Hardly any mainland French towns wake to more frost than Malbuisson
Sunny July days climb to about 23.2°C. No month is much wetter than another: December, the wettest, gets little more than April, the driest. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on almost every mainland French town. From June to August, highs of 21–23°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Labergement station, 3 km south-west.
A year in Malbuisson at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Labergement station.
What a year in Malbuisson feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Labergement.
About 1,459 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 54 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 Besançon
A frosty town: 137 frosts and 41 days of 25°C a year
On about 137 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 19 days it stays below freezing all day. About 41 days a year reach 25°C, and 8 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Labergement: 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 Labergement
Labergement is 3 km south-west of Malbuisson. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Malbuisson itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Labergement (25320001) |
| Distance from the town | 3 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 863 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 889 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Besançon, 56 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 Malbuisson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malbuisson | Labergement | 23.2°C | −4.9°C | 1,459 mm |
| Pontarlier 13 km | Pontarlier | 23.5°C about the same | −3.6°C 1.3°C milder | 1,464 mm |
| Doubs 14 km | Pontarlier | 23.5°C about the same | −3.6°C 1.3°C milder | 1,464 mm |
Malbuisson weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Labergement station; sunshine at Besançon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.9°C | −4.9°C | −0.5°C | 122 mm | 68 |
| February | 5.3°C | −5.1°C | 0.1°C | 107 mm | 97 |
| March | 9.3°C | −2.0°C | 3.7°C | 107 mm | 153 |
| April | 13.2°C | 0.8°C | 7.0°C | 104 mm | 184 |
| May | 17.2°C | 5.0°C | 11.1°C | 128 mm | 208 |
| June | 21.2°C | 8.4°C | 14.8°C | 132 mm | 231 |
| July | 23.2°C | 10.1°C | 16.7°C | 124 mm | 249 |
| August | 23.1°C | 9.6°C | 16.4°C | 118 mm | 237 |
| September | 19.0°C | 6.6°C | 12.8°C | 112 mm | 184 |
| October | 14.9°C | 3.6°C | 9.3°C | 127 mm | 132 |
| November | 8.6°C | −0.7°C | 3.9°C | 129 mm | 75 |
| December | 4.5°C | −3.8°C | 0.4°C | 148 mm | 56 |
| Year | 13.6°C | 2.3°C | 8.0°C | 1,459 mm | 1,873 |
Where Malbuisson’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Labergement, 3 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, 56 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 Malbuisson’s climate
How warm does Malbuisson get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.2°C. About 41 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 80% of mainland French towns, and about 8 reach 30°C.
How cold does Malbuisson get in winter?
February nights average −5.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 137 nights a year, and about 19 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Malbuisson get?
About 1,459 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. December is the wettest month (148 mm) and April the driest (104 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Besançon (56 km away), averages 1,873 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Malbuisson itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Malbuisson, Labergement, 3 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 LABERGEMENT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Malbuisson →
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