Hardly any mainland French towns see harsher January nights than Fournets-Luisans
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 22.8°C. Winter and summer sit 28°C apart. Of the 34 towns of 2,500+ in Doubs, it is the wettest. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 163 times a year.
Figures from Météo-France’s Le Russey station, 15 km north-east.
A year in Fournets-Luisans at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Le Russey station.
What a year in Fournets-Luisans feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Russey.
About 1,667 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 61 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 34 towns of 2,500+ in Doubs.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Besançon
A frosty town: 136 frosts and 36 days of 25°C a year
On about 136 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 21 days it stays below freezing all day. About 36 days a year reach 25°C, and 7 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Russey: 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 Le Russey
Le Russey is 15 km north-east of Fournets-Luisans. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Fournets-Luisans itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Le Russey (25512001) |
| Distance from the town | 15 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 891 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 899 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 12 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Besançon, 46 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 Fournets-Luisans 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fournets-Luisans | Le Russey | 22.8°C | −4.8°C | 1,667 mm |
| Les Fins 6.2 km | same station | 22.8°C about the same | −4.8°C about the same | 1,667 mm |
| Morteau 6.5 km | Épenoy | 22.6°C about the same | −1.8°C 3°C milder | 1,363 mm |
| Villers-le-Lac 10 km | Épenoy | 22.6°C about the same | −1.8°C 3°C milder | 1,363 mm |
| Le Russey 14 km | same station | 22.8°C about the same | −4.8°C about the same | 1,667 mm |
| Valdahon 17 km | Adam-lès-Vercel | 24.4°C 1.6°C warmer | −2.4°C 2.4°C milder | 1,511 mm |
| Charquemont 23 km | Charquemont | 23.1°C about the same | −3.8°C 1°C milder | 1,575 mm |
Fournets-Luisans weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Le Russey station; sunshine at Besançon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.3°C | −4.8°C | −0.3°C | 138 mm | 68 |
| February | 5.1°C | −4.9°C | 0.1°C | 120 mm | 97 |
| March | 8.9°C | −1.9°C | 3.5°C | 121 mm | 153 |
| April | 12.8°C | 1.0°C | 6.9°C | 117 mm | 184 |
| May | 16.8°C | 5.0°C | 10.9°C | 154 mm | 208 |
| June | 20.8°C | 8.7°C | 14.7°C | 144 mm | 231 |
| July | 22.8°C | 10.6°C | 16.7°C | 147 mm | 249 |
| August | 22.8°C | 10.2°C | 16.5°C | 148 mm | 237 |
| September | 18.3°C | 6.6°C | 12.5°C | 125 mm | 184 |
| October | 14.4°C | 3.6°C | 9.0°C | 140 mm | 132 |
| November | 8.4°C | −0.7°C | 3.8°C | 145 mm | 75 |
| December | 5.0°C | −3.4°C | 0.8°C | 168 mm | 56 |
| Year | 13.4°C | 2.5°C | 7.9°C | 1,667 mm | 1,873 |
Where Fournets-Luisans’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Le Russey, 15 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, 46 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 Fournets-Luisans’s climate
How warm does Fournets-Luisans get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22.8°C. About 36 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 85% of mainland French towns, and about 7 reach 30°C.
How cold does Fournets-Luisans get in winter?
February nights average −4.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 136 nights a year, and about 21 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Fournets-Luisans get?
About 1,667 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. December is the wettest month (168 mm) and April the driest (117 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Besançon (46 km away), averages 1,873 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Fournets-Luisans itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Fournets-Luisans, Le Russey, 15 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 LE RUSSEY, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Fournets-Luisans →
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.