Climate averages 1991–2020

Avignon weather
in June.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.0°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 16.6°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 38 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Avignon · average highYear overview

June is a hot month in Avignon: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes June a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 25 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Nîmes (38 km away). In June its highs average 27.6°C, about as warm as Avignon, with 33 mm of rain.

Among the 57 cities listed in France, Avignon ranks 1st of 57 for the warmest June highs and 11th of 57 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 57 cities is 22.5°C; Avignon is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 26 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Avignon, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 10.3°C2.5°C2.5°C597.59.39 h
February 11.6°C2.6°C2.6°C425.810.410 h
March 15.6°C5.3°C5.3°C446.111.912 h
April 18.8°C8.2°C8.2°C668.613.413 h
May 23.1°C12.2°C12.2°C628.014.715 h
June, selected 28.0°C16.6°C16.6°C385.115.415 h
July 31.2°C19.3°C19.3°C264.115.115 h
August 30.7°C19.0°C19.0°C424.114.014 h
September 25.2°C15.2°C15.2°C936.612.613 h
October 20.0°C11.5°C11.5°C978.611.011 h
November 14.2°C6.7°C6.7°C1009.99.710 h
December 10.8°C3.4°C3.4°C558.19.09 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Avignon

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 limits

How 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.