Recologne-lès-Rioz gets more frosts than 91% of mainland French towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 27.2°C. Its yearly rainfall tops that of 89% of mainland French towns. Rain is spread evenly through the year: the wettest month, May, gets little more than the driest, February. Plan time outside for May, June, August and September, when highs sit at 21–27°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Bucey-lès-Gy station, 12 km south-west.
A year in Recologne-lès-Rioz at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Bucey-lès-Gy station.
What a year in Recologne-lès-Rioz 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 Besançon
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 12 km south-west of Recologne-lès-Rioz. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Recologne-lès-Rioz itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Bucey-lès-Gy (70104001) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 215 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 335 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 6.9 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Besançon, 25 km away |
Recologne-lès-Rioz sits 120 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Recologne-lès-Rioz to run about 0.8°C cooler than these figures.
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 Recologne-lès-Rioz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recologne-lès-Rioz | Bucey-lès-Gy | 27.2°C | 0.1°C | 1,033 mm |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 18 km | Vesoul Ville | 27.2°C about the same | −0.4°C 0.5°C colder | 1,008 mm |
| Les Auxons 19 km | Besançon | 25.7°C 1.5°C cooler | 0.1°C about the same | 1,157 mm |
| Miserey-Salines 21 km | Besançon | 25.7°C 1.5°C cooler | 0.1°C about the same | 1,157 mm |
| Vesoul 21 km | Vesoul Ville | 27.2°C about the same | −0.4°C 0.5°C colder | 1,008 mm |
| École-Valentin 22 km | Besançon | 25.7°C 1.5°C cooler | 0.1°C about the same | 1,157 mm |
| Thise 22 km | Besançon | 25.7°C 1.5°C cooler | 0.1°C about the same | 1,157 mm |
Recologne-lès-Rioz weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Bucey-lès-Gy station; sunshine at Besançon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C | 0.1°C | 3.1°C | 81 mm | 68 |
| February | 8.0°C | 0.1°C | 4.0°C | 74 mm | 97 |
| March | 13.0°C | 2.4°C | 7.7°C | 75 mm | 153 |
| April | 17.3°C | 4.9°C | 11.1°C | 75 mm | 184 |
| May | 21.3°C | 9.1°C | 15.2°C | 101 mm | 208 |
| June | 25.0°C | 12.5°C | 18.7°C | 83 mm | 231 |
| July | 27.2°C | 14.3°C | 20.7°C | 93 mm | 249 |
| August | 26.9°C | 14.0°C | 20.4°C | 79 mm | 237 |
| September | 22.0°C | 10.3°C | 16.2°C | 85 mm | 184 |
| October | 16.6°C | 7.4°C | 12.0°C | 95 mm | 132 |
| November | 10.3°C | 3.2°C | 6.8°C | 100 mm | 75 |
| December | 6.6°C | 0.9°C | 3.7°C | 94 mm | 56 |
| Year | 16.7°C | 6.6°C | 11.6°C | 1,033 mm | 1,873 |
Where Recologne-lès-Rioz’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, 12 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, 25 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 Recologne-lès-Rioz’s climate
How warm does Recologne-lès-Rioz 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 Recologne-lès-Rioz 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 Recologne-lès-Rioz 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, Besançon (25 km away), averages 1,873 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Recologne-lès-Rioz itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Recologne-lès-Rioz, Bucey-lès-Gy, 12 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 Recologne-lès-Rioz →
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.