In Bessines, July heat, January chill and rainfall all sit near the middle of mainland French towns
About 847 mm of rain falls in a typical year; July afternoons reach 26.3°C and January nights drop to 2.8°C. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 70% of mainland French towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 24°C. Windscreens need scraping on about 35 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Niort station, 8.8 km east.
A year in Bessines at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Niort station.
What a year in Bessines feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Niort.
About 847 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 8th wettest of 24 towns of 2,500+ in Deux-Sèvres.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Niort
35 frosts and 65 days of 25°C a year
On about 35 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 65 days a year reach 25°C, and 18 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Niort: 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 Niort
Niort is 8.8 km east of Bessines. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bessines itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Niort (79191005) |
| Distance from the town | 8.8 km east |
| Station altitude | 57 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 27 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
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 Bessines 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 Deux-Sèvres.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bessines | Niort | 26.3°C | 2.8°C | 847 mm |
| Magné 3.4 km | Prin-Deyrançon | 27.0°C 0.7°C warmer | 2.8°C about the same | 837 mm |
| Niort 4.9 km | same station | 26.3°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 847 mm |
| Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan 5.6 km | Prin-Deyrançon | 27.0°C 0.7°C warmer | 2.8°C about the same | 837 mm |
| Aiffres 7 km | same station | 26.3°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 847 mm |
| Benet 10 km | same station | 26.3°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 847 mm |
| Chauray 12 km | same station | 26.3°C about the same | 2.8°C about the same | 847 mm |
Bessines weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Niort station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.9°C | 2.8°C | 5.9°C | 82 mm | 76 |
| February | 10.3°C | 2.4°C | 6.4°C | 64 mm | 108 |
| March | 13.8°C | 4.3°C | 9.1°C | 63 mm | 160 |
| April | 16.7°C | 6.1°C | 11.4°C | 67 mm | 187 |
| May | 20.4°C | 9.6°C | 15.0°C | 67 mm | 219 |
| June | 24.0°C | 12.8°C | 18.4°C | 59 mm | 241 |
| July | 26.3°C | 14.6°C | 20.4°C | 52 mm | 257 |
| August | 26.4°C | 14.4°C | 20.4°C | 53 mm | 248 |
| September | 23.0°C | 11.8°C | 17.4°C | 62 mm | 207 |
| October | 18.1°C | 9.5°C | 13.8°C | 88 mm | 134 |
| November | 12.7°C | 5.6°C | 9.1°C | 92 mm | 93 |
| December | 9.5°C | 3.2°C | 6.3°C | 97 mm | 77 |
| Year | 17.5°C | 8.1°C | 12.8°C | 847 mm | 2,006 |
Where Bessines’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Niort, 8.8 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, Niort, 8.8 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 Deux-Sèvres.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Bessines’s climate
How warm does Bessines get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.4°C. About 65 days a year reach 25°C, more than 56% of mainland French towns, and about 18 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bessines get in winter?
February nights average 2.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 35 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bessines get?
About 847 mm a year, more than 70% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (97 mm) and July the driest (52 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Niort (8.8 km away), averages 2,006 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bessines itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bessines, Niort, 8.8 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 NIORT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bessines →
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.