Montmélian is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Montmélian station has rail connections to Grenoble, Modane, Bourg-Saint-Maurice and Chambéry.

Geography

Climate

Montmélian has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) closely bordering on an oceanic climate (Cfb). The average annual temperature in Montmélian is 12.4 C. The average annual rainfall is 987.3 mm with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 22.0 C, and lowest in January, at around 3.0 C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Montmélian was 39.8 C on 7 July 2015; the coldest temperature ever recorded was -14.5 C on 27 November 2005.

Population