More rain falls on Beure than on 94% of mainland French towns: 1,157 mm a year
About 1,157 mm of rain falls in a typical year; July afternoons reach 25.7°C and January nights drop to 0.1°C. In January, nights here are colder than in 83% of mainland French towns. Rain is spread evenly through the year: the wettest month, October, gets little more than the driest, February. Figures from Météo-France’s Besançon station, 4.9 km north.
A year in Beure at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Besançon station.
What a year in Beure feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Besançon.
About 1,157 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. About 39 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 11th wettest of 34 towns of 2,500+ in Doubs.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Besançon
A frosty town: 58 frosts and 59 days of 25°C a year
On about 58 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 8 days it stays below freezing all day. About 59 days a year reach 25°C, and 15 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Besançon: 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 Besançon
Besançon is 4.9 km north of Beure. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Beure itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Besançon (25056001) |
| Distance from the town | 4.9 km north |
| Station altitude | 306 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 262 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 Beure 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beure | Besançon | 25.7°C | 0.1°C | 1,157 mm |
| Besançon 4.1 km | same station | 25.7°C about the same | 0.1°C about the same | 1,157 mm |
| École-Valentin 7.4 km | same station | 25.7°C about the same | 0.1°C about the same | 1,157 mm |
| Saône 8.7 km | same station | 25.7°C about the same | 0.1°C about the same | 1,157 mm |
| Miserey-Salines 9.1 km | same station | 25.7°C about the same | 0.1°C about the same | 1,157 mm |
| Thise 9.9 km | same station | 25.7°C about the same | 0.1°C about the same | 1,157 mm |
| Les Auxons 11 km | same station | 25.7°C about the same | 0.1°C about the same | 1,157 mm |
Beure weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Besançon station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C | 0.1°C | 2.9°C | 90 mm | 68 |
| February | 7.6°C | 0.2°C | 3.9°C | 81 mm | 97 |
| March | 12.1°C | 3.0°C | 7.5°C | 85 mm | 153 |
| April | 16.1°C | 5.6°C | 10.8°C | 87 mm | 184 |
| May | 19.9°C | 9.4°C | 14.6°C | 108 mm | 208 |
| June | 23.6°C | 12.9°C | 18.2°C | 98 mm | 231 |
| July | 25.7°C | 14.7°C | 20.2°C | 89 mm | 249 |
| August | 25.5°C | 14.5°C | 20.0°C | 96 mm | 237 |
| September | 21.0°C | 11.1°C | 16.0°C | 101 mm | 184 |
| October | 16.1°C | 7.7°C | 11.9°C | 112 mm | 132 |
| November | 10.0°C | 3.5°C | 6.7°C | 107 mm | 75 |
| December | 6.4°C | 0.9°C | 3.7°C | 105 mm | 56 |
| Year | 15.8°C | 7.0°C | 11.4°C | 1,157 mm | 1,873 |
Where Beure’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Besançon, 4.9 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, 4.9 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 Beure’s climate
How warm does Beure get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.7°C. About 59 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 54% of mainland French towns, and about 15 reach 30°C.
How cold does Beure get in winter?
January nights average 0.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 58 nights a year, and about 8 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Beure get?
About 1,157 mm a year, more than 94% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (112 mm) and February the driest (81 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Besançon (4.9 km away), averages 1,873 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Beure itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Beure, Besançon, 4.9 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 BESANCON, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Beure →
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.