Barges is among the frostiest of mainland French towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 27.0°C on average. Rain is spread evenly through the year: the wettest month, December, gets little more than the driest, April. Of the 11 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Saône, it is the driest. Garden chairs stay out from June to September, the months with highs of 22–27°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Montureux-lès-B station, 11 km south-east.
A year in Barges at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Montureux-lès-B station.
What a year in Barges feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Montureux-lès-B.
About 907 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 29 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 11th wettest of 11 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Saône.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Lignéville
A frosty town: 83 frosts and 72 days of 25°C a year
On about 83 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 6 days it stays below freezing all day. About 72 days a year reach 25°C, and 24 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Montureux-lès-B: 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 Montureux-lès-B
Montureux-lès-B is 11 km south-east of Barges. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Barges itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Montureux-lès-B (70372001) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 217 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 229 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Lignéville, 34 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 Barges 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-Saône.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barges | Montureux-lès-B | 27.0°C | −1.0°C | 907 mm |
| Port-sur-Saône 25 km | Vesoul Ville | 27.2°C about the same | −0.4°C 0.6°C milder | 1,008 mm |
Barges weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Montureux-lès-B station; sunshine at Lignéville.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C | −1.0°C | 2.4°C | 73 mm | 58 |
| February | 7.9°C | −1.1°C | 3.4°C | 62 mm | 85 |
| March | 12.7°C | 1.0°C | 6.8°C | 65 mm | 163 |
| April | 16.9°C | 3.4°C | 10.1°C | 61 mm | 201 |
| May | 21.0°C | 7.8°C | 14.4°C | 81 mm | 216 |
| June | 24.9°C | 11.3°C | 18.1°C | 74 mm | 236 |
| July | 27.0°C | 13.0°C | 20.0°C | 78 mm | 252 |
| August | 26.6°C | 12.6°C | 19.6°C | 80 mm | 222 |
| September | 21.9°C | 9.0°C | 15.4°C | 72 mm | 191 |
| October | 16.4°C | 6.1°C | 11.2°C | 85 mm | 115 |
| November | 10.1°C | 2.4°C | 6.2°C | 87 mm | 63 |
| December | 6.4°C | −0.1°C | 3.1°C | 92 mm | 47 |
| Year | 16.5°C | 5.4°C | 10.9°C | 907 mm | 1,848 |
Where Barges’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Montureux-lès-B, 11 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, Lignéville, 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 Haute-Saône.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Barges’s climate
How warm does Barges get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.0°C. About 72 days a year reach 25°C, more than 66% of mainland French towns, and about 24 reach 30°C.
How cold does Barges get in winter?
February nights average −1.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 83 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Barges get?
About 907 mm a year, more than 78% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (92 mm) and April the driest (61 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Lignéville (34 km away), averages 1,848 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Barges itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Barges, Montureux-lès-B, 11 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 MONTUREUX-LES-B, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Barges →
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