Best time to ski in France

Across 25 resorts in France, December has had the most snow over the last three winters (about 104 cm on average at mid-mountain). Snow by month: Dec 104 cm, Jan 95 cm, Feb 34 cm, Mar 98 cm, Apr 69 cm. For snow and short queues together, aim for mid-January or the first half of March, outside school holidays.

#	Resort	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Score
1	🇫🇷 Les Arcs	151	124	38	120	95	9.8
2	🇫🇷 Chamonix Mont-Blanc	149	122	40	105	90	7.7
3	🇫🇷 La Rosière	140	118	33	118	85	7.6
4	🇫🇷 Flaine (Grand Massif)	139	116	39	105	94	7.7
5	🇫🇷 Les 2 Alpes	135	129	39	133	73	9.0
6	🇫🇷 Alpe d'Huez	135	129	39	133	79	8.4
7	🇫🇷 La Grave	129	106	36	116	72	6.9
8	🇫🇷 Tignes	128	102	32	121	97	8.9
9	🇫🇷 Val d'Isère	128	102	32	121	97	8.2
10	🇫🇷 La Plagne	118	107	28	109	84	8.6
11	🇫🇷 Méribel	118	106	31	103	76	8.3
12	🇫🇷 Courchevel	118	106	31	103	76	8.0
13	🇫🇷 Megève	118	115	34	104	88	7.6
14	🇫🇷 Val Thorens	117	102	28	106	82	9.4
15	🇫🇷 Les Menuires	117	102	28	106	82	8.7
16	🇫🇷 Morzine	105	95	29	69	57	6.7
17	🇫🇷 Avoriaz	101	94	28	75	66	6.9
18	🇫🇷 La Clusaz	96	96	26	72	55	6.6
19	🇫🇷 Les Gets	69	57	19	39	33	5.7
20	🇫🇷 Vars Risoul (Forêt Blanche)	60	71	30	94	51	6.7
21	🇫🇷 Serre Chevalier	59	76	38	77	43	6.5
22	🇫🇷 Val Cenis	55	70	28	94	44	7.0
23	🇫🇷 Saint-Lary	55	54	53	74	31	5.7
24	🇫🇷 Isola 2000	49	65	62	111	50	6.2
25	🇫🇷 Font-Romeu Pyrénées 2000	18	15	28	50	21	4.8

Average snowfall in cm per month at mid-mountain, last three winters (ERA5).

Scores and stats are computed from open data (OpenStreetMap, ERA5 snowfall, live Open-Meteo forecasts). How Snowlist scores resorts.

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