Charmes-Saint-Valbert has colder winter nights than 94% of mainland French towns
July afternoons average 25.3°C. Only 26°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Its yearly rainfall tops that of 88% of mainland French towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 138 times a year.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Quarte station, 4.3 km north.
A year in Charmes-Saint-Valbert at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Quarte station.
What a year in Charmes-Saint-Valbert feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Quarte.
About 1,026 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and September the driest. About 33 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: 79 frosts and 54 days of 25°C a year
On about 79 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 12 days it stays below freezing all day. About 54 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Quarte: 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 Quarte
Quarte is 4.3 km north of Charmes-Saint-Valbert. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Charmes-Saint-Valbert itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Quarte (70430001) |
| Distance from the town | 4.3 km north |
| Station altitude | 362 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 266 m |
| Period | 1996–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Chargey-lès-Gray, 26 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 Charmes-Saint-Valbert 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charmes-Saint-Valbert | Quarte | 25.3°C | −1.1°C | 1,026 mm |
| Port-sur-Saône 25 km | Vesoul Ville | 27.2°C 1.9°C warmer | −0.4°C 0.7°C milder | 1,008 mm |
Charmes-Saint-Valbert weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Quarte station; sunshine at Chargey-lès-Gray.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.7°C | −1.1°C | 1.8°C | 90 mm | 70 |
| February | 6.8°C | −0.6°C | 3.1°C | 73 mm | 99 |
| March | 11.3°C | 1.6°C | 6.5°C | 80 mm | 165 |
| April | 15.7°C | 4.3°C | 10.0°C | 72 mm | 198 |
| May | 19.4°C | 8.3°C | 13.8°C | 93 mm | 222 |
| June | 23.4°C | 11.6°C | 17.5°C | 77 mm | 255 |
| July | 25.3°C | 13.2°C | 19.3°C | 89 mm | 254 |
| August | 24.8°C | 13.2°C | 19.0°C | 86 mm | 229 |
| September | 20.7°C | 9.6°C | 15.2°C | 67 mm | 189 |
| October | 15.3°C | 6.5°C | 10.9°C | 90 mm | 124 |
| November | 9.0°C | 2.5°C | 5.7°C | 105 mm | 72 |
| December | 5.4°C | −0.2°C | 2.6°C | 105 mm | 58 |
| Year | 15.2°C | 5.7°C | 10.4°C | 1,026 mm | 1,934 |
Where Charmes-Saint-Valbert’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Quarte, 4.3 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1996–2020, 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, Chargey-lès-Gray, 26 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 Charmes-Saint-Valbert’s climate
How warm does Charmes-Saint-Valbert get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.3°C. About 54 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 64% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Charmes-Saint-Valbert get in winter?
January nights average −1.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 79 nights a year, and about 12 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Charmes-Saint-Valbert get?
About 1,026 mm a year, more than 88% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (105 mm) and September the driest (67 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chargey-lès-Gray (26 km away), averages 1,934 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Charmes-Saint-Valbert itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Charmes-Saint-Valbert, Quarte, 4.3 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 QUARTE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Charmes-Saint-Valbert →
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