Cuve sits near the top of mainland French towns for frosts
Midsummer highs settle at about 26.3°C. December is the wettest month, April the driest. Its yearly rainfall tops that of 96% of mainland French towns. From June to September, highs of 21–26°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
Figures from Météo-France’s Aillevillers station, 8.8 km east.
A year in Cuve at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Aillevillers station.
What a year in Cuve feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Aillevillers.
About 1,175 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 41 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 3rd wettest of 11 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Saône.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Luxeuil
A frosty town: 91 frosts and 67 days of 25°C a year
On about 91 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 8 days it stays below freezing all day. About 67 days a year reach 25°C, and 22 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Aillevillers: 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 Aillevillers
Aillevillers is 8.8 km east of Cuve. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Cuve itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Aillevillers (70006001) |
| Distance from the town | 8.8 km east |
| Station altitude | 275 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 236 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Luxeuil, 16 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 Cuve 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. Where a neighbor uses the same station its figures are the same: the differences you’d feel over a few kilometers aren’t in the normals.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuve | Aillevillers | 26.3°C | −1.6°C | 1,175 mm |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse 4.2 km | same station | 26.3°C about the same | −1.6°C about the same | 1,175 mm |
| Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert 14 km | Fougerolles | 25.5°C 0.8°C cooler | −1.1°C 0.5°C milder | 1,161 mm |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains 15 km | Luxeuil | 26.0°C about the same | −1.2°C about the same | 977 mm |
| Xertigny 20 km | Fougerolles | 24.6°C 1.7°C cooler | −1.4°C about the same | 1,513 mm |
| Le Val-d'Ajol 21 km | Val-d Ajol | 25.9°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 1,576 mm |
| Port-sur-Saône 27 km | Vesoul Ville | 27.2°C 0.9°C warmer | −0.4°C 1.2°C milder | 1,008 mm |
Cuve weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Aillevillers station; sunshine at Luxeuil.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.7°C | −1.6°C | 2.1°C | 105 mm | 69 |
| February | 7.5°C | −1.5°C | 3.0°C | 90 mm | 93 |
| March | 12.2°C | 0.8°C | 6.5°C | 89 mm | 151 |
| April | 16.4°C | 3.6°C | 10.0°C | 75 mm | 183 |
| May | 20.4°C | 7.8°C | 14.1°C | 103 mm | 207 |
| June | 24.2°C | 11.2°C | 17.7°C | 81 mm | 233 |
| July | 26.3°C | 13.1°C | 19.7°C | 91 mm | 250 |
| August | 26.0°C | 12.8°C | 19.4°C | 96 mm | 232 |
| September | 21.3°C | 9.0°C | 15.2°C | 92 mm | 182 |
| October | 16.2°C | 6.0°C | 11.1°C | 110 mm | 120 |
| November | 9.9°C | 2.0°C | 5.9°C | 120 mm | 70 |
| December | 6.3°C | −0.5°C | 2.9°C | 126 mm | 59 |
| Year | 16.0°C | 5.2°C | 10.6°C | 1,175 mm | 1,848 |
Where Cuve’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Aillevillers, 8.8 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, Luxeuil, 16 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 Cuve’s climate
How warm does Cuve get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.3°C. About 67 days a year reach 25°C, more than 59% of mainland French towns, and about 22 reach 30°C.
How cold does Cuve get in winter?
January nights average −1.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 91 nights a year, and about 8 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Cuve get?
About 1,175 mm a year, more than 96% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (126 mm) and April the driest (75 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Luxeuil (16 km away), averages 1,848 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Cuve itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Cuve, Aillevillers, 8.8 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 AILLEVILLERS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Cuve →
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