Grenoble weather by month & the best time to visit
🇫🇷 France · alpine / mountain city · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Grenoble is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 79/100), with July and August close behind. Grenoble averages about 2,189 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 71 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,189
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 79/100
- Rain / year
- 949 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈83 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 389k
- Elevation
- 385 m
When is the best time to visit Grenoble?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Grenoble is September, then July and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 79 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Grenoble?
Grenoble gets a moderate 2,189 hours of sunshine a year. 79 Sunshine Score points separate September (79) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #23 of 53 destinations in France for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,146 hours. The year's 949 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -1° / 30°F | 79 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -1° / 30°F | 62 mm | 1 |
| March | 26 | 12° / 54°F | 2° / 36°F | 74 mm | 3 |
| April | 53 | 16° / 61°F | 6° / 43°F | 69 mm | 4 |
| May | 74 | 20° / 68°F | 10° / 50°F | 97 mm | 5 |
| June | 77 | 24° / 75°F | 14° / 57°F | 77 mm | 7 |
| July | 78 | 26° / 79°F | 16° / 61°F | 72 mm | 7 |
| August | 78 | 26° / 79°F | 15° / 59°F | 76 mm | 6 |
| September | 79 | 22° / 72°F | 11° / 52°F | 71 mm | 4 |
| October | 56 | 17° / 63°F | 8° / 46°F | 89 mm | 2 |
| November | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 3° / 37°F | 97 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 0° / 32°F | 86 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Lyon France · 44 km · best in Jul · 2,190 h sun/yr
- Geneva Switzerland · 115 km · best in Sep · 2,093 h sun/yr
- Turin Italy · 182 km · best in Jul · 2,205 h sun/yr
- Marseille France · 214 km · best in Jul · 2,885 h sun/yr
- Montpellier/Méditerranée France · 226 km · best in Jul · 2,544 h sun/yr
- Bern Switzerland · 240 km · best in Sep · 2,095 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Chambéry France · 53 km · 2,190 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Annecy France · 87 km · 2,206 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Le Puy-en-Velay France · 127 km · 2,071 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Avignon France · 165 km · 2,838 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Grenoble compares month by month: Grenoble vs Turin · Grenoble vs Lyon · Grenoble vs Geneva · all comparisons
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