Climate averages 1991–2020
Avignon weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Avignon: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 07 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nîmes (38 km away). In July its highs average 30.8°C, about as warm as Avignon, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Avignon ranks 1st of 57 for the warmest July highs and 11th of 57 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 57 cities is 24.9°C; Avignon is 6.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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 | 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
July in nearby cities
- Nîmes in JulyFrance · 38 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in JulyFrance · 70 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Marseille 15 in JulyFrance · 78 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Montpellier in JulyFrance · 84 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Marseille in JulyFrance · 86 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Toulon in JulyFrance · 129 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Béziers in JulyFrance · 145 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Grenoble in JulyFrance · 154 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 113 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.