Besançon weather in June

In June, Besançon sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 85 mm of rain across 12.6 wet days and about 15.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 24 min at the start of June to 15 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Besançon's 3rd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Besançon's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 85 mm; 12.6 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 42 min; 4:45 AM – 8:27 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.88 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.4; out of 10

Besançon is commune in Doubs, France.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 9.2 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 1,974/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical June day in Besançon reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 4°C warmer than May and about 3°C cooler than July.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	12
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	22	13
8	22	13
9	22	13
10	22	13
11	23	13
12	23	13
13	23	13
14	23	13
15	23	13
16	23	13
17	23	14
18	24	14
19	24	14
20	24	14
21	24	14
22	24	14
23	24	14
24	24	14
25	24	14
26	25	14
27	25	14
28	25	14
29	25	15
30	25	15

How June really feels in Besançon

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

June sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Besançon weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	6° / 1°	108	13.6	3.9	8.7	0.3
Feb	7° / 1°	95	12.4	4.2	9.9	0.9
Mar	12° / 3°	95	12.9	2	11.6	2.9
Apr	16° / 6°	88	12.8	0.5	13.3	4.4
May	19° / 10°	110	14.2	0	14.8	5.5
Jun	23° / 13°	85	12.6	0	15.6	6.4
Jul	26° / 15°	76	11.9	0	15.3	6.6
Aug	25° / 15°	79	10.6	0	14	6.8
Sep	21° / 12°	93	11.2	0	12.4	6.2
Oct	16° / 8°	105	12.4	0.1	10.6	4.5
Nov	10° / 4°	115	13.7	1.8	9.1	1.9
Dec	6° / 2°	124	15.2	3.8	8.3	0.5

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	39	39	38	37	38	38	37	38	39	40	41	41	42	44	45	46	48	49	50	51	51	52	53	54	55	55	55	55	54	54
Cloudier (%)	61	61	62	63	62	62	63	62	61	60	59	59	58	56	55	54	52	51	50	49	49	48	47	46	45	45	45	45	46	46

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	38	62
4	37	63
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	40	60
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	42	58
14	44	56
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	48	52
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	54	46
30	54	46

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Besançon gets around 85 mm of rain over 12.6 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 42% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	46	47	47	48	48	49	49	48	48	48	47	46	45	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	47
3	47
4	48
5	48
6	49
7	49
8	48
9	48
10	48
11	47
12	46
13	45
14	44
15	43
16	42
17	41
18	40
19	39
20	38
21	37
22	36
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	37
29	37
30	38

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of June feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 58% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	69	68	67	65	65	63	63	61	61	61	60	59	59	58	58	58	57	56	55	56	55	55	54	54	53	51	51	50	50	49
Comfortable (%)	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	30	30	31
Humid (%)	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	18	19	19
Muggy (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	69	25	6	0
2	68	26	6	0
3	67	26	7	0
4	65	27	8	0
5	65	27	8	0
6	63	28	9	0
7	63	28	9	0
8	61	29	10	0
9	61	29	10	0
10	61	29	10	0
11	60	29	11	0
12	59	29	11	1
13	59	29	11	1
14	58	29	12	1
15	58	29	12	1
16	58	29	12	1
17	57	29	13	1
18	56	29	13	2
19	55	29	14	2
20	56	28	14	2
21	55	28	15	2
22	55	28	15	2
23	54	28	16	2
24	54	28	16	2
25	53	28	17	2
26	51	29	18	2
27	51	29	18	2
28	50	30	18	2
29	50	30	19	2
30	49	31	19	2

Wind in June

Winds average 9 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 24 min at the start of June to 15 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 4:51 AM to 4:48 AM, and sunset from 8:16 PM to 8:30 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7
Sunrise (AM)	4:51	4:50	4:49	4:49	4:48	4:48	4:47	4:47	4:47	4:46	4:46	4:46	4:45	4:45	4:45	4:45	4:45	4:45	4:45	4:45	4:45	4:46	4:46	4:46	4:46	4:47	4:47	4:47	4:48	4:48
Sunset (PM)	8:16	8:17	8:18	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:24	8:25	8:26	8:26	8:27	8:27	8:28	8:28	8:28	8:29	8:29	8:29	8:30	8:30	8:30	8:30	8:30	8:30	8:30	8:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.4	4:51	8:16
2	15.5	4:50	8:17
3	15.5	4:49	8:18
4	15.5	4:49	8:19
5	15.5	4:48	8:20
6	15.5	4:48	8:21
7	15.6	4:47	8:22
8	15.6	4:47	8:22
9	15.6	4:47	8:23
10	15.6	4:46	8:24
11	15.6	4:46	8:24
12	15.7	4:46	8:25
13	15.7	4:45	8:26
14	15.7	4:45	8:26
15	15.7	4:45	8:27
16	15.7	4:45	8:27
17	15.7	4:45	8:28
18	15.7	4:45	8:28
19	15.7	4:45	8:28
20	15.7	4:45	8:29
21	15.7	4:45	8:29
22	15.7	4:46	8:29
23	15.7	4:46	8:30
24	15.7	4:46	8:30
25	15.7	4:46	8:30
26	15.7	4:47	8:30
27	15.7	4:47	8:30
28	15.7	4:47	8:30
29	15.7	4:48	8:30
30	15.7	4:48	8:30

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.88 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.96 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — June's 5.88 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	6.0	Bright
19	6.0	Bright
20	6.0	Bright
21	6.0	Intense
22	6.0	Intense
23	6.0	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.1	Intense
28	6.0	Intense
29	6.0	Intense
30	6.0	Intense

Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Besançon?

