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Besançon weather

Doubs (25) · 118,489 inhabitants · Thursday, October 29 · updated 22:25

Clear sky
8°
Clear sky
Feels like 6°C
Wind
13 km/h
Gusts
31 km/h
Humidity
84 %
Pressure
1026 hPa
Clouds
2 %
Storm
No
Rise 07:14 Set 17:24 Day 10 h 9 min UV 1 · Low

Morning, afternoon, evening

Trend
Evening
Clear sky
Clear sky
9°8°
Feels like 7°
Wind ↑ ENE 14 km/h
Gusts 37 km/h
Humidity 77 %
22:00
Clear sky
8°
ENE 13

Besançon forecast in charts · next 7 days

The week ahead: highs and lows

▼ This week runs -2.1° cooler than usual
Highs Lows Usual for the season (1991–2020 average)
0°4°8°11°15°TodayFriSatSunMonTueWed11°2°Thu 29 Oct: max 13° · min 8° · normal 9.8°Fri 30 Oct: max 12° · min 5° · normal 9.6°Sat 31 Oct: max 11° · min 5° · normal 9.4°Sun 1 Nov: max 10° · min 4° · normal 9.4°Mon 2 Nov: max 9° · min 2° · normal 9.2°Tue 3 Nov: max 9° · min 2° · normal 9.1°Wed 4 Nov: max 11° · min 2° · normal 8.9°

Hourly detail

ThuFriSatSunMonTueWedThu0°7°13°12°2°02
Temperature (°C) Rain (mm) Wind (km/h)

Besançon climate: what a normal year looks like

From 15 h 56 min of daylight in late June to 8 h 28 min in late December.

The hottest stretch is August, when afternoons average 26 °C; the coldest is January, when nights average 0 °C. Between those two months the average temperature changes by 18 °C.

There is no real dry season: monthly rainfall stays between 81 mm and 129 mm on average.

Afternoons climb to 25 °C only in July and August, with a typical peak of 26 °C in August.

Forecast highs for the coming week average 11 °C, 5 °C cooler than a normal October (16 °C).

30-year averages (1991–2020)
MonthTypical highTypical lowRainfall
Jan6 °C0 °C112 mm
Feb7 °C1 °C100 mm
Mar11 °C4 °C99 mm
Apr15 °C7 °C93 mm
May19 °C10 °C116 mm
Jun23 °C14 °C90 mm
Jul26 °C15 °C81 mm
Aug26 °C15 °C83 mm
Sep20 °C12 °C97 mm
Oct16 °C9 °C109 mm
Nov10 °C4 °C119 mm
Dec6 °C1 °C129 mm
Whole year15 °C8 °C1,230 mm

Source: our own processing of the ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus/ECMWF) for 47.26° N, 6.01° E, 1991–2020. ERA5 averages over a 0.25° grid (about 25 km): hills, a coastline or the heat of the city itself can shift local values by a degree or two.

Air you breathe in Besançon: pollution and pollen

1/6
Good
European Air Quality Index (EAQI), from Copernicus CAMS
PM2.510µg/m³
PM1013µg/m³
O₃47µg/m³
NO₂7µg/m³
SO₂1µg/m³

Pollen

AlderNone
BirchNone
GrassNone
MugwortNone
OliveNone
RagweedNone

Copernicus CAMS model, updated several times a day.

Rain radar around Besançon

Rain observed over the last two hours by official weather radars around Besançon, followed by the radar forecast for the next hour where the weather service provides one.

Full-screen rain radar and next-hour rain on RainAtlas
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Moon over Besançon

Waning gibbous
87 % illuminated · 18.3 days
Rise 05:05 Set 22:41
Fri 30/10 79%
Sat 31/10 69%
Sun 1/11 59%
Mon 2/11 49% Last quarter
Tue 3/11 38%
Wed 4/11 28%
Thu 5/11 19%
Fri 6/11 12%
Sat 7/11 6%
Sun 8/11 2%
Mon 9/11 0%
Tue 10/11 1% New moon

Moonrise and moonset in local time (Europe/Paris); phase and lit fraction from a synodic calculation.

Look up a past day in Besançon

Curious about the weather in Besançon on a given day? Choose a date: we read it from the ERA5 reanalysis (ECMWF / Copernicus C3S), which runs until about a week ago.

Besançon weather at a glance

This page gathers everything about the weather in Besançon, Doubs (25): conditions now, the forecast for each part of the day and the trend for the coming week. At the moment the sky is “clear sky”, it is 8 °C (feels like 6 °C) and the wind blows at 13 km/h.

Expected range today: 8 °C to 13 °C and a dry sky; keep an eye on thunderstorms. The forecast comes from the AtmoAtlas engine, which combines ECMWF-AIFS, NOAA GFS and DWD ICON, adjusts cloud cover with METAR reports and uses convective energy (CAPE) to flag storms.

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