Hardly any mainland French towns collect more rain than Loray: 1,363 mm a year
Nights in January average −1.8°C. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 98% of mainland French towns. Only 24°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Frost greets about 85 mornings a year, so leave time to clear the car.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Épenoy station, 10 km west.
A year in Loray at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Épenoy station.
What a year in Loray 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 10 km west of Loray. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Loray itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Épenoy (25219002) |
| Distance from the town | 10 km west |
| Station altitude | 752 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 757 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 7.7 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Besançon, 40 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 Loray 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loray | Épenoy | 22.6°C | −1.8°C | 1,363 mm |
| Valdahon 12 km | Adam-lès-Vercel | 24.4°C 1.8°C warmer | −2.4°C 0.6°C colder | 1,511 mm |
| Les Fins 13 km | Le Russey | 22.8°C about the same | −4.8°C 3°C colder | 1,667 mm |
| Morteau 13 km | same station | 22.6°C about the same | −1.8°C about the same | 1,363 mm |
| Villers-le-Lac 17 km | same station | 22.6°C about the same | −1.8°C about the same | 1,363 mm |
| Le Russey 18 km | Le Russey | 22.8°C about the same | −4.8°C 3°C colder | 1,667 mm |
| Baume-les-Dames 25 km | Pouligney | 27.0°C 4.4°C warmer | −1.4°C about the same | 1,215 mm |
Loray 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 Loray’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Épenoy, 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, Besançon, 40 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 Loray’s climate
How warm does Loray 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 Loray 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 Loray 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 (40 km away), averages 1,873 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Loray itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Loray, Épenoy, 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 EPENOY, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Loray →
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