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Weather at Les Arcs

Weather at Les Arcs: a six-day forecast for three elevations of the mountain. Temperature, precipitation, wind and cloud cover from MET Norway. Updated several times a day.

What the weather at Les Arcs is usually like

The ski area runs from 1,600 to 3,226 m above sea level - a 1,626 m vertical. In January the daytime average is 0 °C at the base and -11 °C at the summit. Plan for that 11 °C gap: what feels right at the base will be cold up top. The summit sits around -11 °C at the same time of year - at that point the wind matters more than the thermometer.

Average daytime highs at the summit stay below freezing from November through April. Last season brought 398 cm of snow here. The snowiest month was January: 102 cm over 8 days with snowfall. The snowpack was deepest in March, at roughly 132 cm. These are observations from a single season, not a long-term norm: a snowy year here can be twice a lean one.

By April the base is around 7 °C while the summit still holds -4 °C: on days like that, start early and stay high. Based on monthly averages and the resort elevations. For the coming days, see the forecast above.

Average monthly temperature in Les Arcs

0 °C
-6-14
-3-12
-1-10
2-7
6-4
121
154
154
100
6-3
-1-10
-4-12
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average daytime highAverage night-time lowData by Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis) for the mid station; top and base are derived with the standard lapse rate of 0.65 °C per 100 m, exactly as the source itself does. Averaged over 2015 - 2024.

Average monthly snowfall at Les Arcs

Snowiest month:January- 102 cm
102Jan8 days
83Feb7 days
63Mar7 days
47Apr4 days
28Nov3 days
76Dec5 days

Snowfall per month - cm. Below each bar - how many days it snowed that month. Observation data for the last 3 completed seasons.

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