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Global Weekly Snow Roundup #314
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Vars at 2766 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 1 pm (local time) / 15 May 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Sun afternoon, min -8°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:A dusting of snow on Mon afternoon. Freezing level rising with drizzle on Wed night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 4°C on Wed afternoon, min -2°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||
Fri 15 | Saturday 16 | Sunday 17 | Monday 18 | Tuesday 19 | Wednesday 20 | ||||||||||||
PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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light snow | snow shwrs | clear | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | light snow | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | light snow | snow shwrs | some clouds | light snow | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | |
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3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
max °C | -6 | -7 | -6 | -3 | -4 | -2 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
min °C | -6 | -8 | -7 | -4 | -4 | -3 | -1 | -3 | -3 | -1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
-10 | -14 | -13 | -7 | -4 | -5 | -4 | -5 | -6 | -5 | -6 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -1 | 4 | 0 | |
92 | 67 | 61 | 71 | 79 | 76 | 78 | 88 | 84 | 86 | 77 | 83 | 91 | 67 | 61 | 68 | 78 | |
2000 | 1550 | 2000 | 2400 | 2000 | 2500 | 2650 | 2300 | 2500 | 2600 | 2450 | 2700 | 2950 | 3100 | 3000 | 3300 | 3150 | |
 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — |
 | — | 8:52 | — | — | 8:53 | — | — | 8:55 | — | — | 8:57 | — | — | 8:58 | — | — | 8:59 |
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Vars Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 4 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 14 May 2026 |
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Other resorts in France are reporting: powder (1) / good piste (0)
Snow History
Week 3 of May has on average:
0.4 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.4 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.5 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Vars at the specific elevation of 2766 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Vars. 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.
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Visitor Reviews of Vars
Overall 3.9 Based on 35 votes and 9 reviews
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- Rui Soares from Portugal writes:
Don't go to this ski resort If you aren't French. Just now a French group tried to ir (?ed) me because i was a tourist. If you are a non-French tourist go to a ski resort in another country. The problem is not the resort os the propõe that ski on ir. (?ed) Go to Spain. Worse snow but you will feel welcome. Rgr
Visitor Reviews of Vars
Rui Soares from Portugal writes:
Don't go to this ski resort If you aren't French. Just now a French group tried to ir (?ed) me because i was a tourist.
If you are a non-French tourist go to a ski resort in another country.
The problem is not the resort os the propõe that ski on ir. (?ed)
Go to Spain. Worse snow but you will feel welcome.
Rgr
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