Déservillers sits near the top of mainland French towns for rain, with 1,363 mm a year
Midwinter brings lows of about −1.8°C. Its January nights bite harder than in 98% of mainland French towns. Rain peaks in May and eases off in February. Plan time outside from June to September, when highs sit at 18–23°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Épenoy station, 26 km north-east: at that distance, read them as the area’s climate rather than the town’s.
A year in Déservillers at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Épenoy station.
What a year in Déservillers feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Épenoy.
About 1,363 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 48 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: 85 frosts and 30 days of 25°C a year
On about 85 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 19 days it stays below freezing all day. About 30 days a year reach 25°C, and 4 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Épenoy: 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 Épenoy
Épenoy is 26 km north-east of Déservillers. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Déservillers itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Épenoy (25219002) |
| Distance from the town | 26 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 752 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 698 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 4.5 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Besançon, 28 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 Déservillers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Déservillers | Épenoy | 22.6°C | −1.8°C | 1,363 mm |
| Ornans 13 km | Besançon | 25.7°C 3.1°C warmer | 0.1°C 1.9°C milder | 1,157 mm |
| Doubs 23 km | Pontarlier | 23.5°C 0.9°C warmer | −3.6°C 1.8°C colder | 1,464 mm |
| Pontarlier 24 km | Pontarlier | 23.5°C 0.9°C warmer | −3.6°C 1.8°C colder | 1,464 mm |
| Saône 24 km | Besançon | 25.7°C 3.1°C warmer | 0.1°C 1.9°C milder | 1,157 mm |
| Arbois 25 km | Arbois | 25.7°C 3.1°C warmer | 0.4°C 2.2°C milder | 1,203 mm |
| Valdahon 26 km | Adam-lès-Vercel | 24.4°C 1.8°C warmer | −2.4°C 0.6°C colder | 1,511 mm |
Déservillers weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Épenoy station; sunshine at Besançon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.4°C | −1.8°C | 1.3°C | 100 mm | 68 |
| February | 5.1°C | −1.8°C | 1.6°C | 87 mm | 97 |
| March | 8.9°C | 0.8°C | 4.8°C | 94 mm | 153 |
| April | 12.9°C | 3.7°C | 8.3°C | 100 mm | 184 |
| May | 16.8°C | 7.5°C | 12.1°C | 141 mm | 208 |
| June | 20.7°C | 10.9°C | 15.8°C | 120 mm | 231 |
| July | 22.6°C | 12.9°C | 17.7°C | 114 mm | 249 |
| August | 22.3°C | 12.8°C | 17.6°C | 130 mm | 237 |
| September | 18.1°C | 9.3°C | 13.7°C | 111 mm | 184 |
| October | 14.3°C | 6.4°C | 10.3°C | 127 mm | 132 |
| November | 8.4°C | 1.8°C | 5.1°C | 115 mm | 75 |
| December | 5.2°C | −0.8°C | 2.2°C | 125 mm | 56 |
| Year | 13.3°C | 5.1°C | 9.2°C | 1,363 mm | 1,873 |
Where Déservillers’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Épenoy, 26 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1992–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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, 28 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 Déservillers’s climate
How warm does Déservillers get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22.6°C. About 30 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 92% of mainland French towns, and about 4 reach 30°C.
How cold does Déservillers get in winter?
January nights average −1.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 85 nights a year, and about 19 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Déservillers get?
About 1,363 mm a year, more than 98% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (141 mm) and February the driest (87 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Besançon (28 km away), averages 1,873 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Déservillers itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Déservillers, Épenoy, 26 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 EPENOY, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Déservillers →
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.