Climate averages 1991–2020
Besançon weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Besançon: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 15 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dijon (76 km away). In August its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Besançon, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Besançon ranks joint 21st of 57 for the warmest August highs and 53rd of 57 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 57 cities is 25.0°C; Besançon is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 93 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Dijon in AugustFrance · 76 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Lausanne in AugustSwitzerland · 94 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Bern in AugustSwitzerland · 113 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 101 mm rain
- Mulhouse in AugustFrance · 113 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Geneva in AugustSwitzerland · 117 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Basel in AugustSwitzerland · 122 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 125 mm rain
- Nancy in AugustFrance · 160 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Freiburg in AugustGermany · 161 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 81 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.