Few mainland French towns get more rain than Bracon: 1,203 mm a year
On a normal January night the air cools to about 0.4°C. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 81% of mainland French towns. No month is much wetter than another: May, the wettest, gets little more than February, the driest. Garden chairs stay out from May to September, the months with highs of 20–26°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Arbois station, 11 km west.
A year in Bracon at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Arbois station.
What a year in Bracon 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 Besançon
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 11 km west of Bracon. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bracon itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Arbois (39013004) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km west |
| Station altitude | 313 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 372 m |
| Period | 1994–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Besançon, 36 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 Bracon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracon | Arbois | 25.7°C | 0.4°C | 1,203 mm |
| Arbois 8.7 km | same station | 25.7°C about the same | 0.4°C about the same | 1,203 mm |
| Poligny 17 km | same station | 25.7°C about the same | 0.4°C about the same | 1,203 mm |
| Champagnole 20 km | Champagnole | 24.8°C 0.9°C cooler | −3.1°C 3.5°C colder | 1,573 mm |
| Ornans 28 km | Besançon | 25.7°C about the same | 0.1°C about the same | 1,157 mm |
| Saint-Vit 29 km | Dannemarie-sur- | 26.3°C 0.6°C warmer | −0.4°C 0.8°C colder | 1,067 mm |
Bracon weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Arbois station; sunshine at Besançon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.2°C | 0.4°C | 3.3°C | 87 mm | 68 |
| February | 7.9°C | 0.9°C | 4.4°C | 85 mm | 97 |
| March | 12.2°C | 3.4°C | 7.8°C | 88 mm | 153 |
| April | 16.3°C | 6.4°C | 11.3°C | 94 mm | 184 |
| May | 19.9°C | 10.0°C | 15.0°C | 123 mm | 208 |
| June | 23.8°C | 13.2°C | 18.5°C | 91 mm | 231 |
| July | 25.7°C | 14.9°C | 20.3°C | 99 mm | 249 |
| August | 25.4°C | 14.7°C | 20.1°C | 102 mm | 237 |
| September | 21.3°C | 11.2°C | 16.2°C | 92 mm | 184 |
| October | 16.9°C | 8.4°C | 12.7°C | 116 mm | 132 |
| November | 10.5°C | 3.9°C | 7.2°C | 119 mm | 75 |
| December | 6.9°C | 1.1°C | 4.0°C | 108 mm | 56 |
| Year | 16.1°C | 7.4°C | 11.7°C | 1,203 mm | 1,873 |
Where Bracon’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Arbois, 11 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, Besançon, 36 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 Bracon’s climate
How warm does Bracon 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 Bracon 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 Bracon 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, Besançon (36 km away), averages 1,873 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bracon itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bracon, Arbois, 11 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 Bracon →
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