Photo: Kazimierz Mendlik · CC BY-SA 3.0Vallauris sits near the bottom of mainland French towns for frosts
Expect July afternoons of about 29.1°C. Warm afternoons come more often than in 91% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month, July the driest. Plan time outside from April to June and September to November, when highs sit at 17–26°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Antibes station, 4.8 km north-east.
A year in Vallauris at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Antibes station.
What a year in Vallauris feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Antibes.
About 880 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 34th wettest of 51 towns of 2,500+ in Alpes-Maritimes.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Cannes
8 frosts and 109 days of 25°C a year
On about 8 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 109 days a year reach 25°C, and 28 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Antibes: 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 Antibes
Antibes is 4.8 km north-east of Vallauris. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Vallauris itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Antibes (06004009) |
| Distance from the town | 4.8 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 32 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 132 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Cannes, 9.2 km away |
Vallauris sits 100 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Vallauris to run about 0.7°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 Vallauris 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vallauris | Antibes | 29.1°C | 4.2°C | 880 mm |
| Antibes 4 km | same station | 29.1°C about the same | 4.2°C about the same | 880 mm |
| Le Cannet 4.6 km | Mandelieu-la-Napoule | 29.2°C about the same | 4.7°C 0.5°C milder | 926 mm |
| Cannes 5.3 km | Mandelieu-la-Napoule | 29.2°C about the same | 4.7°C 0.5°C milder | 926 mm |
| Mougins 5.5 km | Mandelieu-la-Napoule | 29.2°C about the same | 4.7°C 0.5°C milder | 926 mm |
| Biot 6.2 km | same station | 29.1°C about the same | 4.2°C about the same | 880 mm |
| Valbonne 7 km | Valbonne-Sophia | 28.4°C 0.7°C cooler | 5.9°C 1.7°C milder | 920 mm |
Vallauris weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Antibes station; sunshine at Cannes.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.5°C | 4.2°C | 8.8°C | 88 mm | 148 |
| February | 13.9°C | 4.3°C | 9.1°C | 60 mm | 164 |
| March | 16.2°C | 6.5°C | 11.4°C | 58 mm | 217 |
| April | 18.5°C | 9.0°C | 13.8°C | 74 mm | 227 |
| May | 22.3°C | 12.8°C | 17.6°C | 47 mm | 275 |
| June | 26.3°C | 16.7°C | 21.5°C | 30 mm | 313 |
| July | 29.1°C | 19.1°C | 24.1°C | 17 mm | 347 |
| August | 29.6°C | 19.1°C | 24.3°C | 24 mm | 320 |
| September | 25.9°C | 15.7°C | 20.8°C | 90 mm | 254 |
| October | 21.6°C | 12.4°C | 17.0°C | 133 mm | 193 |
| November | 17.2°C | 8.2°C | 12.7°C | 156 mm | 150 |
| December | 14.3°C | 5.0°C | 9.7°C | 103 mm | 137 |
| Year | 20.7°C | 11.1°C | 15.9°C | 880 mm | 2,743 |
Where Vallauris’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Antibes, 4.8 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, 9.2 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 Vallauris’s climate
How warm does Vallauris get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 29.6°C. About 109 days a year reach 25°C, more than 91% of mainland French towns, and about 28 reach 30°C.
How cold does Vallauris get in winter?
January nights average 4.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 8 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Vallauris get?
About 880 mm a year, more than 75% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (156 mm) and July the driest (17 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Cannes (9.2 km away), averages 2,743 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Vallauris itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Vallauris, Antibes, 4.8 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 ANTIBES_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Vallauris →
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.