Rousset-les-Vignes has warmer summer afternoons than 92% of mainland French towns
Midwinter brings lows of about 2.5°C. Frost is rarer than in 84% of mainland French towns: about 24 nights a year drop below freezing. Temperatures cover 28°C across the year, low to high. Windscreens need scraping on about 24 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Vinsobres station, 8.6 km south.
A year in Rousset-les-Vignes at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Vinsobres station.
What a year in Rousset-les-Vignes feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Vinsobres.
About 789 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 24 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 40th wettest of 40 towns of 2,500+ in Drôme.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Montélimar
24 frosts and 100 days of 25°C a year
On about 24 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about under 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 100 days a year reach 25°C, and 45 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Vinsobres: 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 Vinsobres
Vinsobres is 8.6 km south of Rousset-les-Vignes. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Rousset-les-Vignes itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Vinsobres (26377003) |
| Distance from the town | 8.6 km south |
| Station altitude | 346 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 422 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 5.7 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Montélimar, 32 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 Rousset-les-Vignes 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 Drôme.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rousset-les-Vignes | Vinsobres | 30.0°C | 2.5°C | 789 mm |
| Valréas 6.4 km | Taulignan | 30.3°C about the same | 1.9°C 0.6°C colder | 842 mm |
| Nyons 8.5 km | same station | 30.0°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 789 mm |
| Dieulefit 12 km | Bourdeaux | 29.1°C 0.9°C cooler | −1.0°C 3.5°C colder | 953 mm |
| Vaison-la-Romaine 19 km | same station | 30.0°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 789 mm |
| Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes 23 km | Visan | 30.4°C about the same | 1.8°C 0.7°C colder | 773 mm |
| Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux 24 km | Pierrelatte | 30.3°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 795 mm |
Rousset-les-Vignes weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Vinsobres station; sunshine at Montélimar.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.9°C | 2.5°C | 6.2°C | 62 mm | 107 |
| February | 10.9°C | 2.3°C | 6.6°C | 42 mm | 136 |
| March | 15.0°C | 5.1°C | 10.0°C | 51 mm | 200 |
| April | 18.0°C | 7.7°C | 12.8°C | 72 mm | 219 |
| May | 22.3°C | 11.3°C | 16.8°C | 65 mm | 260 |
| June | 26.9°C | 14.9°C | 20.9°C | 44 mm | 300 |
| July | 30.0°C | 17.3°C | 23.7°C | 38 mm | 330 |
| August | 29.7°C | 17.2°C | 23.4°C | 51 mm | 299 |
| September | 24.4°C | 13.6°C | 19.0°C | 103 mm | 231 |
| October | 19.4°C | 10.4°C | 14.9°C | 102 mm | 156 |
| November | 13.6°C | 6.1°C | 9.8°C | 106 mm | 110 |
| December | 10.3°C | 3.3°C | 6.8°C | 54 mm | 95 |
| Year | 19.2°C | 9.3°C | 14.2°C | 789 mm | 2,441 |
Where Rousset-les-Vignes’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Vinsobres, 8.6 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, Montélimar, 32 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 Drôme.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Rousset-les-Vignes’s climate
How warm does Rousset-les-Vignes get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 30.0°C. About 100 days a year reach 25°C, more than 88% of mainland French towns, and about 45 reach 30°C.
How cold does Rousset-les-Vignes get in winter?
February nights average 2.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 24 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Rousset-les-Vignes get?
About 789 mm a year, more than 57% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (106 mm) and July the driest (38 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Montélimar (32 km away), averages 2,441 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Rousset-les-Vignes itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Rousset-les-Vignes, Vinsobres, 8.6 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 VINSOBRES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Rousset-les-Vignes →
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