Hardly any mainland French towns see hotter July days than Pourrières
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at 0.9°C on average. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 31°C. It is a dry place: less rain falls here than on 78% of mainland French towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 62 times a year.
Figures from Météo-France’s Trets station, 7.1 km south-west.
A year in Pourrières at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Trets station.
What a year in Pourrières feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Trets.
About 668 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 62nd wettest of 85 towns of 2,500+ in Var.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Aix-en-Provence
A frosty town: 54 frosts and 118 days of 25°C a year
On about 54 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 118 days a year reach 25°C, and 59 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Trets: 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 Trets
Trets is 7.1 km south-west of Pourrières. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Pourrières itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Trets (13110003) |
| Distance from the town | 7.1 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 264 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 284 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Aix-en-Provence, 26 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 Pourrières 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pourrières | Trets | 31.4°C | 0.9°C | 668 mm |
| Trets 7.7 km | same station | 31.4°C about the same | 0.9°C about the same | 668 mm |
| Rousset 9.7 km | same station | 31.4°C about the same | 0.9°C about the same | 668 mm |
| Peynier 10 km | same station | 31.4°C about the same | 0.9°C about the same | 668 mm |
| Seillons-Source-d'Argens 11 km | Varages | 32.0°C 0.6°C warmer | 1.0°C about the same | 787 mm |
| Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume 12 km | same station | 31.4°C about the same | 0.9°C about the same | 668 mm |
| Rians 12 km | Varages | 32.0°C 0.6°C warmer | 1.0°C about the same | 787 mm |
Pourrières weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Trets station; sunshine at Aix-en-Provence.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.4°C | 0.9°C | 6.1°C | 67 mm | 151 |
| February | 12.5°C | 0.7°C | 6.6°C | 43 mm | 177 |
| March | 16.1°C | 3.2°C | 9.7°C | 44 mm | 233 |
| April | 18.9°C | 5.8°C | 12.3°C | 68 mm | 244 |
| May | 23.4°C | 9.4°C | 16.4°C | 51 mm | 297 |
| June | 28.1°C | 12.8°C | 20.5°C | 39 mm | 331 |
| July | 31.4°C | 14.9°C | 23.2°C | 20 mm | 370 |
| August | 31.4°C | 15.0°C | 23.2°C | 30 mm | 332 |
| September | 26.1°C | 12.0°C | 19.1°C | 76 mm | 257 |
| October | 20.8°C | 9.2°C | 15.0°C | 80 mm | 190 |
| November | 15.1°C | 4.8°C | 9.9°C | 92 mm | 152 |
| December | 11.8°C | 1.7°C | 6.7°C | 59 mm | 141 |
| Year | 20.6°C | 7.5°C | 14.1°C | 668 mm | 2,873 |
Where Pourrières’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Trets, 7.1 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, Aix-en-Provence, 26 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 Pourrières’s climate
How warm does Pourrières get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 31.4°C. About 118 days a year reach 25°C, more than 95% of mainland French towns, and about 59 reach 30°C.
How cold does Pourrières get in winter?
February nights average 0.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 54 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Pourrières get?
About 668 mm a year, less than 78% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (92 mm) and July the driest (20 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Aix-en-Provence (26 km away), averages 2,873 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Pourrières itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Pourrières, Trets, 7.1 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 TRETS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Pourrières →
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.