Rye is among the wettest of mainland French towns: 1,170 mm of rain a year
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near 0.1°C. A year here swings 27°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. About 66 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 88% of mainland French towns. Plan for rain on about 135 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Colonne station, 11 km east.
A year in Rye at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Colonne station.
What a year in Rye feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Colonne.
About 1,170 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and February the driest. About 39 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: 66 frosts and 75 days of 25°C a year
On about 66 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 8 days it stays below freezing all day. About 75 days a year reach 25°C, and 24 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Colonne: 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 Colonne
Colonne is 11 km east of Rye. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Rye itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Colonne (39159002) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km east |
| Station altitude | 244 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 207 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Tavaux Sa, 19 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 Rye 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rye | Colonne | 27.0°C | 0.1°C | 1,170 mm |
| Tavaux 19 km | Tavaux Sa | 26.9°C about the same | 0.1°C about the same | 869 mm |
| Poligny 22 km | Arbois | 25.7°C 1.3°C cooler | 0.4°C about the same | 1,203 mm |
| Damparis 22 km | Tavaux Sa | 26.9°C about the same | 0.1°C about the same | 869 mm |
| Montmorot 23 km | Lons le Saunier | 25.9°C 1.1°C cooler | 0.6°C 0.5°C milder | 1,147 mm |
| Lons-le-Saunier 24 km | Lons le Saunier | 25.9°C 1.1°C cooler | 0.6°C 0.5°C milder | 1,147 mm |
| Dole 24 km | Dole | 27.5°C 0.5°C warmer | −0.4°C 0.5°C colder | 1,023 mm |
Rye weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Colonne station; sunshine at Tavaux Sa.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C | 0.1°C | 3.2°C | 89 mm | 57 |
| February | 8.2°C | 0.2°C | 4.2°C | 81 mm | 100 |
| March | 13.0°C | 2.8°C | 7.9°C | 83 mm | 186 |
| April | 16.9°C | 5.2°C | 11.1°C | 92 mm | 215 |
| May | 20.9°C | 9.0°C | 15.0°C | 112 mm | 221 |
| June | 24.8°C | 12.4°C | 18.6°C | 88 mm | 252 |
| July | 27.0°C | 14.2°C | 20.6°C | 87 mm | 276 |
| August | 26.8°C | 13.8°C | 20.3°C | 94 mm | 251 |
| September | 22.2°C | 10.5°C | 16.3°C | 95 mm | 205 |
| October | 16.9°C | 7.6°C | 12.3°C | 120 mm | 128 |
| November | 10.5°C | 3.4°C | 7.0°C | 124 mm | 67 |
| December | 6.9°C | 0.9°C | 3.9°C | 107 mm | 54 |
| Year | 16.7°C | 6.7°C | 11.7°C | 1,170 mm | 2,012 |
Where Rye’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Colonne, 11 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, 19 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 Rye’s climate
How warm does Rye get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.0°C. About 75 days a year reach 25°C, more than 67% of mainland French towns, and about 24 reach 30°C.
How cold does Rye get in winter?
January nights average 0.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 66 nights a year, and about 8 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Rye get?
About 1,170 mm a year, more than 96% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (124 mm) and February the driest (81 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Tavaux Sa (19 km away), averages 2,012 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Rye itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Rye, Colonne, 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 COLONNE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Rye →
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