Gray has colder winter nights than 81% of mainland French towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 26.4°C. None of the 11 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Saône gets less rain. Winter and summer sit 26°C apart. Windscreens need scraping on about 58 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Chargey-lès-Gray station, 7.2 km north.
A year in Gray at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Chargey-lès-Gray station.
What a year in Gray feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chargey-lès-Gray.
About 834 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. About 25 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: 58 frosts and 63 days of 25°C a year
On about 58 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 8 days it stays below freezing all day. About 63 days a year reach 25°C, and 19 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chargey-lès-Gray: 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 Chargey-lès-Gray
Chargey-lès-Gray is 7.2 km north of Gray. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Gray itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Chargey-lès-Gray (70132001) |
| Distance from the town | 7.2 km north |
| Station altitude | 244 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 220 m |
| Period | 1997–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
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 Gray 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.
Gray weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Chargey-lès-Gray station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5°C | 0.4°C | 2.9°C | 61 mm | 70 |
| February | 7.4°C | 0.5°C | 3.9°C | 50 mm | 99 |
| March | 12.1°C | 2.9°C | 7.5°C | 60 mm | 165 |
| April | 16.4°C | 5.5°C | 11.0°C | 64 mm | 198 |
| May | 20.2°C | 9.2°C | 14.7°C | 82 mm | 222 |
| June | 24.5°C | 12.5°C | 18.5°C | 71 mm | 255 |
| July | 26.4°C | 14.2°C | 20.3°C | 77 mm | 254 |
| August | 25.9°C | 14.1°C | 20.0°C | 77 mm | 229 |
| September | 21.7°C | 10.9°C | 16.3°C | 62 mm | 189 |
| October | 16.1°C | 7.9°C | 12.0°C | 82 mm | 124 |
| November | 9.7°C | 3.6°C | 6.7°C | 80 mm | 72 |
| December | 6.0°C | 1.1°C | 3.6°C | 68 mm | 58 |
| Year | 16.0°C | 6.9°C | 11.5°C | 834 mm | 1,934 |
Where Gray’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Chargey-lès-Gray, 7.2 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1997–2020, 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, 7.2 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 Gray’s climate
How warm does Gray get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.4°C. About 63 days a year reach 25°C, more than 54% of mainland French towns, and about 19 reach 30°C.
How cold does Gray get in winter?
January nights average 0.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 58 nights a year, and about 8 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Gray get?
About 834 mm a year, more than 68% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (82 mm) and February the driest (50 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chargey-lès-Gray (7.2 km away), averages 1,934 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Gray itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Gray, Chargey-lès-Gray, 7.2 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 CHARGEY-LES-GRAY, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Gray →
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.