Climate and average weather in Chaumont

In Chaumont, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: late May to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Chaumont typically varies from 0°C to 24°C, and is rarely below -6°C or above 31°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Chaumont for warm-weather activities is from late May to late September.

Hottest
Jul
24°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Dec
102 mm
Driest
Jul
73 mm
Rain / yr
1001 mm
151 wet days
Daylight
8.1–15.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
322 m
48.1°N
Clearest
Aug
58% cloud

Chaumont weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late May to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Chaumont, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.6 months, from May 27 to September 14, with daily high temperatures above 20°C. The hottest month of the year in Chaumont is July, with an average high of 24°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 3.6 months, from November 15 to March 3, with daily high temperatures below 9°C. The coldest month of the year in Chaumont is January, with an average low of 0°C and high of 5°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 10°C) in July.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan50
Feb60
Mar113
Apr155
May189
Jun2212
Jul2414
Aug2414
Sep2011
Oct158
Nov94
Dec51

How hot and cold Chaumont really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -4°C (around January 29), with roughly 126 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-5°10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan55-40
Feb66-40
Mar1111-13
Apr141535
May181889
Jun22221212
Jul24241414
Aug24241414
Sep19201011
Oct141558
Nov9904
Dec55-31

Average hourly temperature in Chaumont

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 24°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Chaumont weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 8913.338.60.0
Feb / 7411.93.49.90.5
Mar11° / 7712.51.711.62.4
Apr15° / 7512.20.313.44.0
May18° / 9214.2014.95.2
Jun22° / 12°7712.4015.86.1
Jul24° / 14°7312015.46.7
Aug24° / 14°7711.5014.16.7
Sep20° / 11°8110.6012.46.0
Oct15° / 8812.60.110.64.0
Nov / 9513.31.291.4
Dec / 10214.73.58.20.1

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Chaumont gets about 1001 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 2.8 months, from around Oct 28 to Jan 19, peaking in December at about 49% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 31.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 102 mm over about 15 wet days; July is the driest, with 73 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetDec 25 · 49%Aug 31 · 35%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4313
Feb4212
Mar4013
Apr4112
May4614
Jun4212
Jul3812
Aug3612
Sep3711
Oct4013
Nov4413
Dec4715

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Chaumont collects about 1001 mm of rain across 151 wet days — roughly 83 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 102 mm, while July is the driest at just 73 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 29% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec8974777592777377818895102
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan89133
Feb74123
Mar77132
Apr75120
May92140
Jun77120
Jul73120
Aug77120
Sep81110
Oct88130
Nov95131
Dec102154

Snow in Chaumont

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Chaumont averages about 13 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 11 to Apr 5 — about 4.8 months.

December is snowiest, with roughly 3 days of snow and an estimated 12 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 44 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonDec 26
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan39
Feb313
Mar24
Apr01
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov15
Dec412

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Chaumont, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around June 8 and lasts for 3.6 months, ending around September 24. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 45% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 25 and lasts for 5.5 months, ending around March 10. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 78% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 31 · 48%Nov 30 · 21%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2476
Feb2971
Mar3466
Apr3763
May3466
Jun3763
Jul4555
Aug4555
Sep3664
Oct2971
Nov2476
Dec2278

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 20, brings about 15 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around December 20, only 8 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 7 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.68:325:06
Feb9.97:575:51
Mar11.67:026:36
Apr13.45:577:22
May14.95:078:04
Jun15.84:458:34
Jul15.45:018:30
Aug14.15:407:47
Sep12.46:236:44
Oct10.67:075:41
Nov9.07:554:54
Dec8.28:304:41

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Chaumont averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 4 and 8 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.4 months, from around Jun 16 to Sep 28. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 8 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is November, down near 4 sunny days — about 49% fewer than the August peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedAug 128 daysNov 254 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan5Gloomy
Feb5Gloomy
Mar7Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul8Gloomy
Aug8Mixed
Sep7Gloomy
Oct6Gloomy
Nov4Gloomy
Dec4Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Chaumont, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.5 months, from around May 29 to September 12. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 17% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 13 to May 28, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 23 · 100%Aug 1 · 79%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May89910
Jun6425101
Jul4934161
Aug4736161
Sep752140
Oct93700
Nov100000
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Chaumont is typically calm, near 12 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Oct 13 to Apr 14. The windiest month is December, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 15 to Oct 12, with August the calmest month at about 10 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeDec 20 · 14 km/hAug 6 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan14light breeze
Feb13light breeze
Mar13light breeze
Apr12calm
May11calm
Jun11calm
Jul10calm
Aug10calm
Sep11calm
Oct12light breeze
Nov13light breeze
Dec14light breeze

Best time to visit Chaumont

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Chaumont throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid September, Chaumont is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Chaumont for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to late September, with a peak score in the last week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 26 · 6.8

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.5poor
Mar2.4poor
Apr4.0fair
May5.2fair
Jun6.1good
Jul6.7good
Aug6.7good
Sep5.9good
Oct4.0fair
Nov1.5poor
Dec0.2poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Chaumont for hot-weather activities is from late June to late August, with a peak score in the last week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 29 · 6.0

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Chaumont, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 24°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 5°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Chaumont sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Chaumont by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chaumont peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 17UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Chaumont

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 4.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar30
Apr50
May71
Jun7.53
Jul8.54.5
Aug73
Sep4.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Chaumont typically lasts about 344 days, from around February 12 to January 21 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 7 to November 6.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 1250%Apr 790%Nov 690%Jan 2150%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan5231
Feb5328
Mar7631
Apr936
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct970
Nov8124
Dec6131

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Chaumont banks about 1,076 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02505007501,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr13
May113
Jun211
Jul283
Aug270
Sep150
Oct36
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Chaumont receives about 3.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.8 and 5.9 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 20 to Sep 19. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.7 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.9 kWh/m² — roughly 85% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 255.9 kWhDec 240.8 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.0Dim
Feb1.9Dim
Mar3.1Moderate
Apr4.6Bright
May5.3Bright
Jun5.8Bright
Jul5.7Bright
Aug4.9Bright
Sep3.5Moderate
Oct2.2Moderate
Nov1.2Dim
Dec0.8Dim

Where is Chaumont?

Chaumont sits at 48.1°N, 5.1°E, 322 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Saint-Dizier, 60 km away.

Topography around Chaumont

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chaumont has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m around an average of 302 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 246 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 490 m.

The land around Chaumont is covered by trees (45%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and cropland (40%) within 16 km, and trees (43%) and cropland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
115 m
16 km
246 m
80 km
490 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Saint-Dizier 60 km · Bar-le-Duc 74 km · Vitry-le-François 80 km · Troyes 81 km · Toul 84 km · Dijon 89 km · Chenôve 92 km · Vesoul 92 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
Roman Catholic 47%none 33%Muslim 4%Protestant 2%

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 Chaumont (48.1112°, 5.1413°, elevation 322 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).