Tignes climate

Tignes Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Tignes, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from -1°C on December 1 to -3°C on December 31, and lows from -9°C to -12°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 80 mm over about 12 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Tignes, in °C, with the record for each date.-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
-2°C
Average low
-11°C
Precipitation
80 mm
Reanalysis high
7°CDec 13, 1994
Reanalysis low
-26°CDec 20, 2009
Daylight
8 h 59 min to 8 h 46 min
Cloud cover
68%
Humidity
85%
Dew point
-9°C
Wind
7.6 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Dec 1-1°C-9°C4°C 2011-16°C 201041%
Dec 2-1°C-9°C4°C 2001-19°C 201242%
Dec 3-1°C-9°C6°C 1993-22°C 201042%
Dec 4-1°C-9°C5°C 1993-23°C 201042%
Dec 5-1°C-10°C6°C 2006-18°C 199942%
Dec 6-2°C-10°C3°C 2015-18°C 201241%
Dec 7-2°C-10°C4°C 2018-18°C 199841%
Dec 8-2°C-10°C2°C 2016-21°C 199841%
Dec 9-2°C-10°C3°C 2016-20°C 201241%
Dec 10-2°C-10°C4°C 2016-18°C 201041%
Dec 11-2°C-10°C3°C 2000-21°C 201240%
Dec 12-2°C-10°C6°C 1994-20°C 201240%
Dec 13-2°C-11°C7°C 1994-19°C 201741%
Dec 14-2°C-11°C2°C 2015-21°C 201041%
Dec 15-2°C-11°C6°C 1998-22°C 201041%
Dec 16-2°C-11°C3°C 1998-21°C 201040%
Dec 17-2°C-11°C5°C 2015-22°C 200938%
Dec 18-2°C-11°C4°C 2015-23°C 201038%
Dec 19-3°C-11°C6°C 2015-23°C 200939%
Dec 20-3°C-11°C5°C 2015-26°C 200939%
Dec 21-3°C-11°C2°C 2015-23°C 199940%
Dec 22-3°C-11°C5°C 2015-18°C 200439%
Dec 23-3°C-11°C3°C 2014-20°C 200338%
Dec 24-3°C-11°C3°C 2015-18°C 200139%
Dec 25-3°C-11°C5°C 2015-17°C 199139%
Dec 26-3°C-11°C4°C 2015-21°C 201040%
Dec 27-3°C-11°C5°C 2015-22°C 200540%
Dec 28-3°C-11°C5°C 2015-25°C 200540%
Dec 29-3°C-11°C2°C 2015-24°C 200539%
Dec 30-3°C-12°C1°C 2015-24°C 200539%
Dec 31-3°C-12°C2°C 2006-21°C 200139%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Tignes, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).

December 1
sunrise 7:52 AM, sunset 4:51 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:12 AM, sunset 4:58 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-10-01. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.