Ice on the ground: Abbans-Dessus sees more frosts than 90% of mainland French towns
Expect July afternoons of about 26.3°C. Rain is plentiful here, more than falls on 90% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month, February the driest. An umbrella earns its place on about 132 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Dannemarie-sur- station, 9.4 km north.
A year in Abbans-Dessus at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Dannemarie-sur- station.
What a year in Abbans-Dessus feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Dannemarie-sur-.
About 1,067 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. About 36 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 33rd wettest of 34 towns of 2,500+ in Doubs.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Besançon
A frosty town: 68 frosts and 69 days of 25°C a year
On about 68 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 8 days it stays below freezing all day. About 69 days a year reach 25°C, and 20 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Dannemarie-sur-: 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 Dannemarie-sur-
Dannemarie-sur- is 9.4 km north of Abbans-Dessus. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Abbans-Dessus itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Dannemarie-sur- (25195001) |
| Distance from the town | 9.4 km north |
| Station altitude | 267 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 404 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Besançon, 17 km away |
Abbans-Dessus sits 137 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Abbans-Dessus to run about 0.9°C cooler than these figures.
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 Abbans-Dessus 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 Doubs.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbans-Dessus | Dannemarie-sur- | 26.3°C | −0.4°C | 1,067 mm |
| Saint-Vit 9 km | same station | 26.3°C about the same | −0.4°C about the same | 1,067 mm |
| Besançon 17 km | Besançon | 25.7°C 0.6°C cooler | 0.1°C 0.5°C milder | 1,157 mm |
| École-Valentin 19 km | Besançon | 25.7°C 0.6°C cooler | 0.1°C 0.5°C milder | 1,157 mm |
| Miserey-Salines 20 km | Besançon | 25.7°C 0.6°C cooler | 0.1°C 0.5°C milder | 1,157 mm |
| Ornans 20 km | Besançon | 25.7°C 0.6°C cooler | 0.1°C 0.5°C milder | 1,157 mm |
| Les Auxons 21 km | Besançon | 25.7°C 0.6°C cooler | 0.1°C 0.5°C milder | 1,157 mm |
Abbans-Dessus weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Dannemarie-sur- station; sunshine at Besançon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.0°C | −0.4°C | 2.8°C | 78 mm | 68 |
| February | 7.8°C | −0.3°C | 3.7°C | 73 mm | 97 |
| March | 12.5°C | 2.5°C | 7.5°C | 79 mm | 153 |
| April | 16.5°C | 5.0°C | 10.8°C | 80 mm | 184 |
| May | 20.5°C | 8.9°C | 14.7°C | 102 mm | 208 |
| June | 24.3°C | 12.3°C | 18.3°C | 86 mm | 231 |
| July | 26.3°C | 14.1°C | 20.2°C | 81 mm | 249 |
| August | 26.2°C | 13.8°C | 20.0°C | 88 mm | 237 |
| September | 21.7°C | 10.5°C | 16.1°C | 90 mm | 184 |
| October | 16.7°C | 7.3°C | 12.0°C | 108 mm | 132 |
| November | 10.0°C | 3.0°C | 6.5°C | 104 mm | 75 |
| December | 6.3°C | 0.4°C | 3.4°C | 97 mm | 56 |
| Year | 16.2°C | 6.4°C | 11.3°C | 1,067 mm | 1,873 |
Where Abbans-Dessus’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Dannemarie-sur-, 9.4 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, Besançon, 17 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 Doubs.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Abbans-Dessus’s climate
How warm does Abbans-Dessus get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.3°C. About 69 days a year reach 25°C, more than 61% of mainland French towns, and about 20 reach 30°C.
How cold does Abbans-Dessus get in winter?
January nights average −0.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 68 nights a year, and about 8 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Abbans-Dessus get?
About 1,067 mm a year, more than 90% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (108 mm) and February the driest (73 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Besançon (17 km away), averages 1,873 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Abbans-Dessus itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Abbans-Dessus, Dannemarie-sur-, 9.4 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 DANNEMARIE-SUR-, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Abbans-Dessus →
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.