Cornillon-Confoux is among the driest of mainland French towns: 594 mm of rain a year
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 30.7°C on average. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 29°C. Its July heat outdoes that of 94% of mainland French towns. Expect about 38 frosty starts a year, nights when the air falls below freezing.
Figures from Météo-France’s Salon-de-Provence station, 5.1 km north-east.
A year in Cornillon-Confoux at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Salon-de-Provence station.
What a year in Cornillon-Confoux feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Salon-de-Provence.
About 594 mm of rain a year
October is the wettest month and July the driest. About 18 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 69th wettest of 108 towns of 2,500+ in Bouches-du-Rhône.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Marignane
38 frosts and 117 days of 25°C a year
On about 38 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 117 days a year reach 25°C, and 50 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Salon-de-Provence: 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 Salon-de-Provence
Salon-de-Provence is 5.1 km north-east of Cornillon-Confoux. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Cornillon-Confoux itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Salon-de-Provence (13103001) |
| Distance from the town | 5.1 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 58 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 63 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Marignane, 19 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 Cornillon-Confoux 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 Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornillon-Confoux | Salon-de-Provence | 30.7°C | 1.8°C | 594 mm |
| Saint-Chamas 4 km | Istres | 30.7°C about the same | 3.4°C 1.6°C milder | 573 mm |
| Grans 4.3 km | same station | 30.7°C about the same | 1.8°C about the same | 594 mm |
| Lançon-Provence 5.5 km | same station | 30.7°C about the same | 1.8°C about the same | 594 mm |
| Miramas 5.6 km | same station | 30.7°C about the same | 1.8°C about the same | 594 mm |
| Salon-de-Provence 7.9 km | same station | 30.7°C about the same | 1.8°C about the same | 594 mm |
| Pélissanne 9.1 km | same station | 30.7°C about the same | 1.8°C about the same | 594 mm |
Cornillon-Confoux weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Salon-de-Provence station; sunshine at Marignane.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.5°C | 1.8°C | 6.7°C | 54 mm | 148 |
| February | 12.7°C | 1.9°C | 7.3°C | 34 mm | 173 |
| March | 16.5°C | 4.5°C | 10.5°C | 37 mm | 235 |
| April | 19.3°C | 7.2°C | 13.2°C | 56 mm | 251 |
| May | 23.4°C | 11.0°C | 17.2°C | 44 mm | 299 |
| June | 27.8°C | 14.9°C | 21.3°C | 31 mm | 338 |
| July | 30.7°C | 17.3°C | 24.0°C | 14 mm | 372 |
| August | 30.4°C | 17.1°C | 23.7°C | 31 mm | 334 |
| September | 25.7°C | 13.7°C | 19.7°C | 79 mm | 264 |
| October | 20.9°C | 10.5°C | 15.7°C | 86 mm | 196 |
| November | 15.2°C | 5.9°C | 10.5°C | 84 mm | 151 |
| December | 11.9°C | 2.6°C | 7.2°C | 45 mm | 138 |
| Year | 20.5°C | 9.0°C | 14.7°C | 594 mm | 2,898 |
Where Cornillon-Confoux’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Salon-de-Provence, 5.1 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, Marignane, 19 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 Bouches-du-Rhône.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Cornillon-Confoux’s climate
How warm does Cornillon-Confoux get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 30.7°C. About 117 days a year reach 25°C, more than 94% of mainland French towns, and about 50 reach 30°C.
How cold does Cornillon-Confoux get in winter?
January nights average 1.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 38 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Cornillon-Confoux get?
About 594 mm a year, less than 96% of mainland French towns. October is the wettest month (86 mm) and July the driest (14 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Marignane (19 km away), averages 2,898 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Cornillon-Confoux itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Cornillon-Confoux, Salon-de-Provence, 5.1 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 SALON DE PROVENCE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Cornillon-Confoux →
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