Aups has warmer summer afternoons than 92% of mainland French towns
Deep winter brings January lows near 1.0°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 75% of mainland French towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 30°C. Plan for rain on about 70 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Aups station, 3.2 km north-west.
A year in Aups at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Aups station.
What a year in Aups feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Aups.
About 784 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 25 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 51st wettest of 85 towns of 2,500+ in Var.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Le Luc
48 frosts and 104 days of 25°C a year
On about 48 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 104 days a year reach 25°C, and 43 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Aups: 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 Aups
Aups is 3.2 km north-west of Aups. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Aups itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Aups (83007004) |
| Distance from the town | 3.2 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 497 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 509 m |
| Period | 1993–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Le Luc, 30 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 Aups 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 Var.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aups | Aups | 30.2°C | 1.0°C | 784 mm |
| Salernes 7.2 km | Entrecasteaux | 32.1°C 1.9°C warmer | 1.8°C 0.8°C milder | 805 mm |
| Flayosc 17 km | Entrecasteaux | 32.1°C 1.9°C warmer | 1.8°C 0.8°C milder | 805 mm |
| Carcès 17 km | Montfort-sur-Argens | 32.1°C 1.9°C warmer | 1.3°C about the same | 789 mm |
| Lorgues 19 km | Draguignan | 31.8°C 1.6°C warmer | 2.0°C 1°C milder | 865 mm |
| Barjols 19 km | Varages | 32.0°C 1.8°C warmer | 1.0°C about the same | 787 mm |
| Le Thoronet 21 km | Draguignan | 31.8°C 1.6°C warmer | 2.0°C 1°C milder | 865 mm |
Aups weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Aups station; sunshine at Le Luc.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.6°C | 1.0°C | 5.8°C | 57 mm | 148 |
| February | 11.7°C | 0.7°C | 6.2°C | 42 mm | 166 |
| March | 15.1°C | 2.9°C | 9.0°C | 40 mm | 218 |
| April | 17.9°C | 5.7°C | 11.8°C | 76 mm | 232 |
| May | 22.1°C | 9.4°C | 15.8°C | 72 mm | 276 |
| June | 26.9°C | 12.9°C | 19.9°C | 57 mm | 320 |
| July | 30.2°C | 15.0°C | 22.6°C | 23 mm | 359 |
| August | 30.0°C | 14.9°C | 22.5°C | 47 mm | 325 |
| September | 24.7°C | 11.6°C | 18.2°C | 75 mm | 249 |
| October | 19.7°C | 8.8°C | 14.3°C | 103 mm | 179 |
| November | 14.1°C | 4.6°C | 9.3°C | 125 mm | 143 |
| December | 11.0°C | 1.9°C | 6.5°C | 68 mm | 137 |
| Year | 19.5°C | 7.5°C | 13.5°C | 784 mm | 2,752 |
Where Aups’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Aups, 3.2 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1993–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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, Le Luc, 30 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 Var.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Aups’s climate
How warm does Aups get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 30.2°C. About 104 days a year reach 25°C, more than 89% of mainland French towns, and about 43 reach 30°C.
How cold does Aups get in winter?
February nights average 0.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 48 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Aups get?
About 784 mm a year, more than 57% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (125 mm) and July the driest (23 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Le Luc (30 km away), averages 2,752 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Aups itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Aups, Aups, 3.2 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 AUPS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Aups →
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