Caussols sits near the bottom of mainland French towns for warm days
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −0.3°C on average. Wet weather is most frequent in November and least in July. Of the 51 towns of 2,500+ in Alpes-Maritimes, it is the wettest. Windscreens need scraping on about 65 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Caussols station, 2.9 km north-east.
A year in Caussols at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Caussols station.
What a year in Caussols feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Caussols.
About 1,272 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 33 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 51 towns of 2,500+ in Alpes-Maritimes.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Cannes
A frosty town: 65 frosts and 11 days of 25°C a year
On about 65 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 7 days it stays below freezing all day. About 11 days a year reach 25°C, and under 1 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Caussols: 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 Caussols
Caussols is 2.9 km north-east of Caussols. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Caussols itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Caussols (06037002) |
| Distance from the town | 2.9 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 1,268 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 1,135 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Cannes, 21 km away |
Caussols sits 133 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Caussols to run about 0.9°C warmer 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 Caussols 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caussols | Caussols | 22.0°C | −0.3°C | 1,272 mm |
| Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey 5.9 km | Castellane | 28.8°C 6.8°C warmer | −5.2°C 4.9°C colder | 1,000 mm |
| Le Bar-sur-Loup 8.9 km | Valbonne-Sophia | 28.4°C 6.4°C warmer | 5.9°C 6.2°C milder | 920 mm |
| Grasse 10 km | Valbonne-Sophia | 28.4°C 6.4°C warmer | 5.9°C 6.2°C milder | 920 mm |
| Châteauneuf-Grasse 11 km | Valbonne-Sophia | 28.4°C 6.4°C warmer | 5.9°C 6.2°C milder | 920 mm |
| Peymeinade 11 km | Valbonne-Sophia | 28.4°C 6.4°C warmer | 5.9°C 6.2°C milder | 920 mm |
| Le Rouret 12 km | Valbonne-Sophia | 28.4°C 6.4°C warmer | 5.9°C 6.2°C milder | 920 mm |
Caussols weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Caussols station; sunshine at Cannes.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C | −0.3°C | 2.8°C | 108 mm | 148 |
| February | 5.9°C | −0.6°C | 2.7°C | 69 mm | 164 |
| March | 8.5°C | 1.8°C | 5.1°C | 77 mm | 217 |
| April | 10.7°C | 4.1°C | 7.4°C | 115 mm | 227 |
| May | 14.9°C | 8.1°C | 11.5°C | 99 mm | 275 |
| June | 19.0°C | 12.1°C | 15.5°C | 75 mm | 313 |
| July | 22.0°C | 14.7°C | 18.4°C | 33 mm | 347 |
| August | 22.1°C | 14.8°C | 18.4°C | 41 mm | 320 |
| September | 17.5°C | 10.6°C | 14.1°C | 116 mm | 254 |
| October | 13.5°C | 7.4°C | 10.5°C | 185 mm | 193 |
| November | 9.0°C | 3.2°C | 6.1°C | 224 mm | 150 |
| December | 6.5°C | 0.6°C | 3.6°C | 130 mm | 137 |
| Year | 13.0°C | 6.4°C | 9.7°C | 1,272 mm | 2,743 |
Where Caussols’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Caussols, 2.9 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, Cannes, 21 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 Caussols’s climate
How warm does Caussols get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 22.1°C. About 11 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than almost every mainland French town, and about under 1 reach 30°C.
How cold does Caussols get in winter?
February nights average −0.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 65 nights a year, and about 7 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Caussols get?
About 1,272 mm a year, more than 98% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (224 mm) and July the driest (33 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Cannes (21 km away), averages 2,743 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Caussols itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Caussols, Caussols, 2.9 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 CAUSSOLS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Caussols →
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.