Climate averages 1991–2020
Besançon weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Besançon: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 31 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dijon (76 km away). In July its highs average 25.1°C, about as warm as Besançon, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Besançon ranks 21st of 57 for the warmest July highs and 50th of 57 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 57 cities is 24.9°C; Besançon is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs stay level at 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 76 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Dijon in JulyFrance · 76 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Lausanne in JulySwitzerland · 94 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Bern in JulySwitzerland · 113 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Mulhouse in JulyFrance · 113 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Geneva in JulySwitzerland · 117 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Basel in JulySwitzerland · 122 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 121 mm rain
- Nancy in JulyFrance · 160 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Freiburg in JulyGermany · 161 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 89 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.