More rain falls on Liffol-le-Petit than on 90% of mainland French towns: 1,086 mm a year
July afternoons average 24.6°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 89% of mainland French towns. Of all months, December brings the most rain and April the least. Garden chairs stay out from June to September, the months with highs of 20–25°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Busson station, 13 km west.
A year in Liffol-le-Petit at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Busson station.
What a year in Liffol-le-Petit feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Busson.
About 1,086 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 36 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 6 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Marne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Lignéville
A frosty town: 67 frosts and 43 days of 25°C a year
On about 67 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 13 days it stays below freezing all day. About 43 days a year reach 25°C, and 9 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Busson: 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 Busson
Busson is 13 km west of Liffol-le-Petit. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Liffol-le-Petit itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Busson (52084002) |
| Distance from the town | 13 km west |
| Station altitude | 387 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 318 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Lignéville, 36 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 Liffol-le-Petit 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 Haute-Marne.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liffol-le-Petit | Busson | 24.6°C | −0.4°C | 1,086 mm |
| Neufchâteau 14 km | Cirfontaines | 24.7°C about the same | −0.4°C about the same | 904 mm |
Liffol-le-Petit weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Busson station; sunshine at Lignéville.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.5°C | −0.4°C | 2.0°C | 105 mm | 58 |
| February | 6.1°C | −0.2°C | 2.9°C | 89 mm | 85 |
| March | 10.4°C | 1.8°C | 6.1°C | 83 mm | 163 |
| April | 14.5°C | 4.1°C | 9.3°C | 71 mm | 201 |
| May | 18.5°C | 7.7°C | 13.1°C | 93 mm | 216 |
| June | 22.3°C | 10.8°C | 16.5°C | 74 mm | 236 |
| July | 24.6°C | 12.9°C | 18.7°C | 80 mm | 252 |
| August | 24.1°C | 13.1°C | 18.6°C | 90 mm | 222 |
| September | 19.5°C | 9.8°C | 14.7°C | 81 mm | 191 |
| October | 14.4°C | 7.1°C | 10.7°C | 99 mm | 115 |
| November | 8.5°C | 3.1°C | 5.8°C | 106 mm | 63 |
| December | 5.2°C | 0.6°C | 2.9°C | 114 mm | 47 |
| Year | 14.4°C | 5.9°C | 10.1°C | 1,086 mm | 1,848 |
Where Liffol-le-Petit’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Busson, 13 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, Lignéville, 36 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 Haute-Marne.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Liffol-le-Petit’s climate
How warm does Liffol-le-Petit get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.6°C. About 43 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 78% of mainland French towns, and about 9 reach 30°C.
How cold does Liffol-le-Petit get in winter?
January nights average −0.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 67 nights a year, and about 13 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Liffol-le-Petit get?
About 1,086 mm a year, more than 90% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (114 mm) and April the driest (71 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Lignéville (36 km away), averages 1,848 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Liffol-le-Petit itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Liffol-le-Petit, Busson, 13 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 BUSSON_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Liffol-le-Petit →
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