Sallanches Weather in August
Sallanches in August
The short of it: Sallanches in August averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 77 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 14 h 8 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 13° · rain 77 mm · daylight 14 h 8 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Sallanches an average August high of 25°, a low of 13° and some 77 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 25°, nights near 13°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 77 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 8 min in mid-August, 76 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Sallanches runs about middling and drier than most in August. Passy, 5 km to the ESE, is 3° cooler by day.
August in Sallanches, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 5.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PassyAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 5 km ESE | 22° | 11° | 90 mm |
| ClusesAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 14 km NNW | 25° | 14° | 81 mm |
| Chamonix-Mont-BlancAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 19 km E | 18° | 9° | 107 mm |
| BonnevilleAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 23 km NW | 25° | 13° | 77 mm |
| La Roche-sur-ForonAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 29 km WNW | 25° | 13° | 74 mm |
| AlbertvilleAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 35 km SSW | 26° | 14° | 65 mm |
| Annecy-le-VieuxAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 38 km W | 26° | 13° | 67 mm |
| Martigny-VilleValais | 38 km ENE | 25° | 14° | 77 mm |