Gars is among the frostiest of mainland French towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 28.8°C. Its July heat outdoes that of 87% of mainland French towns. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 34°C. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 84 times a year.
Figures from Météo-France’s Castellane station, 24 km west.
A year in Gars at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Castellane station.
What a year in Gars feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Castellane.
About 1,000 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 31 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 51 towns of 2,500+ in Alpes-Maritimes.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Péone
A frosty town: 139 frosts and 90 days of 25°C a year
On about 139 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 90 days a year reach 25°C, and 29 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Castellane: 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 Castellane
Castellane is 24 km west of Gars. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Gars itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Castellane (04039001) |
| Distance from the town | 24 km west |
| Station altitude | 729 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 754 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 5.8 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Péone, 28 km away |
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 Gars 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. Where a neighbor uses the same station its figures are the same: the differences you’d feel over a few kilometers aren’t in the normals.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gars | Castellane | 28.8°C | −5.2°C | 1,000 mm |
| Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey 19 km | same station | 28.8°C about the same | −5.2°C about the same | 1,000 mm |
| Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne 24 km | Seillans | 31.2°C 2.4°C warmer | 1.9°C 7.1°C milder | 914 mm |
| Le Bar-sur-Loup 24 km | Valbonne-Sophia | 28.4°C about the same | 5.9°C 11.1°C milder | 920 mm |
| Tourrettes-sur-Loup 26 km | Valbonne-Sophia | 28.4°C about the same | 5.9°C 11.1°C milder | 920 mm |
| Peymeinade 26 km | Valbonne-Sophia | 28.4°C about the same | 5.9°C 11.1°C milder | 920 mm |
| Grasse 26 km | Valbonne-Sophia | 28.4°C about the same | 5.9°C 11.1°C milder | 920 mm |
Gars weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Castellane station; sunshine at Péone.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C | −5.2°C | 2.0°C | 72 mm | 177 |
| February | 11.3°C | −4.9°C | 3.2°C | 53 mm | 177 |
| March | 14.6°C | −1.9°C | 6.4°C | 61 mm | 219 |
| April | 16.8°C | 1.1°C | 8.9°C | 84 mm | 202 |
| May | 21.0°C | 5.1°C | 13.1°C | 89 mm | 212 |
| June | 25.6°C | 8.8°C | 17.2°C | 79 mm | 246 |
| July | 28.8°C | 10.9°C | 19.9°C | 44 mm | 291 |
| August | 28.6°C | 10.4°C | 19.5°C | 64 mm | 266 |
| September | 23.6°C | 6.9°C | 15.2°C | 95 mm | 210 |
| October | 18.9°C | 3.7°C | 11.3°C | 125 mm | 194 |
| November | 13.1°C | −0.4°C | 6.4°C | 145 mm | 156 |
| December | 8.9°C | −4.1°C | 2.4°C | 90 mm | 167 |
| Year | 18.4°C | 2.5°C | 10.5°C | 1,000 mm | 2,514 |
Where Gars’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Castellane, 24 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, Péone, 28 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 Gars’s climate
How warm does Gars get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.8°C. About 90 days a year reach 25°C, more than 82% of mainland French towns, and about 29 reach 30°C.
How cold does Gars get in winter?
January nights average −5.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 139 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Gars get?
About 1,000 mm a year, more than 87% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (145 mm) and July the driest (44 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Péone (28 km away), averages 2,514 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Gars itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Gars, Castellane, 24 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 CASTELLANE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Gars →
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