Few mainland French towns get more days of 25 degrees or more than Bandol
January mornings start at about 2.9°C. A year here swings 28°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Rain is light here, less than falls on 95% 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 Le Castellet station, 5.1 km north-east.
A year in Bandol at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Le Castellet station.
What a year in Bandol feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Castellet.
About 607 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 19 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 80th wettest of 85 towns of 2,500+ in Var.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Aix-en-Provence
31 frosts and 128 days of 25°C a year
On about 31 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 128 days a year reach 25°C, and 53 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Castellet: 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 Le Castellet
Le Castellet is 5.1 km north-east of Bandol. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Bandol itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Le Castellet (83035002) |
| Distance from the town | 5.1 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 66 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 48 m |
| Period | 1997–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Aix-en-Provence, 50 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 Bandol 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bandol | Le Castellet | 30.8°C | 2.9°C | 607 mm |
| Sanary-sur-Mer 4.4 km | Toulon | 29.5°C 1.3°C cooler | 6.6°C 3.7°C milder | 633 mm |
| Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer 5.5 km | same station | 30.8°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 607 mm |
| La Cadière-d'Azur 6.4 km | same station | 30.8°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 607 mm |
| Le Castellet 7.6 km | same station | 30.8°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 607 mm |
| Le Beausset 7.8 km | same station | 30.8°C about the same | 2.9°C about the same | 607 mm |
| Six-Fours-les-Plages 8.5 km | Toulon | 29.5°C 1.3°C cooler | 6.6°C 3.7°C milder | 633 mm |
Bandol weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Le Castellet station; sunshine at Aix-en-Provence.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.6°C | 2.9°C | 8.2°C | 69 mm | 151 |
| February | 14.0°C | 2.5°C | 8.3°C | 41 mm | 177 |
| March | 16.8°C | 4.7°C | 10.7°C | 38 mm | 233 |
| April | 19.7°C | 7.7°C | 13.7°C | 50 mm | 244 |
| May | 23.9°C | 11.0°C | 17.4°C | 47 mm | 297 |
| June | 28.4°C | 14.0°C | 21.2°C | 20 mm | 331 |
| July | 30.8°C | 16.1°C | 23.4°C | 7 mm | 370 |
| August | 30.8°C | 15.9°C | 23.4°C | 15 mm | 332 |
| September | 26.7°C | 13.1°C | 19.9°C | 66 mm | 257 |
| October | 22.4°C | 10.5°C | 16.4°C | 92 mm | 190 |
| November | 17.2°C | 6.3°C | 11.8°C | 98 mm | 152 |
| December | 14.2°C | 3.7°C | 8.9°C | 66 mm | 141 |
| Year | 21.5°C | 9.0°C | 15.3°C | 607 mm | 2,873 |
Where Bandol’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Le Castellet, 5.1 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1997–2020, 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, Aix-en-Provence, 50 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 Bandol’s climate
How warm does Bandol get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 30.8°C. About 128 days a year reach 25°C, more than 98% of mainland French towns, and about 53 reach 30°C.
How cold does Bandol get in winter?
February nights average 2.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 31 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Bandol get?
About 607 mm a year, less than 95% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (98 mm) and July the driest (7 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Aix-en-Provence (50 km away), averages 2,873 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Bandol itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Bandol, Le Castellet, 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 LE CASTELLET_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Bandol →
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.