partly cloudy.
- Warmest year: 2016 (avg. 3.5 °C), coolest: 2017 (avg. -2.1 °C).
- Wettest year: 2023 (214 mm), driest: 2016 (2.8 mm).
- Extremes: 6.9 °C on 26 Dec 2016 and -20.0 °C on 15 Dec 2018.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
Charts
Temperatures per year
Average over your travel period
Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2025
Avg. max1.6°Avg. min-5.6°- Rain days
- 10 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 30.9 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 71 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 4.2 °C · Min -11.2 °C
2024
Avg. max-0.2°Avg. min-7.8°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 121 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 69 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 5.1 °C · Min -13.3 °C
2023
Avg. max-0.1°Avg. min-6.0°- Rain days
- 18 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 214 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 76 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 3.3 °C · Min -15.0 °C
2022
Avg. max0.3°Avg. min-6.5°- Rain days
- 19 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 124 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 76 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 4.9 °C · Min -15.4 °C
2021
Avg. max-0.5°Avg. min-8.0°- Rain days
- 17 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 179 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 69 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 5.4 °C · Min -16.6 °C
2020
Avg. max-1.5°Avg. min-8.2°- Rain days
- 20 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 76.9 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 81 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 4.0 °C · Min -15.5 °C
2019
Avg. max-0.4°Avg. min-7.6°- Rain days
- 17 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 179 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 75 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 1.7 °C · Min -14.8 °C
2018
Avg. max-0.4°Avg. min-6.8°- Rain days
- 17 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 193 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 74 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 4.7 °C · Min -20.0 °C
2017
Avg. max-2.1°Avg. min-10.4°- Rain days
- 18 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 192 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 74 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 3.9 °C · Min -18.5 °C
2016
Avg. max3.5°Avg. min-4.6°- Rain days
- 1 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 2.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 60 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 6.9 °C · Min -8.1 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Chamonix in December?
- Daytime highs averaged 0.0 °C, night-time lows -7.1 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 6.9 °C (26 Dec 2016), the lowest -20.0 °C (15 Dec 2018).
- How often does it rain in Chamonix in December?
- On average there were 14.9 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 131 mm of precipitation in total.
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. Snow depth is the model value for the grid cell, not the depth on the slopes. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
- Natural Earth (public domain) · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) / OpenStreetMap (ODbL)