Val d'Isère, France
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Not ranked as a sun destination — shown for reference.
Val d'Isère sits in a highland climate in France, and the 2015–2024 weather record gives its sunshine a clear shape: the July peak reaches an 83/100 sun score, with daytime highs around 18°C — a solid base for an outdoors-led escape.
The year runs from average lows of -10°C in January to highs of 18°C in July. On the rain ledger, August is the safest bet at a 39% chance of a wet day, while May climbs to 58%. No month averages 24°C highs, so this is a destination for light-jacket sunshine rather than beach heat.
Season by season (on the northern calendar), spring brings 6°C highs with 49% rain-day odds, summer 18°C at 48%, autumn 9°C at 44%, and winter 0°C at 44%. In short: plan around summer if you can, keep spring as the fallback, and go into winter with managed expectations (its season score is 46).
Best months to visit Val d'Isère
Our month-by-month scoring puts July first (83/100), with August (80) and June (72) close behind. The dependable window is wider than the podium, though: June–August all score 70 or better. At the other end, December scores just 43, the weakest month of the year.
Put against its 82 mountain peers in July, it lands below the group median for sunshine, ahead of 35% of them.
Month-by-month breakdown for Val d'Isère → · More destinations for July →
As of the latest refresh, Val d'Isère's next 15 days span -2°C to 11°C; 9 days look mostly sunny while none look likely to be wet — a live sun score of 64/100.
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Flights from Europe
| From | Distance | Estimated non-stop time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels (BRU) | 631 km | ~1 h 15 | Find flights → |
| Amsterdam (AMS) | 784 km | ~1 h 30 | Find flights → |
| London (LON) | 853 km | ~1 h 30 | Find flights → |
| Paris (PAR) | 516 km | ~1 h 15 | Find flights → |
| Frankfurt (FRA) | 533 km | ~1 h 15 | Find flights → |
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Next 16 days
Live forecast, refreshed twice daily. Forecasts updated 29 Oct, 06:35 CET.
| Date | High / low | Cloud | Rain odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 29 Oct | 9° / -1° | 18% | 0% |
| Fri 30 Oct | 8° / 0° | 13% | 0% |
| Sat 31 Oct | 9° / 0° | 0% | 0% |
| Sun 1 Nov | 7° / -1° | 16% | 5% |
| Mon 2 Nov | 6° / -2° | 1% | 1% |
| Tue 3 Nov | 1° / -2° | 62% | 3% |
| Wed 4 Nov | 3° / -1° | 74% | 5% |
| Thu 5 Nov | 9° / 0° | 30% | 3% |
| Fri 6 Nov | 8° / -2° | 26% | 4% |
| Sat 7 Nov | 8° / -1° | 0% | 5% |
| Sun 8 Nov | 10° / -1° | 37% | 6% |
| Mon 9 Nov | 10° / 1° | 94% | 14% |
| Tue 10 Nov | 11° / 2° | 99% | 22% |
| Wed 11 Nov | 7° / 3° | 98% | 20% |
| Thu 12 Nov | 8° / -1° | 56% | 0% |
Val d'Isère climate, month by month
2015–2024 averages (July highlighted as the best month).
| Month | Day / night °C | Cloud | Rain-day odds | Sun score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.3° / -10° | 62.3% | 44.8% | 46 |
| February | 1.6° / -8.2° | 62% | 41.7% | 50 |
| March | 2.5° / -6.4° | 64.7% | 46.5% | 48 |
| April | 5.4° / -3.5° | 63.3% | 44% | 56 |
| May | 10.1° / 0.5° | 69% | 57.7% | 57 |
| June | 16.4° / 6.1° | 59.4% | 57.7% | 72 |
| July | 18.4° / 8.2° | 48.9% | 45.5% | 83 |
| August | 18.1° / 7.6° | 49.5% | 39.4% | 80 |
| September | 13.7° / 4° | 58.2% | 45.3% | 56 |
| October | 9.9° / 0.5° | 60.7% | 40.3% | 52 |
| November | 2.9° / -6.2° | 66.7% | 45.7% | 46 |
| December | -0.3° / -8.4° | 61.1% | 44.3% | 43 |
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