Rainfall in Bucy-le-Long trails that of 80% of mainland French towns: 663 mm a year
Sunny July days climb to about 25.4°C. Expect the heaviest rain in December and the lightest in April. About 53 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 73% of mainland French towns. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 53 nights a year below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Braine station, 10 km south-east.
A year in Bucy-le-Long at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Braine station.
What a year in Bucy-le-Long feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Braine.
About 663 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 16 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 19th wettest of 24 towns of 2,500+ in Aisne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Saint-Quentin
A frosty town: 53 frosts and 50 days of 25°C a year
On about 53 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 50 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Braine: a frost is a night of 0°C or below, a summer day (jour d’été) 25°C or more, a hot day (forte chaleur) 30°C or more.
The Météo-France station at Braine
Braine is 10 km south-east of Bucy-le-Long. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bucy-le-Long itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Braine (02110002) |
| Distance from the town | 10 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 61 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 57 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Saint-Quentin, 49 km away |
TownRatings matches each commune to one station with at least 24 years of temperature and rain records: the nearest, counting every 100 m of height difference as 10 km, never across the sea.
How Bucy-le-Long compares
Against the 4,385 towns of 2,500 or more in mainland France, each read from its own matched station. The dots are the other towns of 2,500+ in Aisne.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km. Where a neighbor uses the same station its figures are the same: the differences you’d feel over a few kilometers aren’t in the normals.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucy-le-Long | Braine | 25.4°C | 1.4°C | 663 mm |
| Crouy 3.3 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 663 mm |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Germain 3.6 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 663 mm |
| Belleu 5.5 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 663 mm |
| Soissons 5.6 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 663 mm |
| Fismes 23 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 663 mm |
| Fère-en-Tardenois 23 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 663 mm |
Bucy-le-Long weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Braine station; sunshine at Saint-Quentin.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C | 1.4°C | 4.0°C | 59 mm | 62 |
| February | 8.0°C | 1.3°C | 4.6°C | 47 mm | 79 |
| March | 12.2°C | 2.9°C | 7.6°C | 49 mm | 135 |
| April | 16.0°C | 4.6°C | 10.3°C | 43 mm | 183 |
| May | 19.6°C | 8.2°C | 13.9°C | 60 mm | 206 |
| June | 22.8°C | 11.1°C | 17.0°C | 56 mm | 208 |
| July | 25.4°C | 13.1°C | 19.3°C | 61 mm | 214 |
| August | 25.2°C | 12.8°C | 19.0°C | 61 mm | 207 |
| September | 21.2°C | 10.0°C | 15.6°C | 46 mm | 167 |
| October | 16.1°C | 7.7°C | 11.9°C | 56 mm | 116 |
| November | 10.4°C | 4.4°C | 7.4°C | 54 mm | 67 |
| December | 7.2°C | 2.1°C | 4.6°C | 72 mm | 54 |
| Year | 15.9°C | 6.6°C | 11.3°C | 663 mm | 1,696 |
Where Bucy-le-Long’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Braine, 10 km away: statistics for 1991–2020.
- Which station: among stations with at least 24 of the 30 years of temperature and rain, the nearest to the commune’s population-weighted center, counting each 100 m of height difference as 10 km; mainland towns use mainland stations and each overseas département its own.
- Altitudes: the town’s from IGN’s RGE ALTI® at its population-weighted center; the station’s from Météo-France.
- Sunshine: the nearest station with at least 10 years of sunshine records, Saint-Quentin, 49 km away.
- Comparisons: every town of 2,500 or more in mainland France, read the same way; the dots are the towns of 2,500+ in Aisne.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Bucy-le-Long’s climate
How warm does Bucy-le-Long get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.4°C. About 50 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 68% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bucy-le-Long get in winter?
February nights average 1.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 53 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bucy-le-Long get?
About 663 mm a year, less than 80% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (72 mm) and April the driest (43 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Saint-Quentin (49 km away), averages 1,696 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bucy-le-Long itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bucy-le-Long, Braine, 10 km away. France publishes its climate normals by station, not by commune; a valley, a hill or the sea can make a difference over a few kilometers.
Where do these figures come from?
Météo-France’s fiches climatologiques: 30-year averages (1991–2020) for each of its long-running stations, published as open data since 2024. They are normals, not a forecast.
Source: Météo-France, fiches climatologiques, 1991–2020 statistics (station BRAINE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bucy-le-Long →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.