Our two travel scores rate June for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.4

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.0

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

June is a reasonable time to visit Besançon for sightseeing.

What to pack for Besançon in June

From June's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In June, Besançon sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Besançon in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Besançon peaks around July 14 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	5	6	7	8	6	4	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	6	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Besançon?

Besançon sits at 47.2°N, 6.0°E, 300 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Vesoul, 43 km away.

Topography around Besançon

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Besançon.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Besançon has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 222 m around an average of 310 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 477 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,488 m.

The land around Besançon is covered by trees (46%) and artificial surfaces (42%) within 3 km, trees (57%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (49%), grassland (28%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

222 m

trees 46%

16 km

477 m

trees 57%

80 km

1,488 m

trees 49%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← May Besançon year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: Vesoul 43 km · Dole 44 km · Pontarlier 46 km · La Chaux-de-Fonds 63 km · Montbéliard 65 km · Audincourt 68 km · Yverdon-les-Bains 70 km · Lons-le-Saunier 73 km

France travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 77% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $48,986; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 539
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Besançon (47.2488°, 6.0182°, elevation 300 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	12
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	22	13
8	22	13
9	22	13
10	22	13
11	23	13
12	23	13
13	23	13
14	23	13
15	23	13
16	23	13
17	23	14
18	24	14
19	24	14
20	24	14
21	24	14
22	24	14
23	24	14
24	24	14
25	24	14
26	25	14
27	25	14
28	25	14
29	25	15
30	25	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	38	62
4	37	63
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	40	60
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	42	58
14	44	56
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	48	52
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	54	46
30	54	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	47
3	47
4	48
5	48
6	49
7	49
8	48
9	48
10	48
11	47
12	46
13	45
14	44
15	43
16	42
17	41
18	40
19	39
20	38
21	37
22	36
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	37
29	37
30	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	69	25	6	0
2	68	26	6	0
3	67	26	7	0
4	65	27	8	0
5	65	27	8	0
6	63	28	9	0
7	63	28	9	0
8	61	29	10	0
9	61	29	10	0
10	61	29	10	0
11	60	29	11	0
12	59	29	11	1
13	59	29	11	1
14	58	29	12	1
15	58	29	12	1
16	58	29	12	1
17	57	29	13	1
18	56	29	13	2
19	55	29	14	2
20	56	28	14	2
21	55	28	15	2
22	55	28	15	2
23	54	28	16	2
24	54	28	16	2
25	53	28	17	2
26	51	29	18	2
27	51	29	18	2
28	50	30	18	2
29	50	30	19	2
30	49	31	19	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	12
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	22	13
8	22	13
9	22	13
10	22	13
11	23	13
12	23	13
13	23	13
14	23	13
15	23	13
16	23	13
17	23	14
18	24	14
19	24	14
20	24	14
21	24	14
22	24	14
23	24	14
24	24	14
25	24	14
26	25	14
27	25	14
28	25	14
29	25	15
30	25	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	38	62
4	37	63
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	40	60
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	42	58
14	44	56
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	48	52
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	54	46
30	54	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	47
3	47
4	48
5	48
6	49
7	49
8	48
9	48
10	48
11	47
12	46
13	45
14	44
15	43
16	42
17	41
18	40
19	39
20	38
21	37
22	36
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	37
29	37
30	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	69	25	6	0
2	68	26	6	0
3	67	26	7	0
4	65	27	8	0
5	65	27	8	0
6	63	28	9	0
7	63	28	9	0
8	61	29	10	0
9	61	29	10	0
10	61	29	10	0
11	60	29	11	0
12	59	29	11	1
13	59	29	11	1
14	58	29	12	1
15	58	29	12	1
16	58	29	12	1
17	57	29	13	1
18	56	29	13	2
19	55	29	14	2
20	56	28	14	2
21	55	28	15	2
22	55	28	15	2
23	54	28	16	2
24	54	28	16	2
25	53	28	17	2
26	51	29	18	2
27	51	29	18	2
28	50	30	18	2
29	50	30	19	2
30	49	31	19	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	12
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	22	13
8	22	13
9	22	13
10	22	13
11	23	13
12	23	13
13	23	13
14	23	13
15	23	13
16	23	13
17	23	14
18	24	14
19	24	14
20	24	14
21	24	14
22	24	14
23	24	14
24	24	14
25	24	14
26	25	14
27	25	14
28	25	14
29	25	15
30	25	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	38	62
4	37	63
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	40	60
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	42	58
14	44	56
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	48	52
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	54	46
30	54	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	47
3	47
4	48
5	48
6	49
7	49
8	48
9	48
10	48
11	47
12	46
13	45
14	44
15	43
16	42
17	41
18	40
19	39
20	38
21	37
22	36
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	37
29	37
30	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	69	25	6	0
2	68	26	6	0
3	67	26	7	0
4	65	27	8	0
5	65	27	8	0
6	63	28	9	0
7	63	28	9	0
8	61	29	10	0
9	61	29	10	0
10	61	29	10	0
11	60	29	11	0
12	59	29	11	1
13	59	29	11	1
14	58	29	12	1
15	58	29	12	1
16	58	29	12	1
17	57	29	13	1
18	56	29	13	2
19	55	29	14	2
20	56	28	14	2
21	55	28	15	2
22	55	28	15	2
23	54	28	16	2
24	54	28	16	2
25	53	28	17	2
26	51	29	18	2
27	51	29	18	2
28	50	30	18	2
29	50	30	19	2
30	49	31	19	2