Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Location of Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines

(2020–2026) Philippe Girard^[1]Area

14.95 km² (5.77 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

833 • Density56/km² (140/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

73255 /73130

Elevation447–2,136 m (1,467–7,008 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t maʁi də kɥin]; Arpitan: Senta-Maria-de-Cuéna) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

Geography

Climate

Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) closely bordering on a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). The average annual temperature in Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines is 11.9 °C (53.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 856.4 mm (33.72 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.5 °C (70.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.1 °C (35.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines was 39.2 °C (102.6 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −15.0 °C (5.0 °F) on 5 February 2012.

Climate data for Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1997−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	18.6 (65.5)	21.8 (71.2)	26.8 (80.2)	30.9 (87.6)	32.9 (91.2)	36.9 (98.4)	38.9 (102.0)	39.2 (102.6)	32.3 (90.1)	29.2 (84.6)	24.2 (75.6)	19.8 (67.6)	39.2 (102.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	6.4 (43.5)	8.8 (47.8)	14.1 (57.4)	18.4 (65.1)	21.9 (71.4)	26.2 (79.2)	28.4 (83.1)	27.4 (81.3)	23.1 (73.6)	17.8 (64.0)	11.1 (52.0)	6.6 (43.9)	17.5 (63.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	2.1 (35.8)	3.8 (38.8)	8.2 (46.8)	12.1 (53.8)	15.7 (60.3)	19.6 (67.3)	21.5 (70.7)	20.9 (69.6)	17.0 (62.6)	12.4 (54.3)	6.5 (43.7)	2.5 (36.5)	11.9 (53.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−2.2 (28.0)	−1.3 (29.7)	2.2 (36.0)	5.9 (42.6)	9.5 (49.1)	13.0 (55.4)	14.6 (58.3)	14.4 (57.9)	10.9 (51.6)	6.9 (44.4)	1.9 (35.4)	−1.5 (29.3)	6.2 (43.2)
Record low °C (°F)	−12.9 (8.8)	−15.0 (5.0)	−12.3 (9.9)	−4.0 (24.8)	−1.4 (29.5)	1.8 (35.2)	6.5 (43.7)	4.9 (40.8)	1.1 (34.0)	−4.5 (23.9)	−9.7 (14.5)	−13.2 (8.2)	−15.0 (5.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	90.1 (3.55)	63.0 (2.48)	73.5 (2.89)	54.6 (2.15)	71.1 (2.80)	61.2 (2.41)	67.8 (2.67)	80.4 (3.17)	57.8 (2.28)	71.1 (2.80)	74.9 (2.95)	90.9 (3.58)	856.4 (33.72)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	8.4	7.0	8.4	8.1	10.6	8.7	8.5	8.8	7.0	8.4	8.7	8.5	101.0
Source: Météo-France^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 9, 2022.