Hardly any mainland French towns log more warm days than Carcès
January mornings start at about 1.3°C. Only 31°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 67% of mainland French towns. The heating season runs December to February: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Montfort-sur-Argens station, 4.6 km west.
A year in Carcès at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Montfort-sur-Argens station.
What a year in Carcès feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Montfort-sur-Argens.
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. 38th wettest of 85 towns of 2,500+ in Var.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Le Luc
47 frosts and 134 days of 25°C a year
On about 47 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 134 days a year reach 25°C, and 69 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Montfort-sur-Argens: 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 Montfort-sur-Argens
Montfort-sur-Argens is 4.6 km west of Carcès. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Carcès itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Montfort-sur-Argens (83083001) |
| Distance from the town | 4.6 km west |
| Station altitude | 141 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 143 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Le Luc, 19 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 Carcès 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carcès | Montfort-sur-Argens | 32.1°C | 1.3°C | 789 mm |
| Le Val 9.7 km | same station | 32.1°C about the same | 1.3°C about the same | 789 mm |
| Salernes 10 km | Entrecasteaux | 32.1°C about the same | 1.8°C 0.5°C milder | 805 mm |
| Le Thoronet 11 km | Draguignan | 31.8°C about the same | 2.0°C 0.7°C milder | 865 mm |
| Flassans-sur-Issole 12 km | same station | 32.1°C about the same | 1.3°C about the same | 789 mm |
| Brignoles 12 km | same station | 32.1°C about the same | 1.3°C about the same | 789 mm |
| Le Luc 14 km | Le Luc | 32.4°C about the same | 2.0°C 0.7°C milder | 832 mm |
Carcès weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Montfort-sur-Argens station; sunshine at Le Luc.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C | 1.3°C | 6.9°C | 65 mm | 148 |
| February | 13.9°C | 1.2°C | 7.5°C | 46 mm | 166 |
| March | 17.5°C | 3.5°C | 10.5°C | 43 mm | 218 |
| April | 20.3°C | 6.2°C | 13.2°C | 69 mm | 232 |
| May | 24.6°C | 10.0°C | 17.3°C | 64 mm | 276 |
| June | 29.0°C | 13.4°C | 21.2°C | 51 mm | 320 |
| July | 32.1°C | 15.5°C | 23.8°C | 25 mm | 359 |
| August | 32.0°C | 15.4°C | 23.7°C | 31 mm | 325 |
| September | 26.8°C | 11.9°C | 19.3°C | 86 mm | 249 |
| October | 21.7°C | 9.0°C | 15.3°C | 114 mm | 179 |
| November | 16.0°C | 5.1°C | 10.6°C | 123 mm | 143 |
| December | 12.7°C | 2.0°C | 7.4°C | 72 mm | 137 |
| Year | 21.6°C | 7.9°C | 14.7°C | 789 mm | 2,752 |
Where Carcès’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Montfort-sur-Argens, 4.6 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, Le Luc, 19 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 Carcès’s climate
How warm does Carcès get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 32.1°C. About 134 days a year reach 25°C, more than almost every mainland French town, and about 69 reach 30°C.
How cold does Carcès get in winter?
February nights average 1.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 47 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Carcès get?
About 789 mm a year, more than 57% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (123 mm) and July the driest (25 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Le Luc (19 km away), averages 2,752 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Carcès itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Carcès, Montfort-sur-Argens, 4.6 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 MONTFORT-SUR-ARGENS_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Carcès →
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.