Sainte-Maxime is among the mainland French towns with the most days of 25 degrees or more
Midwinter brings lows of about 2.7°C. Only 30°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Of the 85 towns of 2,500+ in Var, it is the wettest. Plan for rain on about 63 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Cogolin station, 12 km south-west.
A year in Sainte-Maxime at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Cogolin station.
What a year in Sainte-Maxime feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cogolin.
About 958 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 85 towns of 2,500+ in Var.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Le Luc
36 frosts and 138 days of 25°C a year
On about 36 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 138 days a year reach 25°C, and 68 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cogolin: 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 Cogolin
Cogolin is 12 km south-west of Sainte-Maxime. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Sainte-Maxime itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Cogolin (83042001) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 31 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 13 m |
| Period | 1997–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Le Luc, 21 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 Sainte-Maxime 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Maxime | Cogolin | 32.0°C | 2.7°C | 958 mm |
| Saint-Tropez 5.9 km | same station | 32.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 958 mm |
| Le Plan-de-la-Tour 7.1 km | same station | 32.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 958 mm |
| Grimaud 8 km | same station | 32.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 958 mm |
| Gassin 8.6 km | same station | 32.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 958 mm |
| Cogolin 11 km | same station | 32.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 958 mm |
| La Croix-Valmer 14 km | same station | 32.0°C about the same | 2.7°C about the same | 958 mm |
Sainte-Maxime weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Cogolin station; sunshine at Le Luc.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.6°C | 2.7°C | 8.1°C | 96 mm | 148 |
| February | 14.4°C | 2.5°C | 8.5°C | 76 mm | 166 |
| March | 17.3°C | 4.8°C | 11.1°C | 70 mm | 218 |
| April | 20.2°C | 7.5°C | 13.9°C | 82 mm | 232 |
| May | 24.3°C | 10.9°C | 17.6°C | 59 mm | 276 |
| June | 29.1°C | 14.3°C | 21.7°C | 32 mm | 320 |
| July | 32.0°C | 16.5°C | 24.3°C | 14 mm | 359 |
| August | 32.2°C | 16.4°C | 24.3°C | 21 mm | 325 |
| September | 27.6°C | 13.3°C | 20.5°C | 74 mm | 249 |
| October | 22.5°C | 10.8°C | 16.6°C | 136 mm | 179 |
| November | 17.2°C | 6.5°C | 11.9°C | 178 mm | 143 |
| December | 14.1°C | 3.7°C | 8.9°C | 121 mm | 137 |
| Year | 22.0°C | 9.2°C | 15.6°C | 958 mm | 2,752 |
Where Sainte-Maxime’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Cogolin, 12 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, Le Luc, 21 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 Sainte-Maxime’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Maxime get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 32.2°C. About 138 days a year reach 25°C, more than almost every mainland French town, and about 68 reach 30°C.
How cold does Sainte-Maxime get in winter?
February nights average 2.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 36 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Sainte-Maxime get?
About 958 mm a year, more than 85% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (178 mm) and July the driest (14 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Le Luc (21 km away), averages 2,752 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Sainte-Maxime itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Sainte-Maxime, Cogolin, 12 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 COGOLIN_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Sainte-Maxime →
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