Winter nights in Fontaines-les-Sèches are colder than in 79% of mainland French towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.5°C. Rain is plentiful here, more than falls on 69% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month, February the driest. An umbrella earns its place on about 130 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Cruzy station, 13 km north-west.
A year in Fontaines-les-Sèches at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Cruzy station.
What a year in Fontaines-les-Sèches feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cruzy.
About 846 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. About 25 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 21 towns of 2,500+ in Côte-d'Or.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Châtillon/Seine
A frosty town: 56 frosts and 52 days of 25°C a year
On about 56 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 8 days it stays below freezing all day. About 52 days a year reach 25°C, and 15 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cruzy: 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 Cruzy
Cruzy is 13 km north-west of Fontaines-les-Sèches. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Fontaines-les-Sèches itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Cruzy (89131001) |
| Distance from the town | 13 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 291 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 273 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Châtillon/Seine, 19 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 Fontaines-les-Sèches 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 Côte-d'Or.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontaines-les-Sèches | Cruzy | 25.5°C | 0.6°C | 846 mm |
| Montbard 17 km | Montbard | 26.3°C 0.8°C warmer | 0.5°C about the same | 854 mm |
| Châtillon-sur-Seine 19 km | Châtillon/Seine | 26.0°C 0.5°C warmer | −0.1°C 0.7°C colder | 833 mm |
| Venarey-les-Laumes 28 km | Montbard | 26.3°C 0.8°C warmer | 0.5°C about the same | 854 mm |
Fontaines-les-Sèches weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Cruzy station; sunshine at Châtillon/Seine.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C | 0.6°C | 3.3°C | 68 mm | 67 |
| February | 7.4°C | 0.6°C | 4.0°C | 60 mm | 90 |
| March | 11.6°C | 2.8°C | 7.2°C | 64 mm | 148 |
| April | 15.3°C | 5.1°C | 10.2°C | 63 mm | 183 |
| May | 19.1°C | 8.6°C | 13.9°C | 80 mm | 201 |
| June | 22.8°C | 11.8°C | 17.3°C | 64 mm | 229 |
| July | 25.5°C | 13.9°C | 19.7°C | 65 mm | 235 |
| August | 25.2°C | 13.9°C | 19.6°C | 68 mm | 215 |
| September | 20.7°C | 10.6°C | 15.7°C | 67 mm | 176 |
| October | 15.7°C | 7.8°C | 11.7°C | 85 mm | 121 |
| November | 9.9°C | 3.9°C | 6.9°C | 83 mm | 72 |
| December | 6.6°C | 1.4°C | 4.0°C | 81 mm | 57 |
| Year | 15.5°C | 6.8°C | 11.1°C | 846 mm | 1,792 |
Where Fontaines-les-Sèches’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Cruzy, 13 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, Châtillon/Seine, 19 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 Côte-d'Or.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Fontaines-les-Sèches’s climate
How warm does Fontaines-les-Sèches get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.5°C. About 52 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 66% of mainland French towns, and about 15 reach 30°C.
How cold does Fontaines-les-Sèches get in winter?
January nights average 0.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 56 nights a year, and about 8 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Fontaines-les-Sèches get?
About 846 mm a year, more than 69% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (85 mm) and February the driest (60 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Châtillon/Seine (19 km away), averages 1,792 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Fontaines-les-Sèches itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Fontaines-les-Sèches, Cruzy, 13 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 CRUZY_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Fontaines-les-Sèches →
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.