What is the rainiest city in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté?

Pontarlier, at 149.7 days, ahead of Lons-le-Saunier (143.6 days).

What is the driest city in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté?

Chalon-sur-Saône, at 107.2 days. 26 cities of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté are measured here.

Where does Pontarlier stand in France?

10 of the 1,040 French cities measured on rainy days. The national ranking is on its own page.

Which cities lead in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté?

Pontarlier (149.7 days), Lons-le-Saunier (143.6 days), Besançon (136.2 days), Vesoul (129.9 days), Belfort (129.4 days). The whole table is on this page.

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Where it rains most in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Pontarlier is the rainiest city in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, at 149.7 days, ahead of Lons-le-Saunier (143.6 days) and Besançon (136.2 days). At the other end, Chalon-sur-Saône is the driest city, at 107.2 days.

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The 26 cities of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté ranked on rainy days
Rank	City	Rainy days	Population
1	25 Pontarlier	149.7 days	18,067
2	39 Lons-le-Saunier	143.6 days	16,618
3	25 Besançon	136.2 days	118,489
4	70 Vesoul	129.9 days	15,078
5	90 Belfort	129.4 days	45,912
6	25 Montbéliard	129.4 days	24,672
7	25 Audincourt	129.4 days	14,071
8	70 Héricourt	129.4 days	10,621
9	25 Valentigney	129.4 days	10,501
10	71 Le Creusot	124.5 days	20,509
11	71 Montceau-les-Mines	124.5 days	17,064
12	58 Nevers	122.3 days	33,085
13	21 Beaune	119.9 days	20,352
14	89 Auxerre	119.3 days	35,097
15	89 Chablis	119.3 days	2,139
16	39 Dole	118.7 days	23,840
17	71 Autun	117.0 days	13,172
18	89 Vézelay	116.1 days	476
19	21 Dijon	112.3 days	161,830
20	21 Chenôve	112.3 days	14,244
21	21 Talant	112.3 days	11,896
22	21 Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur	112.3 days	11,108
23	71 Mâcon	111.9 days	35,177
24	71 Cluny	111.9 days	4,942
25	89 Sens	111.6 days	27,106
26	71 Chalon-sur-Saône	107.2 days	45,102

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Scope, method and sources

Scope: France, metropolitan and overseas, Corsica and the DROM included. This dataset holds every commune of 10,000 inhabitants or more, plus smaller communes famous enough to be household names, 1,131 in all. It is not the full list of 35,000 French communes, so a village can sit outside a ranking whose extreme it would otherwise hold. This particular ranking is metropolitan only: the distance to the coast is measured against the coastlines of the Hexagon and Corsica, which would put an overseas port thousands of kilometres from a sea it sits on, so no value is published for overseas France rather than a wrong one.

Method and sources: populations are the INSEE legal populations, boundaries and coordinates come from the IGN commune registry, both served by geo.api.gouv.fr. Density is the population divided by the commune's area; distances are measured as the crow flies from the commune's centre. Data read on August 28, 2026.

4 questions about this ranking

What is the rainiest city in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté?: Pontarlier, at 149.7 days, ahead of Lons-le-Saunier (143.6 days).
What is the driest city in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté?: Chalon-sur-Saône, at 107.2 days. 26 cities of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté are measured here.
Where does Pontarlier stand in France?: 10 of the 1,040 French cities measured on rainy days. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté?: Pontarlier (149.7 days), Lons-le-Saunier (143.6 days), Besançon (136.2 days), Vesoul (129.9 days), Belfort (129.4 days). The whole table is on this page.