Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts sits near the bottom of mainland French towns for winter warmth
Midsummer highs settle at about 22.0°C. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 98% of mainland French towns. Rain is spread evenly through the year: the wettest month, May, gets little more than the driest, February. Central heating does most of its work from October to April, in months below 10°C on average.
Figures from Météo-France’s Maîche station, 10 km south-west.
A year in Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Maîche station.
What a year in Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Maîche.
About 1,433 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 50 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 7th wettest of 34 towns of 2,500+ in Doubs.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Bale-Mulhouse
A frosty town: 124 frosts and 26 days of 25°C a year
On about 124 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 22 days it stays below freezing all day. About 26 days a year reach 25°C, and 4 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Maîche: 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 Maîche
Maîche is 10 km south-west of Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Maîche (25356003) |
| Distance from the town | 10 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 825 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 745 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Bale-Mulhouse, 58 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 Plains-et-Grands-Essarts 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 Plains-et-Grands-Essarts | Maîche | 22.0°C | −4.3°C | 1,433 mm |
| Maîche 9.1 km | same station | 22.0°C about the same | −4.3°C about the same | 1,433 mm |
| Charquemont 12 km | Charquemont | 23.1°C 1.1°C warmer | −3.8°C 0.5°C milder | 1,575 mm |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 13 km | Joncherey | 26.4°C 4.4°C warmer | −1.6°C 2.7°C milder | 1,087 mm |
| Hérimoncourt 15 km | Joncherey | 26.4°C 4.4°C warmer | −1.6°C 2.7°C milder | 1,087 mm |
| Mandeure 17 km | Joncherey | 26.4°C 4.4°C warmer | −1.6°C 2.7°C milder | 1,087 mm |
| Seloncourt 18 km | Joncherey | 26.4°C 4.4°C warmer | −1.6°C 2.7°C milder | 1,087 mm |
Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Maîche station; sunshine at Bale-Mulhouse.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C | −4.3°C | −0.1°C | 112 mm | 68 |
| February | 4.8°C | −4.5°C | 0.2°C | 97 mm | 91 |
| March | 8.4°C | −1.7°C | 3.3°C | 102 mm | 146 |
| April | 12.4°C | 1.2°C | 6.8°C | 105 mm | 181 |
| May | 16.2°C | 5.1°C | 10.7°C | 142 mm | 202 |
| June | 20.1°C | 8.7°C | 14.4°C | 118 mm | 228 |
| July | 22.0°C | 10.5°C | 16.3°C | 133 mm | 248 |
| August | 21.8°C | 10.2°C | 16.0°C | 133 mm | 234 |
| September | 17.4°C | 6.8°C | 12.1°C | 117 mm | 168 |
| October | 13.9°C | 3.7°C | 8.8°C | 124 mm | 121 |
| November | 8.1°C | −0.7°C | 3.7°C | 116 mm | 70 |
| December | 4.7°C | −3.4°C | 0.6°C | 135 mm | 62 |
| Year | 12.8°C | 2.6°C | 7.7°C | 1,433 mm | 1,819 |
Where Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Maîche, 10 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, Bale-Mulhouse, 58 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 Plains-et-Grands-Essarts’s climate
How warm does Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22.0°C. About 26 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 93% of mainland French towns, and about 4 reach 30°C.
How cold does Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts get in winter?
February nights average −4.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 124 nights a year, and about 22 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts get?
About 1,433 mm a year, more than 98% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (142 mm) and February the driest (97 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Bale-Mulhouse (58 km away), averages 1,819 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts, Maîche, 10 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 MAICHE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts →
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.