Champvans is among the frostiest of mainland French towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 27.4°C. Seasons differ by 28°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. None of the 11 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Saône gets less rain. The heating season runs November to March: each of those months averages under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Poyans station, 10 km north-west.
A year in Champvans at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Poyans station.
What a year in Champvans feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Poyans.
About 912 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and February 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 Chargey-lès-Gray
A frosty town: 87 frosts and 77 days of 25°C a year
On about 87 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 77 days a year reach 25°C, and 28 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Poyans: 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 Poyans
Poyans is 10 km north-west of Champvans. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Champvans itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Poyans (70422001) |
| Distance from the town | 10 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 202 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 211 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Chargey-lès-Gray, 13 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 Champvans 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.
Champvans weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Poyans station; sunshine at Chargey-lès-Gray.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C | −0.8°C | 2.5°C | 72 mm | 70 |
| February | 7.9°C | −0.8°C | 3.5°C | 61 mm | 99 |
| March | 12.9°C | 1.3°C | 7.1°C | 65 mm | 165 |
| April | 17.1°C | 3.6°C | 10.4°C | 68 mm | 198 |
| May | 21.2°C | 7.8°C | 14.5°C | 89 mm | 222 |
| June | 25.2°C | 11.2°C | 18.2°C | 71 mm | 255 |
| July | 27.4°C | 13.0°C | 20.2°C | 79 mm | 254 |
| August | 27.0°C | 12.7°C | 19.8°C | 75 mm | 229 |
| September | 22.0°C | 9.2°C | 15.6°C | 71 mm | 189 |
| October | 16.2°C | 6.3°C | 11.3°C | 89 mm | 124 |
| November | 9.9°C | 2.5°C | 6.2°C | 92 mm | 72 |
| December | 6.3°C | 0.2°C | 3.3°C | 80 mm | 58 |
| Year | 16.6°C | 5.5°C | 11.1°C | 912 mm | 1,934 |
Where Champvans’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Poyans, 10 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, Chargey-lès-Gray, 13 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 Champvans’s climate
How warm does Champvans get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.4°C. About 77 days a year reach 25°C, more than 70% of mainland French towns, and about 28 reach 30°C.
How cold does Champvans get in winter?
January nights average −0.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 87 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Champvans get?
About 912 mm a year, more than 79% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (92 mm) and February the driest (61 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chargey-lès-Gray (13 km away), averages 1,934 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Champvans itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Champvans, Poyans, 10 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 POYANS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Champvans →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.