Climate averages 1991–2020
Avignon weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Avignon: daytime highs average 10.8°C and nights cool to about 3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nîmes (38 km away). In December its highs average 10.9°C, about as warm as Avignon, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Avignon ranks 11th of 57 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 57 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 57 cities is 8.5°C; Avignon is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 10.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 59 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Avignon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.3°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 59 | 7.5 | 9.39 h |
| February | 11.6°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 42 | 5.8 | 10.410 h |
| March | 15.6°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 44 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.8°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 66 | 8.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 23.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 62 | 8.0 | 14.715 h |
| June | 28.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 38 | 5.1 | 15.415 h |
| July | 31.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 26 | 4.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 30.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 42 | 4.1 | 14.014 h |
| September | 25.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 93 | 6.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 20.0°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 97 | 8.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 14.2°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 100 | 9.9 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | 10.8°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 55 | 8.1 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Nîmes in DecemberFrance · 38 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 4.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in DecemberFrance · 70 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Marseille 15 in DecemberFrance · 78 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Montpellier in DecemberFrance · 84 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Marseille in DecemberFrance · 86 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Toulon in DecemberFrance · 129 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Béziers in DecemberFrance · 145 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 5.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Grenoble in DecemberFrance · 154 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 0.7°C · 133 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Avignon) is explained once on the Avignon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.