France

Megève

Built for elegance before ski lifts existed, Megève's medieval centre does horse-drawn sleighs, art galleries and patisserie counters like nowhere else in the Alps.

  • Best forMountain
  • Approx. flying time~11h 55m from Los Angeles
  • Nearest airportAnnecy (NCY)

Megève, France
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About this place

Fifty kilometres of groomed winter footpaths wind through larch forest with Mont Blanc peeking between branches. Ride the Mont d'Arbois gondola up for lunch on a sun terrace and descend without a single moment of peril.

Featured in Ten cosy winter resorts for people who don't really ski

When to go

Daytime highs run from about 2°C in January to 22°C in July. Driest in August; wettest in June, with rain on about 19 days.

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August22° · rain 10 daysMild with rain most weeks.

Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis).

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