Climate averages 1991–2020
Avignon weather
in September.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Avignon: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes September a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nîmes (38 km away). In September its highs average 25.1°C, about as warm as Avignon, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Avignon ranks 1st of 57 for the warmest September highs and joint 50th of 57 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 57 cities is 21.3°C; Avignon is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 93 mm to 97 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Nîmes in SeptemberFrance · 38 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in SeptemberFrance · 70 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Marseille 15 in SeptemberFrance · 78 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 64 mm rain
- Montpellier in SeptemberFrance · 84 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 96 mm rain
- Marseille in SeptemberFrance · 86 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 16.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Toulon in SeptemberFrance · 129 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Béziers in SeptemberFrance · 145 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Grenoble in SeptemberFrance · 154 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.8°C · 111 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.