Villeneuve-d'Amont sits near the bottom of mainland French towns for winter warmth
High summer brings afternoon highs near 23.5°C. Rain is plentiful here, more than falls on almost every mainland French town. No month is much wetter than another: December, the wettest, gets little more than April, the driest. Keep the boiler serviced for the months from October to April, which average under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Pontarlier station, 22 km east.
A year in Villeneuve-d'Amont at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Pontarlier station.
What a year in Villeneuve-d'Amont feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pontarlier.
About 1,464 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 54 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 5th wettest of 34 towns of 2,500+ in Doubs.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Besançon
A frosty town: 110 frosts and 41 days of 25°C a year
On about 110 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 16 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 Pontarlier: 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 Pontarlier
Pontarlier is 22 km east of Villeneuve-d'Amont. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Villeneuve-d'Amont itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Pontarlier (25462001) |
| Distance from the town | 22 km east |
| Station altitude | 808 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 679 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 9.3 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Besançon, 34 km away |
Villeneuve-d'Amont sits 129 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Villeneuve-d'Amont to run about 0.8°C warmer than these figures.
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 Villeneuve-d'Amont 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villeneuve-d'Amont | Pontarlier | 23.5°C | −3.6°C | 1,464 mm |
| Arbois 20 km | Arbois | 25.7°C 2.2°C warmer | 0.4°C 4°C milder | 1,203 mm |
| Ornans 20 km | Besançon | 25.7°C 2.2°C warmer | 0.1°C 3.7°C milder | 1,157 mm |
| Champagnole 24 km | Champagnole | 24.8°C 1.3°C warmer | −3.1°C 0.5°C milder | 1,573 mm |
| Doubs 24 km | same station | 23.5°C about the same | −3.6°C about the same | 1,464 mm |
| Pontarlier 25 km | same station | 23.5°C about the same | −3.6°C about the same | 1,464 mm |
| Poligny 27 km | Arbois | 25.7°C 2.2°C warmer | 0.4°C 4°C milder | 1,203 mm |
Villeneuve-d'Amont weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Pontarlier station; sunshine at Besançon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.6°C | −3.6°C | 0.5°C | 115 mm | 68 |
| February | 5.7°C | −3.7°C | 1.0°C | 105 mm | 97 |
| March | 9.8°C | −0.6°C | 4.6°C | 108 mm | 153 |
| April | 13.6°C | 2.2°C | 7.9°C | 105 mm | 184 |
| May | 17.3°C | 6.2°C | 11.8°C | 140 mm | 208 |
| June | 21.2°C | 9.7°C | 15.4°C | 125 mm | 231 |
| July | 23.5°C | 11.4°C | 17.5°C | 123 mm | 249 |
| August | 23.5°C | 11.1°C | 17.3°C | 121 mm | 237 |
| September | 19.1°C | 7.7°C | 13.4°C | 114 mm | 184 |
| October | 15.0°C | 4.6°C | 9.8°C | 129 mm | 132 |
| November | 8.8°C | 0.3°C | 4.6°C | 131 mm | 75 |
| December | 5.1°C | −2.5°C | 1.3°C | 148 mm | 56 |
| Year | 13.9°C | 3.6°C | 8.8°C | 1,464 mm | 1,873 |
Where Villeneuve-d'Amont’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Pontarlier, 22 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, 34 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 Villeneuve-d'Amont’s climate
How warm does Villeneuve-d'Amont get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.5°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 Villeneuve-d'Amont get in winter?
February nights average −3.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 110 nights a year, and about 16 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Villeneuve-d'Amont get?
About 1,464 mm a year, more than almost every mainland French town. December is the wettest month (148 mm) and April the driest (105 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Besançon (34 km away), averages 1,873 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Villeneuve-d'Amont itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Villeneuve-d'Amont, Pontarlier, 22 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 PONTARLIER, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Villeneuve-d'Amont →
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