Climate averages 1991–2020
Besançon weather
in December.
A cold, wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Besançon: daytime highs average 6.6°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dijon (76 km away). In December its highs average 6.6°C, about as warm as Besançon, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Besançon ranks joint 52nd of 57 for the warmest December highs and 56th of 57 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 57 cities is 8.5°C; Besançon is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 6.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 124 mm to 108 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Dijon in DecemberFrance · 76 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Lausanne in DecemberSwitzerland · 94 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 1.6°C · 125 mm rain
- Bern in DecemberSwitzerland · 113 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -2.1°C · 93 mm rain
- Mulhouse in DecemberFrance · 113 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Geneva in DecemberSwitzerland · 117 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -0.1°C · 131 mm rain
- Basel in DecemberSwitzerland · 122 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -0.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Nancy in DecemberFrance · 160 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Freiburg in DecemberGermany · 161 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 0.2°C · 108 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.