Ice on the ground: Charcenne sees more frosts than 91% of mainland French towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 27.2°C. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 89% of mainland French towns. Temperatures cover 27°C across the year, low to high. Waterproofs come out on about 137 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Bucey-lès-Gy station, 7.5 km north-east.
A year in Charcenne at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Bucey-lès-Gy station.
What a year in Charcenne feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bucey-lès-Gy.
About 1,033 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 34 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 7th 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: 69 frosts and 79 days of 25°C a year
On about 69 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 8 days it stays below freezing all day. About 79 days a year reach 25°C, and 28 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bucey-lès-Gy: 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 Bucey-lès-Gy
Bucey-lès-Gy is 7.5 km north-east of Charcenne. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Charcenne itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Bucey-lès-Gy (70104001) |
| Distance from the town | 7.5 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 215 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 233 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 4.7 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Chargey-lès-Gray, 20 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 Charcenne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcenne | Bucey-lès-Gy | 27.2°C | 0.1°C | 1,033 mm |
| Les Auxons 16 km | Besançon | 25.7°C 1.5°C cooler | 0.1°C about the same | 1,157 mm |
| Gray 16 km | Chargey-lès-Gray | 26.4°C 0.8°C cooler | 0.4°C about the same | 834 mm |
| Miserey-Salines 18 km | Besançon | 25.7°C 1.5°C cooler | 0.1°C about the same | 1,157 mm |
| École-Valentin 19 km | Besançon | 25.7°C 1.5°C cooler | 0.1°C about the same | 1,157 mm |
| Saint-Vit 21 km | Dannemarie-sur- | 26.3°C 0.9°C cooler | −0.4°C 0.5°C colder | 1,067 mm |
| Besançon 23 km | Besançon | 25.7°C 1.5°C cooler | 0.1°C about the same | 1,157 mm |
Charcenne weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Bucey-lès-Gy station; sunshine at Chargey-lès-Gray.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C | 0.1°C | 3.1°C | 81 mm | 70 |
| February | 8.0°C | 0.1°C | 4.0°C | 74 mm | 99 |
| March | 13.0°C | 2.4°C | 7.7°C | 75 mm | 165 |
| April | 17.3°C | 4.9°C | 11.1°C | 75 mm | 198 |
| May | 21.3°C | 9.1°C | 15.2°C | 101 mm | 222 |
| June | 25.0°C | 12.5°C | 18.7°C | 83 mm | 255 |
| July | 27.2°C | 14.3°C | 20.7°C | 93 mm | 254 |
| August | 26.9°C | 14.0°C | 20.4°C | 79 mm | 229 |
| September | 22.0°C | 10.3°C | 16.2°C | 85 mm | 189 |
| October | 16.6°C | 7.4°C | 12.0°C | 95 mm | 124 |
| November | 10.3°C | 3.2°C | 6.8°C | 100 mm | 72 |
| December | 6.6°C | 0.9°C | 3.7°C | 94 mm | 58 |
| Year | 16.7°C | 6.6°C | 11.6°C | 1,033 mm | 1,934 |
Where Charcenne’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Bucey-lès-Gy, 7.5 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, 20 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 Charcenne’s climate
How warm does Charcenne get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.2°C. About 79 days a year reach 25°C, more than 71% of mainland French towns, and about 28 reach 30°C.
How cold does Charcenne get in winter?
January nights average 0.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 69 nights a year, and about 8 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Charcenne get?
About 1,033 mm a year, more than 89% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (101 mm) and February the driest (74 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chargey-lès-Gray (20 km away), averages 1,934 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Charcenne itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Charcenne, Bucey-lès-Gy, 7.5 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 BUCEY-LES-GY, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Charcenne →
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.