Hardly any mainland French towns collect more rain than Écleux: 1,183 mm a year
On a normal January night the air cools to about −0.8°C. Frost is common: about 81 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 95% of mainland French towns. Seasons differ by 29°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. For walks and days out, May, June and September bring highs of 22–26°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Arc-et-Senans station, 4.9 km north-east.
A year in Écleux at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Arc-et-Senans station.
What a year in Écleux feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Arc-et-Senans.
About 1,183 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and February the driest. About 40 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 7th 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: 81 frosts and 87 days of 25°C a year
On about 81 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 87 days a year reach 25°C, and 32 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Arc-et-Senans: 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 Arc-et-Senans
Arc-et-Senans is 4.9 km north-east of Écleux. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Écleux itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Arc-et-Senans (25021001) |
| Distance from the town | 4.9 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 235 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 229 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Tavaux Sa, 24 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 Écleux 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, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Écleux | Arc-et-Senans | 27.9°C | −0.8°C | 1,183 mm |
| Arbois 11 km | Arbois | 25.7°C 2.2°C cooler | 0.4°C 1.2°C milder | 1,203 mm |
| Poligny 18 km | Arbois | 25.7°C 2.2°C cooler | 0.4°C 1.2°C milder | 1,203 mm |
| Saint-Vit 21 km | Dannemarie-sur- | 26.3°C 1.6°C cooler | −0.4°C about the same | 1,067 mm |
| Dole 21 km | Dole | 27.5°C about the same | −0.4°C about the same | 1,023 mm |
| Tavaux 25 km | Tavaux Sa | 26.9°C 1°C cooler | 0.1°C 0.9°C milder | 869 mm |
| Damparis 26 km | Tavaux Sa | 26.9°C 1°C cooler | 0.1°C 0.9°C milder | 869 mm |
Écleux weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Arc-et-Senans station; sunshine at Tavaux Sa.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C | −0.8°C | 3.0°C | 91 mm | 57 |
| February | 8.7°C | −0.8°C | 4.0°C | 85 mm | 100 |
| March | 13.5°C | 1.7°C | 7.6°C | 87 mm | 186 |
| April | 17.6°C | 4.4°C | 11.0°C | 88 mm | 215 |
| May | 21.6°C | 8.7°C | 15.2°C | 111 mm | 221 |
| June | 25.6°C | 12.2°C | 18.9°C | 92 mm | 252 |
| July | 27.9°C | 13.9°C | 20.9°C | 93 mm | 276 |
| August | 27.5°C | 13.5°C | 20.5°C | 97 mm | 251 |
| September | 22.7°C | 10.0°C | 16.4°C | 98 mm | 205 |
| October | 17.5°C | 6.8°C | 12.2°C | 111 mm | 128 |
| November | 11.1°C | 2.6°C | 6.9°C | 119 mm | 67 |
| December | 7.3°C | 0.1°C | 3.7°C | 112 mm | 54 |
| Year | 17.3°C | 6.0°C | 11.7°C | 1,183 mm | 2,012 |
Where Écleux’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Arc-et-Senans, 4.9 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, Tavaux Sa, 24 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 Écleux’s climate
How warm does Écleux get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.9°C. About 87 days a year reach 25°C, more than 77% of mainland French towns, and about 32 reach 30°C.
How cold does Écleux get in winter?
January nights average −0.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 81 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Écleux get?
About 1,183 mm a year, more than 96% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (119 mm) and February the driest (85 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Tavaux Sa (24 km away), averages 2,012 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Écleux itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Écleux, Arc-et-Senans, 4.9 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 ARC-ET-SENANS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Écleux →
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