Abergement-le-Petit sits near the top of mainland French towns for rain, with 1,203 mm a year
January nights here settle around 0.4°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 81% of mainland French towns. Rain peaks in May and eases off in February. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 135 times a year.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Arbois station, 3.5 km east.
A year in Abergement-le-Petit at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Arbois station.
What a year in Abergement-le-Petit feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Arbois.
About 1,203 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 42 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 5th wettest of 11 towns of 2,500+ in Jura.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Tavaux Sa
A frosty town: 54 frosts and 59 days of 25°C a year
On about 54 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 9 days it stays below freezing all day. About 59 days a year reach 25°C, and 15 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Arbois: 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 Arbois
Arbois is 3.5 km east of Abergement-le-Petit. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Abergement-le-Petit itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Arbois (39013004) |
| Distance from the town | 3.5 km east |
| Station altitude | 313 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 284 m |
| Period | 1994–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Tavaux Sa, 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 Abergement-le-Petit 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 Jura.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abergement-le-Petit | Arbois | 25.7°C | 0.4°C | 1,203 mm |
| Arbois 6 km | same station | 25.7°C about the same | 0.4°C about the same | 1,203 mm |
| Poligny 7.2 km | same station | 25.7°C about the same | 0.4°C about the same | 1,203 mm |
| Champagnole 24 km | Champagnole | 24.8°C 0.9°C cooler | −3.1°C 3.5°C colder | 1,573 mm |
| Dole 26 km | Dole | 27.5°C 1.8°C warmer | −0.4°C 0.8°C colder | 1,023 mm |
| Tavaux 27 km | Tavaux Sa | 26.9°C 1.2°C warmer | 0.1°C about the same | 869 mm |
| Lons-le-Saunier 27 km | Lons le Saunier | 25.9°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 1,147 mm |
Abergement-le-Petit weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Arbois station; sunshine at Tavaux Sa.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.2°C | 0.4°C | 3.3°C | 87 mm | 57 |
| February | 7.9°C | 0.9°C | 4.4°C | 85 mm | 100 |
| March | 12.2°C | 3.4°C | 7.8°C | 88 mm | 186 |
| April | 16.3°C | 6.4°C | 11.3°C | 94 mm | 215 |
| May | 19.9°C | 10.0°C | 15.0°C | 123 mm | 221 |
| June | 23.8°C | 13.2°C | 18.5°C | 91 mm | 252 |
| July | 25.7°C | 14.9°C | 20.3°C | 99 mm | 276 |
| August | 25.4°C | 14.7°C | 20.1°C | 102 mm | 251 |
| September | 21.3°C | 11.2°C | 16.2°C | 92 mm | 205 |
| October | 16.9°C | 8.4°C | 12.7°C | 116 mm | 128 |
| November | 10.5°C | 3.9°C | 7.2°C | 119 mm | 67 |
| December | 6.9°C | 1.1°C | 4.0°C | 108 mm | 54 |
| Year | 16.1°C | 7.4°C | 11.7°C | 1,203 mm | 2,012 |
Where Abergement-le-Petit’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Arbois, 3.5 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1994–2020, 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, Tavaux Sa, 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 Jura.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Abergement-le-Petit’s climate
How warm does Abergement-le-Petit get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.7°C. About 59 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 54% of mainland French towns, and about 15 reach 30°C.
How cold does Abergement-le-Petit get in winter?
January nights average 0.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 54 nights a year, and about 9 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Abergement-le-Petit get?
About 1,203 mm a year, more than 96% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (123 mm) and February the driest (85 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Tavaux Sa (26 km away), averages 2,012 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Abergement-le-Petit itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Abergement-le-Petit, Arbois, 3.5 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 ARBOIS_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Abergement-le-Petit →
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