Climate averages 1991–2020
Besançon weather
in November.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Besançon: daytime highs average 10.0°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes November a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 24 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dijon (76 km away). In November its highs average 10.0°C, about as warm as Besançon, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Besançon ranks joint 51st of 57 for the warmest November highs and 52nd of 57 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 57 cities is 11.6°C; Besançon is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 6.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 115 mm to 124 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Dijon in NovemberFrance · 76 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 3.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Lausanne in NovemberSwitzerland · 94 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 4.7°C · 116 mm rain
- Bern in NovemberSwitzerland · 113 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 1.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Mulhouse in NovemberFrance · 113 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 2.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Geneva in NovemberSwitzerland · 117 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 125 mm rain
- Basel in NovemberSwitzerland · 122 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 2.1°C · 94 mm rain
- Nancy in NovemberFrance · 160 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 3.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Freiburg in NovemberGermany · 161 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 3.2°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.