Dijon climate
Dijon is warmest in August, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.2 °C. November is the wettest month (90 mm) and February the driest (62 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Dijon averages 915 mm of rain, 44 days above 25 °C and 55 days below freezing.
France · population 159,941 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month August 25 °C
- Coldest month January 0.2 °C
- Driest month February 62 mm
- Wettest month November 90 mm
- Least cloud July 53 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 38 °C
- Coldest on record December -17 °C
What to expectDijon through the year
Dijon has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 5.9 °C in January to 25 °C in August, a swing of 17 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 44 days a year reach 25 °C, 10 of them reach 30 °C, 55 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in July.
Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 62 mm in February to 90 mm in November. There is no dry season to aim for.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9 °C | 73 mm | 72 % |
| February | 7.4 °C | 62 mm | 67 % |
| March | 11.4 °C | 65 mm | 61 % |
| April | 15.0 °C | 76 mm | 60 % |
| May | 18.7 °C | 88 mm | 63 % |
| June | 22.5 °C | 74 mm | 57 % |
| July | 25.0 °C | 71 mm | 53 % |
| August | 25.0 °C | 70 mm | 53 % |
| September | 20.6 °C | 75 mm | 58 % |
| October | 15.8 °C | 89 mm | 67 % |
| November | 9.8 °C | 90 mm | 74 % |
| December | 6.4 °C | 82 mm | 75 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9 °C | 0.2 °C | 2.9 °C | 14.0 °C | -14.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| February | 7.4 °C | 0.2 °C | 3.6 °C | 17.7 °C | -13.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| March | 11.4 °C | 2.7 °C | 7.0 °C | 20.4 °C | -11.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| April | 15.0 °C | 5.5 °C | 10.4 °C | 26.1 °C | -3.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| May | 18.7 °C | 9.6 °C | 14.3 °C | 29.7 °C | 0.4 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 22.5 °C | 13.0 °C | 18.0 °C | 35.5 °C | 3.7 °C | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| July | 25.0 °C | 15.2 °C | 20.3 °C | 38.2 °C | 8.2 °C | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| August | 25.0 °C | 15.2 °C | 20.2 °C | 37.9 °C | 7.6 °C | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| September | 20.6 °C | 11.8 °C | 16.1 °C | 30.7 °C | 3.7 °C | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 15.8 °C | 8.3 °C | 11.8 °C | 25.6 °C | -3.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 9.8 °C | 3.7 °C | 6.7 °C | 20.0 °C | -9.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| December | 6.4 °C | 1.2 °C | 3.7 °C | 15.3 °C | -16.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73 mm | 12 | 8.9 h/day | 72 % | 85 % | 17 km/h |
| February | 62 mm | 11 | 10 h/day | 67 % | 81 % | 17 km/h |
| March | 65 mm | 11 | 12 h/day | 61 % | 76 % | 17 km/h |
| April | 76 mm | 12 | 14 h/day | 60 % | 72 % | 17 km/h |
| May | 88 mm | 13 | 15 h/day | 63 % | 73 % | 16 km/h |
| June | 74 mm | 12 | 16 h/day | 57 % | 70 % | 15 km/h |
| July | 71 mm | 11 | 16 h/day | 53 % | 66 % | 15 km/h |
| August | 70 mm | 11 | 14 h/day | 53 % | 67 % | 14 km/h |
| September | 75 mm | 10 | 13 h/day | 58 % | 73 % | 15 km/h |
| October | 89 mm | 12 | 11 h/day | 67 % | 81 % | 16 km/h |
| November | 90 mm | 12 | 9.3 h/day | 74 % | 86 % | 16 km/h |
| December | 82 mm | 13 | 8.5 h/day | 75 % | 86 % | 18 km/h |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Dijon’s climate
When is the best time to visit Dijon?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Dijon get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 10 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 0.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 55 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Dijon?
November, averaging 90 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is February with 62 mm. The year as a whole averages 915 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Dijon rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Data point
- 47.313°, 5.014° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.