Villeneuve-lès-Avignon has warmer summer afternoons than 95% of mainland French towns
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near 2.0°C. Rain follows the seasons: November brings about 3.1 times as much as July. Its yearly rainfall falls short of 78% of mainland French towns. Radiators earn their keep from December to February, the months that average under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Pujaut station, 3.8 km north-west.
A year in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Pujaut station.
What a year in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pujaut.
About 673 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 56th wettest of 68 towns of 2,500+ in Gard.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Carpentras
36 frosts and 117 days of 25°C a year
On about 36 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about under 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 117 days a year reach 25°C, and 53 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pujaut: 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 Pujaut
Pujaut is 3.8 km north-west of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Pujaut (30209002) |
| Distance from the town | 3.8 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 44 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 88 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Carpentras, 25 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 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon 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 Gard.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villeneuve-lès-Avignon | Pujaut | 30.8°C | 2.0°C | 673 mm |
| Les Angles 1.8 km | same station | 30.8°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 673 mm |
| Pujaut 4.2 km | same station | 30.8°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 673 mm |
| Avignon 4.9 km | Avignon | 31.5°C 0.7°C warmer | 1.9°C about the same | 649 mm |
| Le Pontet 6.3 km | Avignon | 31.5°C 0.7°C warmer | 1.9°C about the same | 649 mm |
| Rochefort-du-Gard 7 km | same station | 30.8°C about the same | 2.0°C about the same | 673 mm |
| Rognonas 7.9 km | Eyragues | 31.7°C 0.9°C warmer | 2.2°C about the same | 632 mm |
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Pujaut station; sunshine at Carpentras.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.5°C | 2.0°C | 6.3°C | 53 mm | 151 |
| February | 12.2°C | 2.2°C | 7.2°C | 35 mm | 173 |
| March | 16.4°C | 4.7°C | 10.6°C | 38 mm | 230 |
| April | 19.4°C | 7.1°C | 13.2°C | 61 mm | 244 |
| May | 23.6°C | 10.8°C | 17.2°C | 52 mm | 285 |
| June | 28.0°C | 14.7°C | 21.3°C | 39 mm | 328 |
| July | 30.8°C | 17.0°C | 23.9°C | 31 mm | 363 |
| August | 30.6°C | 16.7°C | 23.6°C | 37 mm | 327 |
| September | 25.5°C | 13.0°C | 19.3°C | 93 mm | 257 |
| October | 20.6°C | 10.1°C | 15.3°C | 88 mm | 191 |
| November | 14.4°C | 5.7°C | 10.1°C | 96 mm | 149 |
| December | 10.9°C | 2.7°C | 6.8°C | 48 mm | 138 |
| Year | 20.2°C | 8.9°C | 14.6°C | 673 mm | 2,835 |
Where Villeneuve-lès-Avignon’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Pujaut, 3.8 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, Carpentras, 25 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 Gard.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Villeneuve-lès-Avignon’s climate
How warm does Villeneuve-lès-Avignon get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 30.8°C. About 117 days a year reach 25°C, more than 94% of mainland French towns, and about 53 reach 30°C.
How cold does Villeneuve-lès-Avignon get in winter?
January nights average 2.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 36 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Villeneuve-lès-Avignon get?
About 673 mm a year, less than 78% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (96 mm) and July the driest (31 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Carpentras (25 km away), averages 2,835 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Villeneuve-lès-Avignon itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Pujaut, 3.8 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 PUJAUT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Villeneuve-lès-Avignon →
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