Chamonix, France

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6 Day Weather Forecast for Chamonix at 1035 m altitude,

issued (local time): 6 pm 22 Nov 2008

	Days 0-3 Chamonix Weather Summary: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 1°C on Sun night, min -21°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.									Days 4-6 Chamonix Weather Summary: A dusting of new snow. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Thu morning, min -13°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sat 22 after- noon	Sat 22 night	Sun 23 morn- ing	Sun 23 after- noon	Sun 23 night	Mon 24 morn- ing	Mon 24 after- noon	Mon 24 night	Tue 25 morn- ing	Tue 25 after- noon	Tue 25 night	Wed 26 morn- ing	Wed 26 after- noon	Wed 26 night	Thu 27 morn- ing	Thu 27 after- noon	Thu 27 night	Fri 28 morn- ing

Wind (km/h)
Summary	light snow	light snow	snow shwrs	snow shwrs	mod. snow	light snow	light snow	snow shwrs	light snow	light snow	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Snow cm	1	2	-	2	9	2	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rain mm	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max °C	-5	-6	-4	-6	1	0	-4	-12	-3	-4	-7	0	-3	-8	3	-3	-5	0
Min °C	-6	-6	-5	-7	-3	-2	-6	-21	-5	-5	-13	-4	-9	-10	-1	-6	-10	-7
WChill °C	-10	-9	-5	-14	-7	-6	-6	-21	-8	-9	-18	-6	-13	-15	-4	-6	-16	-13
Freezing level (m)	250	100	0	500	1250	700	600	300	250	400	0	600	850	600	1100	1300	450	350

Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50
Sunset	16:53	-	-	16:52	-	-	16:52	-	-	16:52	-	-	16:51	-	-	16:51	-	-

The above table gives the weather forecast for Chamonix at the specific elevation of 1035 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Chamonix. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of France. Click here to read further information on freezing levels and how we forecast our temperatures.

Visitor Reviews of Chamonix

Ski lover from UNITED KINGDOM writes:

Negatives:
Weather conditions are permanently awful - zero sun and lots of mist and fog (proof is if you go over to Courmayeur it's immediately much better!)
Lift system antiquated, slow and dirty - well behind most decent resorts - every cable car I went on belonged in a museum.
Runs are completely ungroomed & horrible - again, well behind most decent resorts - poor mountain infrastructure and signing etc, make the mountain feel dangerous and unpatrolled with the result that the entire resort may as well be designated off-piste.
You can hardly ever ski down anywhere with resulting enormous queues caused by small antiquated cable cars and second cars often not being used - arrogant lift staff don't seem to care and the concept of customer service is clearly a complete mystery to them.
Mountain restaurants are awful - often far worse than low-end motorway service stations.
Public transport and availability of taxis in town is dreadful meaning you are forced to drink/drive all the time.
Decent nightlife is zero - one grotty club, two moderately upmarket bars where you can't even get table service (or have any ventilation...) and can't even buy a bottle of vodka. Rest of the nightlife is 100% tatty pubs full of drunk, unshaven blokes on lads trips to the mountains or chavvy kids "doing a season".
Town itself is full of horrendous concrete blocks out of a communist country and full of mid to low-class English blokes and French families on a tight budget i.e. zero style or class whatsoever.
Shops are all low class and seem to cater only to "outdoor types" with no style and on a very limited budget.
You have to drive everywhere, the car parks at the ski areas are always full and the ski areas are disjointed and limited.
At €30 a day, the lift pass is almost as much as Courchevel for a resort with runs and lifts in 10x less good condition and 10x less terrain.
Useless place to take family or beginners unlike many other challenging resorts which offer something for everyone.

Positives:
Some good scenery which you can enjoy on the rare occasions when the entire mountain isn't shrouded in mist and fog.
Some good access to off-piste terrain.
Stunning Aigle du Midi and Vallee Blanche which the town trades on yet you hear of fatalities on it all the time, again reinforcing the impression that this is a dangerous and poorly managed place to ski.
Proximity to Geneva airport is a real bonus.

2008-03-27

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Chamonix, France

6 Day Weather Forecast for Chamonix at 1035 m altitude,

Days 0-3 Chamonix Weather Summary:

Days 4-6 Chamonix Weather Summary:

Visitor Reviews of Chamonix