Few mainland French towns get more rain than Rennes-sur-Loue: 1,183 mm a year
Deep winter brings January lows near −0.8°C. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 29°C. Frost is common: about 81 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 95% of mainland French towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 136 times a year.
Figures from Météo-France’s Arc-et-Senans station, 6 km west.
A year in Rennes-sur-Loue at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Arc-et-Senans station.
What a year in Rennes-sur-Loue feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Arc-et-Senans.
About 1,183 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and February the driest. About 40 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 11th wettest of 34 towns of 2,500+ in Doubs.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Besançon
A frosty town: 81 frosts and 87 days of 25°C a year
On about 81 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 87 days a year reach 25°C, and 32 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Arc-et-Senans: 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 Arc-et-Senans
Arc-et-Senans is 6 km west of Rennes-sur-Loue. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Rennes-sur-Loue itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Arc-et-Senans (25021001) |
| Distance from the town | 6 km west |
| Station altitude | 235 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 260 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Besançon, 28 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 Rennes-sur-Loue 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rennes-sur-Loue | Arc-et-Senans | 27.9°C | −0.8°C | 1,183 mm |
| Arbois 13 km | Arbois | 25.7°C 2.2°C cooler | 0.4°C 1.2°C milder | 1,203 mm |
| Saint-Vit 20 km | Dannemarie-sur- | 26.3°C 1.6°C cooler | −0.4°C about the same | 1,067 mm |
| Poligny 22 km | Arbois | 25.7°C 2.2°C cooler | 0.4°C 1.2°C milder | 1,203 mm |
| Ornans 24 km | Besançon | 25.7°C 2.2°C cooler | 0.1°C 0.9°C milder | 1,157 mm |
| Besançon 28 km | Besançon | 25.7°C 2.2°C cooler | 0.1°C 0.9°C milder | 1,157 mm |
Rennes-sur-Loue weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Arc-et-Senans station; sunshine at Besançon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C | −0.8°C | 3.0°C | 91 mm | 68 |
| February | 8.7°C | −0.8°C | 4.0°C | 85 mm | 97 |
| March | 13.5°C | 1.7°C | 7.6°C | 87 mm | 153 |
| April | 17.6°C | 4.4°C | 11.0°C | 88 mm | 184 |
| May | 21.6°C | 8.7°C | 15.2°C | 111 mm | 208 |
| June | 25.6°C | 12.2°C | 18.9°C | 92 mm | 231 |
| July | 27.9°C | 13.9°C | 20.9°C | 93 mm | 249 |
| August | 27.5°C | 13.5°C | 20.5°C | 97 mm | 237 |
| September | 22.7°C | 10.0°C | 16.4°C | 98 mm | 184 |
| October | 17.5°C | 6.8°C | 12.2°C | 111 mm | 132 |
| November | 11.1°C | 2.6°C | 6.9°C | 119 mm | 75 |
| December | 7.3°C | 0.1°C | 3.7°C | 112 mm | 56 |
| Year | 17.3°C | 6.0°C | 11.7°C | 1,183 mm | 1,873 |
Where Rennes-sur-Loue’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Arc-et-Senans, 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, 28 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 Rennes-sur-Loue’s climate
How warm does Rennes-sur-Loue get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.9°C. About 87 days a year reach 25°C, more than 77% of mainland French towns, and about 32 reach 30°C.
How cold does Rennes-sur-Loue get in winter?
January nights average −0.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 81 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Rennes-sur-Loue get?
About 1,183 mm a year, more than 96% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (119 mm) and February the driest (85 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Besançon (28 km away), averages 1,873 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Rennes-sur-Loue itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Rennes-sur-Loue, Arc-et-Senans, 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 ARC-ET-SENANS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Rennes-sur-Loue →
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