Avignon weather by month & the best time to visit
🇫🇷 France · small town · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Avignon is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 90/100), with June and May close behind. Avignon averages about 2,838 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 31 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,838
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 90/100
- Rain / year
- 635 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 90k
- Elevation
- 34 m
When is the best time to visit Avignon?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Avignon is August, then June and May. The dullest month is January (14/100, 49 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Avignon?
Avignon gets a lot of sun: around 2,838 hours a year. 76 Sunshine Score points separate August (90) from January (14), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 53 destinations in France for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,146 hours. The year's 635 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 49 mm | 1 |
| February | 22 | 11° / 52°F | 1° / 34°F | 40 mm | 2 |
| March | 51 | 15° / 59°F | 4° / 39°F | 44 mm | 3 |
| April | 78 | 19° / 66°F | 8° / 46°F | 56 mm | 5 |
| May | 85 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 56 mm | 6 |
| June | 89 | 30° / 86°F | 17° / 63°F | 37 mm | 8 |
| July | 82 | 33° / 91°F | 19° / 66°F | 25 mm | 8 |
| August | 90 | 32° / 90°F | 19° / 66°F | 31 mm | 7 |
| September | 84 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 62 mm | 5 |
| October | 80 | 21° / 70°F | 11° / 52°F | 85 mm | 3 |
| November | 45 | 15° / 59°F | 6° / 43°F | 98 mm | 1 |
| December | 22 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 52 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Marseille France · 58 km · best in Jul · 2,885 h sun/yr
- Montpellier/Méditerranée France · 84 km · best in Jul · 2,544 h sun/yr
- Toulon France · 135 km · best in Jul · 2,729 h sun/yr
- Grenoble France · 165 km · best in Sep · 2,189 h sun/yr
- Nice France · 188 km · best in Jul · 2,722 h sun/yr
- Lyon France · 203 km · best in Jul · 2,190 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Nîmes/Garons France · 42 km · 2,837 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Béziers France · 141 km · 2,543 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Saint-Tropez France · 149 km · 2,729 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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