Climate averages 1991–2020
Besançon weather
in February.
A cold, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Besançon: daytime highs average 7.3°C and nights cool to about 0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 14 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dijon (76 km away). In February its highs average 7.5°C, about as warm as Besançon, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Besançon ranks 53rd of 57 for the warmest February highs and 55th of 57 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 57 cities is 9.0°C; Besançon is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 11.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 95 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Dijon in FebruaryFrance · 76 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 0.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Lausanne in FebruarySwitzerland · 94 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Bern in FebruarySwitzerland · 113 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -3.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Mulhouse in FebruaryFrance · 113 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -1.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Geneva in FebruarySwitzerland · 117 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -0.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Basel in FebruarySwitzerland · 122 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Nancy in FebruaryFrance · 160 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 0.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Freiburg in FebruaryGermany · 161 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -1.1°C · 77 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.