Climate averages 1991–2020
Besançon weather
in June.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Besançon: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 51 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dijon (76 km away). In June its highs average 22.6°C, about as warm as Besançon, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Besançon ranks joint 22nd of 57 for the warmest June highs and 54th of 57 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 57 cities is 22.5°C; Besançon is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 85 mm to 76 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Dijon in JuneFrance · 76 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Lausanne in JuneSwitzerland · 94 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Bern in JuneSwitzerland · 113 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 10.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Mulhouse in JuneFrance · 113 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Geneva in JuneSwitzerland · 117 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.3°C · 123 mm rain
- Basel in JuneSwitzerland · 122 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.7°C · 118 mm rain
- Nancy in JuneFrance · 160 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Freiburg in JuneGermany · 161 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.5°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.