Climate averages 1991–2020
Besançon weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Besançon: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 35 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dijon (76 km away). In April its highs average 15.1°C, about as warm as Besançon, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Besançon ranks joint 35th of 57 for the warmest April highs and 54th of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Besançon is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 110 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Besançon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 108 | 13.6 | 8.99 h |
| February | 7.3°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 96 | 12.5 | 10.210 h |
| March | 11.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 95 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 14.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 88 | 12.8 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 110 | 14.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.2°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 85 | 12.6 | 15.916 h |
| July | 24.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 76 | 11.9 | 15.516 h |
| August | 24.7°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 78 | 10.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 20.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 93 | 11.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 105 | 12.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 10.0°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 115 | 13.7 | 9.49 h |
| December | 6.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 124 | 15.2 | 8.69 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Dijon in AprilFrance · 76 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Lausanne in AprilSwitzerland · 94 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Bern in AprilSwitzerland · 113 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Mulhouse in AprilFrance · 113 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Geneva in AprilSwitzerland · 117 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Basel in AprilSwitzerland · 122 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Nancy in AprilFrance · 160 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Freiburg in AprilGermany · 161 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 74 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Besançon) is explained once on the Besançon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.