Hardly any mainland French towns wake to more frost than Battenans-Varin
High summer brings afternoon highs near 23.4°C. Its yearly rainfall tops that of 98% of mainland French towns. A year here swings 27°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Radiators earn their keep from October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Pierrefontaine station, 14 km west.
A year in Battenans-Varin at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Pierrefontaine station.
What a year in Battenans-Varin feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pierrefontaine.
About 1,377 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and February the driest. About 51 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 8th wettest of 34 towns of 2,500+ in Doubs.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Besançon
A frosty town: 119 frosts and 41 days of 25°C a year
On about 119 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 16 days it stays below freezing all day. About 41 days a year reach 25°C, and 8 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pierrefontaine: 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 Pierrefontaine
Pierrefontaine is 14 km west of Battenans-Varin. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Battenans-Varin itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Pierrefontaine (25453001) |
| Distance from the town | 14 km west |
| Station altitude | 695 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 594 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 6 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Besançon, 55 km away |
Battenans-Varin sits 101 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Battenans-Varin to run about 0.7°C warmer 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 Battenans-Varin 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battenans-Varin | Pierrefontaine | 23.4°C | −3.4°C | 1,377 mm |
| Maîche 7 km | Maîche | 22.0°C 1.4°C cooler | −4.3°C 0.9°C colder | 1,433 mm |
| Charquemont 9.1 km | Charquemont | 23.1°C about the same | −3.8°C about the same | 1,575 mm |
| Le Russey 9.5 km | Le Russey | 22.8°C 0.6°C cooler | −4.8°C 1.4°C colder | 1,667 mm |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 16 km | Joncherey | 26.4°C 3°C warmer | −1.6°C 1.8°C milder | 1,087 mm |
| Les Fins 20 km | Le Russey | 22.8°C 0.6°C cooler | −4.8°C 1.4°C colder | 1,667 mm |
| Villers-le-Lac 20 km | Épenoy | 22.6°C 0.8°C cooler | −1.8°C 1.6°C milder | 1,363 mm |
Battenans-Varin weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Pierrefontaine station; sunshine at Besançon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.9°C | −3.4°C | 0.8°C | 109 mm | 68 |
| February | 5.8°C | −3.8°C | 1.0°C | 98 mm | 97 |
| March | 9.7°C | −0.7°C | 4.5°C | 100 mm | 153 |
| April | 13.7°C | 2.1°C | 7.9°C | 101 mm | 184 |
| May | 17.7°C | 6.2°C | 11.9°C | 128 mm | 208 |
| June | 21.6°C | 9.8°C | 15.7°C | 112 mm | 231 |
| July | 23.4°C | 11.4°C | 17.4°C | 113 mm | 249 |
| August | 23.5°C | 11.0°C | 17.3°C | 121 mm | 237 |
| September | 18.9°C | 7.4°C | 13.1°C | 105 mm | 184 |
| October | 14.7°C | 4.4°C | 9.5°C | 129 mm | 132 |
| November | 9.0°C | 0.1°C | 4.5°C | 126 mm | 75 |
| December | 5.6°C | −2.5°C | 1.5°C | 135 mm | 56 |
| Year | 14.0°C | 3.5°C | 8.8°C | 1,377 mm | 1,873 |
Where Battenans-Varin’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Pierrefontaine, 14 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, 55 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 Battenans-Varin’s climate
How warm does Battenans-Varin get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.5°C. About 41 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 80% of mainland French towns, and about 8 reach 30°C.
How cold does Battenans-Varin get in winter?
February nights average −3.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 119 nights a year, and about 16 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Battenans-Varin get?
About 1,377 mm a year, more than 98% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (135 mm) and February the driest (98 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Besançon (55 km away), averages 1,873 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Battenans-Varin itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Battenans-Varin, Pierrefontaine, 14 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 PIERREFONTAINE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Battenans-Varin →
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.