Photo: Jpchevreau · CC BY-SA 4.0Carros has some of the mildest winter nights among mainland French towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 27.5°C. Of all months, November brings the most rain and July the least. By warm days alone, it ranks hotter than 79% of mainland French towns. For walks and days out, the stretch from April to June and September to November brings highs of 17–25°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Nice station, 14 km south.
A year in Carros at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Nice station.
What a year in Carros feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Nice.
About 791 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 24 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 40th wettest of 51 towns of 2,500+ in Alpes-Maritimes.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Nice
1 frosts and 88 days of 25°C a year
On about 1 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 88 days a year reach 25°C, and 9 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Nice: a frost is a night of 0°C or below, a summer day (jour d’été) 25°C or more, a hot day (forte chaleur) 30°C or more.
The Météo-France station at Nice
Nice is 14 km south of Carros. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Carros itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Nice (06088001) |
| Distance from the town | 14 km south |
| Station altitude | 2 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 119 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 7.8 km |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
Carros sits 117 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Carros to run about 0.8°C cooler than these figures.
TownRatings matches each commune to one station with at least 24 years of temperature and rain records: the nearest, counting every 100 m of height difference as 10 km, never across the sea.
How Carros compares
Against the 4,385 towns of 2,500 or more in mainland France, each read from its own matched station. The dots are the other towns of 2,500+ in Alpes-Maritimes.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carros | Nice | 27.5°C | 5.8°C | 791 mm |
| Gattières 2.2 km | Valbonne-Sophia | 28.4°C 0.9°C warmer | 5.9°C about the same | 920 mm |
| Colomars 3.2 km | Valbonne-Sophia | 28.4°C 0.9°C warmer | 5.9°C about the same | 920 mm |
| Saint-Martin-du-Var 4.4 km | Valbonne-Sophia | 28.4°C 0.9°C warmer | 5.9°C about the same | 920 mm |
| Saint-Jeannet 4.8 km | Valbonne-Sophia | 28.4°C 0.9°C warmer | 5.9°C about the same | 920 mm |
| Tourrette-Levens 6.5 km | Valbonne-Sophia | 28.4°C 0.9°C warmer | 5.9°C about the same | 920 mm |
| La Gaude 6.9 km | Valbonne-Sophia | 28.4°C 0.9°C warmer | 5.9°C about the same | 920 mm |
Carros weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Nice station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.3°C | 5.8°C | 9.5°C | 74 mm | 157 |
| February | 13.5°C | 6.1°C | 9.8°C | 54 mm | 166 |
| March | 15.4°C | 8.3°C | 11.8°C | 51 mm | 218 |
| April | 17.4°C | 10.8°C | 14.1°C | 69 mm | 229 |
| May | 21.0°C | 14.5°C | 17.7°C | 40 mm | 271 |
| June | 24.7°C | 18.1°C | 21.4°C | 36 mm | 310 |
| July | 27.5°C | 20.8°C | 24.1°C | 14 mm | 349 |
| August | 27.9°C | 21.1°C | 24.5°C | 17 mm | 323 |
| September | 24.8°C | 17.7°C | 21.2°C | 81 mm | 250 |
| October | 21.0°C | 14.0°C | 17.5°C | 128 mm | 191 |
| November | 17.0°C | 9.7°C | 13.3°C | 138 mm | 152 |
| December | 14.1°C | 6.6°C | 10.3°C | 90 mm | 145 |
| Year | 19.8°C | 12.8°C | 16.3°C | 791 mm | 2,761 |
Where Carros’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Nice, 14 km away: statistics for 1991–2020.
- Which station: among stations with at least 24 of the 30 years of temperature and rain, the nearest to the commune’s population-weighted center, counting each 100 m of height difference as 10 km; mainland towns use mainland stations and each overseas département its own.
- Altitudes: the town’s from IGN’s RGE ALTI® at its population-weighted center; the station’s from Météo-France.
- Sunshine: the nearest station with at least 10 years of sunshine records, Nice, 14 km away.
- Comparisons: every town of 2,500 or more in mainland France, read the same way; the dots are the towns of 2,500+ in Alpes-Maritimes.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Carros’s climate
How warm does Carros get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.9°C. About 88 days a year reach 25°C, more than 79% of mainland French towns, and about 9 reach 30°C.
How cold does Carros get in winter?
January nights average 5.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 1 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Carros get?
About 791 mm a year, more than 58% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (138 mm) and July the driest (14 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Nice (14 km away), averages 2,761 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Carros itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Carros, Nice, 14 km away. France publishes its climate normals by station, not by commune; a valley, a hill or the sea can make a difference over a few kilometers.
Where do these figures come from?
Météo-France’s fiches climatologiques: 30-year averages (1991–2020) for each of its long-running stations, published as open data since 2024. They are normals, not a forecast.
Source: Météo-France, fiches climatologiques, 1991–2020 statistics (station NICE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Carros →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.