Few mainland French towns get more frosts than Les Écorces
High summer brings afternoon highs near 23.1°C. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 27°C. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on almost every mainland French town. Long walks are most pleasant from June to August, when afternoons reach 21–23°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Charquemont station, 1.6 km east.
A year in Les Écorces at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Charquemont station.
What a year in Les Écorces feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Charquemont.
About 1,575 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and February the driest. About 59 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 3rd wettest of 34 towns of 2,500+ in Doubs.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Besançon
A frosty town: 128 frosts and 40 days of 25°C a year
On about 128 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 19 days it stays below freezing all day. About 40 days a year reach 25°C, and 8 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Charquemont: 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 Charquemont
Charquemont is 1.6 km east of Les Écorces. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Les Écorces itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Charquemont (25127001) |
| Distance from the town | 1.6 km east |
| Station altitude | 884 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 887 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Besançon, 61 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 Les Écorces 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Écorces | Charquemont | 23.1°C | −3.8°C | 1,575 mm |
| Charquemont 2 km | same station | 23.1°C about the same | −3.8°C about the same | 1,575 mm |
| Maîche 3.9 km | Maîche | 22.0°C 1.1°C cooler | −4.3°C 0.5°C colder | 1,433 mm |
| Le Russey 7.8 km | Le Russey | 22.8°C about the same | −4.8°C 1°C colder | 1,667 mm |
| Villers-le-Lac 19 km | Épenoy | 22.6°C 0.5°C cooler | −1.8°C 2°C milder | 1,363 mm |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 19 km | Joncherey | 26.4°C 3.3°C warmer | −1.6°C 2.2°C milder | 1,087 mm |
| Les Fins 20 km | Le Russey | 22.8°C about the same | −4.8°C 1°C colder | 1,667 mm |
Les Écorces weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Charquemont station; sunshine at Besançon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.2°C | −3.8°C | 0.2°C | 129 mm | 68 |
| February | 5.1°C | −4.0°C | 0.6°C | 114 mm | 97 |
| March | 9.1°C | −1.2°C | 3.9°C | 115 mm | 153 |
| April | 13.3°C | 1.6°C | 7.5°C | 114 mm | 184 |
| May | 17.4°C | 5.5°C | 11.5°C | 144 mm | 208 |
| June | 21.2°C | 9.0°C | 15.1°C | 135 mm | 231 |
| July | 23.1°C | 10.8°C | 16.9°C | 142 mm | 249 |
| August | 22.8°C | 10.5°C | 16.7°C | 137 mm | 237 |
| September | 18.2°C | 7.1°C | 12.7°C | 120 mm | 184 |
| October | 14.2°C | 4.0°C | 9.1°C | 136 mm | 132 |
| November | 8.4°C | 0.0°C | 4.2°C | 133 mm | 75 |
| December | 4.8°C | −2.8°C | 1.0°C | 158 mm | 56 |
| Year | 13.5°C | 3.1°C | 8.3°C | 1,575 mm | 1,873 |
Where Les Écorces’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Charquemont, 1.6 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, 61 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 Les Écorces’s climate
How warm does Les Écorces get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.1°C. About 40 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 81% of mainland French towns, and about 8 reach 30°C.
How cold does Les Écorces get in winter?
February nights average −4.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 128 nights a year, and about 19 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Les Écorces get?
About 1,575 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. December is the wettest month (158 mm) and February the driest (114 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Besançon (61 km away), averages 1,873 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Les Écorces itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Les Écorces, Charquemont, 1.6 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 CHARQUEMONT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Les Écorces →
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.