GFS
USA · NOAA / NCEPGlobal Forecast System: a numerical model that simulates atmospheric physics.
France · Isère
Weather in Alpe d’Huez
Destination photograph · Alpe d’Huez DimiTalen · CC0 · Image source and modifications
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14-day mountain weather & snow
GFS · ECMWF IFS · AIGFS · AIFS · GEM. Forecast at an indicative destination point; not a summit forecast or live snow depth.
Equal-weight blend of available complete local days. Days 8–14 are less certain; missing data remain blank. Snowfall cm are fresh snow, not snow depth. Sea-level pressure. Terrain temperature downscaling by Open-Meteo; no Agios Stefanos calibration. A point forecast cannot describe every piste or assess avalanche danger. Open-Meteo
Weather history · Alpe d’Huez · 2016–2025
This summary uses the destination’s fixed coordinates and the historical service’s terrain elevation. It does not change with the forecast’s manual elevation setting. Mountain terrain, wind redistribution and snowmaking are not fully represented. Snowfall days do not indicate opening days or piste snow depth.
Explore rain and snowfall frequency, monthly average daily lows and highs, and daily temperature extremes within this decade.
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| Month | Mean low °C | Mean high °C | Precipitation mm/month | Rain days/month | Snowfall days/month |
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These are ERA5 reanalysis estimates on an approximately 25 km grid, with provider temperature downscaling, rather than station observations or official records. This decade is not a 30-year climate normal.
Rain day: liquid rain ≥1 mm. Snowfall day: modeled new snowfall ≥0.1 cm, which does not imply snow cover. Precipitation includes rain and the water equivalent of snow. Snow frequencies are especially approximate in mountainous and coastal locations.
Monthly averages use complete months and annual averages use complete years for each variable. Temperature extremes use complete available years within this decade. Coverage is shown on the cards and in table cell tooltips. This historical summary does not apply a forecast calibration.
Sources: Open-Meteo Historical Weather API · Copernicus / ERA5
Open slopes above the Oisans valley and a broad mountain panorama.
Before you go
Use Alpe d’Huez as your starting point when comparing accommodation in Isère. Check the official operator’s piste map, lift status and transfer arrangements before choosing your base.
When to plan your trip
January–March is an indicative winter travel window for this destination. It is not an opening calendar or a snow guarantee. Check the resort’s own updates before committing to dates.
Make it your kind of trip
Big linked ski areas and distinctive mountain towns. Choose a ski-in, ski-out base for convenience or Chamonix for a valley full of alpine character.
Getting to know the destination
Alpe d’Huez is listed in Isère, France. Use the guide to get a feel for the destination, then compare the forecast with nearby ski areas as you plan your time on the mountain.
For a day focused on mountain views, look at visibility and cloud cover as well as temperature. Check the resort’s own updates for sightseeing lifts and access.
For a trip that mixes skiing with evenings out, pay attention to where you stay and how you will get back at night.
Nearby settlements and area
A nearby listed settlement is Huez, approximately 1 km from the forecast point in a straight line. GeoNames lists a population of 1,795 for this settlement.
Population refers to the settlement, not the ski area or its visitors, and may not reflect the latest census. Source: GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
The forecast point is at 45.0910, 6.0690, using the Europe/Paris time zone. The nearby ski-area links below let you compare conditions across the region.
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Distances are approximate straight-line measurements between map points. They are not driving distances and do not imply a lift or piste connection.
Weather models and where they come from
AIGFS
USA · NOAA / NCEPArtificial Intelligence Global Forecast System: a machine-learning model initialized from NOAA atmospheric analyses.
ECMWF IFS
Europe · ECMWFIntegrated Forecasting System: the intergovernmental European centre’s numerical model. IFS 9 km and IFS 0.25° are products of the same model family on different data grids.
ECMWF AIFS
Europe · ECMWFArtificial Intelligence Forecasting System: this page uses AIFS Single, which produces one forecast scenario.
GEM
Canada · ECCCGlobal Environmental Multiscale: the atmospheric model within Canada’s GDPS. The current system combines numerical prediction with large-scale guidance from the GEML AI model.
The blend uses the values available for each day and variable. Coverage falls as individual models reach their forecast limits. The two IFS products are not independent models. Model spread shows disagreement, not the probability of a weather event.
Wind: maximum daily speed at 10 m and prevailing direction of origin. Direction uses a speed-weighted circular calculation; missing or strongly opposing directions display a dash. 🥶: low below 0°C. 🥵: high above 30°C. 💨 in Conditions: wind at least 40 km/h or gusts at least 60 km/h.
Forecast data: Open-Meteo · NOAA / ECMWF / ECCC.