Nights turn raw in Pennesières each January, colder than in 83% of mainland French towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 25.0°C. Of all months, May brings the most rain and March the least. None of the 11 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Saône gets less rain. Waterproofs come out on about 130 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Frotey station, 18 km north-east.
A year in Pennesières at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Frotey station.
What a year in Pennesières feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Frotey.
About 914 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and March 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 Besançon
A frosty town: 56 frosts and 50 days of 25°C a year
On about 56 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 12 days it stays below freezing all day. About 50 days a year reach 25°C, and 11 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Frotey: 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 Frotey
Frotey is 18 km north-east of Pennesières. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Pennesières itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Frotey (70261001) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 360 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 321 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 6.2 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Besançon, 28 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 Pennesières 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennesières | Frotey | 25.0°C | 0.1°C | 914 mm |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 13 km | Vesoul Ville | 27.2°C 2.2°C warmer | −0.4°C 0.5°C colder | 1,008 mm |
| Vesoul 16 km | Vesoul Ville | 27.2°C 2.2°C warmer | −0.4°C 0.5°C colder | 1,008 mm |
| Port-sur-Saône 22 km | Vesoul Ville | 27.2°C 2.2°C warmer | −0.4°C 0.5°C colder | 1,008 mm |
| Thise 23 km | Besançon | 25.7°C 0.7°C warmer | 0.1°C about the same | 1,157 mm |
| Les Auxons 23 km | Besançon | 25.7°C 0.7°C warmer | 0.1°C about the same | 1,157 mm |
| Miserey-Salines 24 km | Besançon | 25.7°C 0.7°C warmer | 0.1°C about the same | 1,157 mm |
Pennesières weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Frotey station; sunshine at Besançon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.0°C | 0.1°C | 2.5°C | 68 mm | 68 |
| February | 6.8°C | 0.5°C | 3.6°C | 61 mm | 97 |
| March | 11.2°C | 3.2°C | 7.2°C | 60 mm | 153 |
| April | 15.4°C | 6.2°C | 10.8°C | 64 mm | 184 |
| May | 19.2°C | 10.0°C | 14.6°C | 95 mm | 208 |
| June | 22.8°C | 13.2°C | 18.0°C | 78 mm | 231 |
| July | 25.0°C | 15.2°C | 20.1°C | 78 mm | 249 |
| August | 24.8°C | 15.0°C | 19.9°C | 79 mm | 237 |
| September | 20.2°C | 11.4°C | 15.8°C | 79 mm | 184 |
| October | 15.2°C | 8.1°C | 11.6°C | 87 mm | 132 |
| November | 9.1°C | 3.7°C | 6.4°C | 84 mm | 75 |
| December | 5.6°C | 0.9°C | 3.3°C | 81 mm | 56 |
| Year | 15.0°C | 7.3°C | 11.2°C | 914 mm | 1,873 |
Where Pennesières’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Frotey, 18 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, Besançon, 28 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 Pennesières’s climate
How warm does Pennesières get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.0°C. About 50 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 68% of mainland French towns, and about 11 reach 30°C.
How cold does Pennesières get in winter?
January nights average 0.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 56 nights a year, and about 12 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Pennesières get?
About 914 mm a year, more than 79% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (95 mm) and March the driest (60 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Besançon (28 km away), averages 1,873 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Pennesières itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Pennesières, Frotey, 18 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 FROTEY_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Pennesières →
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