Best time to visit La Plagne

The climate in La Plagne through the year

When to go

No month in La Plagne reaches a good score (65 or more) with the default preferences. July comes closest with 63 out of 100. A typical July day reaches 19°C and the night falls to 10°C, with rain on about 14 days and clear sky 57 % of the time. August is a fair alternative, with scores of 59. The lowest score is in May (16), when days are cool at around 11°C.

Seasons and rain

The seasons are sharply different: a July day (19°C) is about 19 degrees warmer than a January day (−1°C). Nights typically drop below freezing in November–April. Precipitation is spread evenly over the year, from 70 mm in February to 127 mm in November (about 1,240 mm in all). Snow typically lies on the ground in November–May, deepest in February (about 110 cm).

Daylight

Daylight lasts from about 8.5 hours in December to 15.5 hours in June. La Plagne lies about 1,700 m above sea level, which makes it roughly 11 degrees cooler than the lowlands around it.

By type of trip

The best months change with what you want to do. Each of Eddigo’s trip types has its own preferred daytime temperature and its own weights for rain, humidity and sun. La Plagne scores 65 or more in these months:

• City break (15–25 °C): July and August, up to 69
• Hiking (10–22 °C): July–September, up to 70
• Cooler weather (10–20 °C): April–October, up to 88
• Skiing: snow cover and cold enough in December–March

How it compares

Of the 155 destinations Eddigo covers in France, La Plagne is the 32nd coolest over the year and the 11th wettest. It has 0 months with a good score, against 3 for a typical destination in the country. In July, when La Plagne scores 63, Saint-François-Longchamp (28 km away) scores 69 and Les Saisies (30 km away) scores 70. In May, when La Plagne is at its lowest, Giens Peninsula scores 86 and lies 280 km away. See where to go in July for the best destinations that month.