Hardly any mainland French towns collect less rain than Grans: 594 mm a year
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 30.7°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 29°C apart. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 94% of mainland French towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from December to February, when means dip under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Salon-de-Provence station, 3.5 km east.
A year in Grans at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Salon-de-Provence station.
What a year in Grans 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 3.5 km east of Grans. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Grans itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Salon-de-Provence (13103001) |
| Distance from the town | 3.5 km east |
| Station altitude | 58 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 61 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Marignane, 23 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 Grans 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grans | Salon-de-Provence | 30.7°C | 1.8°C | 594 mm |
| Salon-de-Provence 4.3 km | same station | 30.7°C about the same | 1.8°C about the same | 594 mm |
| Miramas 5.5 km | same station | 30.7°C about the same | 1.8°C about the same | 594 mm |
| Lançon-Provence 6.7 km | same station | 30.7°C about the same | 1.8°C about the same | 594 mm |
| Saint-Chamas 7.2 km | Istres | 30.7°C about the same | 3.4°C 1.6°C milder | 573 mm |
| Pélissanne 7.5 km | same station | 30.7°C about the same | 1.8°C about the same | 594 mm |
| Eyguières 9.5 km | same station | 30.7°C about the same | 1.8°C about the same | 594 mm |
Grans 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 Grans’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, 3.5 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, 23 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 Grans’s climate
How warm does Grans 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 Grans 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 Grans 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 (23 km away), averages 2,898 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Grans itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Grans, Salon-de-Provence, 3.5 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 Grans →
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.