Apt sits near the top of mainland French towns for July heat
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −0.4°C. About 73 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 93% of mainland French towns. The rainiest month is November; the driest is July. Windscreens need scraping on about 73 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Apt-Viton station, 1.5 km east.
A year in Apt at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Apt-Viton station.
What a year in Apt feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Apt-Viton.
About 770 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 23 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 10th wettest of 47 towns of 2,500+ in Vaucluse.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Carpentras
A frosty town: 73 frosts and 131 days of 25°C a year
On about 73 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 131 days a year reach 25°C, and 71 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Apt-Viton: 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 Apt-Viton
Apt-Viton is 1.5 km east of Apt. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Apt itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Apt-Viton (84003002) |
| Distance from the town | 1.5 km east |
| Station altitude | 242 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 265 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Carpentras, 35 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 Apt 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 Vaucluse.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apt | Apt-Viton | 32.5°C | −0.4°C | 770 mm |
| Gargas 4 km | same station | 32.5°C about the same | −0.4°C about the same | 770 mm |
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt 6.9 km | Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt | 30.3°C 2.2°C cooler | 1.5°C 1.9°C milder | 710 mm |
| Lauris 16 km | Cabrières-d'Avignon | 30.7°C 1.8°C cooler | 0.6°C 1°C milder | 697 mm |
| Cadenet 16 km | Vaugines | 30.2°C 2.3°C cooler | 1.9°C 2.3°C milder | 742 mm |
| Villelaure 19 km | Sannes | 30.2°C 2.3°C cooler | 0.3°C 0.7°C milder | 693 mm |
| La Roque-d'Anthéron 19 km | Aix-en-Provence | 31.0°C 1.5°C cooler | 1.6°C 2°C milder | 609 mm |
Apt weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Apt-Viton station; sunshine at Carpentras.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.2°C | −0.4°C | 5.4°C | 69 mm | 151 |
| February | 13.0°C | −0.7°C | 6.1°C | 44 mm | 173 |
| March | 17.2°C | 2.1°C | 9.7°C | 47 mm | 230 |
| April | 20.2°C | 5.0°C | 12.6°C | 75 mm | 244 |
| May | 24.5°C | 8.9°C | 16.7°C | 69 mm | 285 |
| June | 29.1°C | 12.2°C | 20.6°C | 38 mm | 328 |
| July | 32.5°C | 14.4°C | 23.5°C | 27 mm | 363 |
| August | 32.3°C | 14.5°C | 23.4°C | 37 mm | 327 |
| September | 26.8°C | 11.2°C | 19.0°C | 85 mm | 257 |
| October | 21.1°C | 8.3°C | 14.7°C | 98 mm | 191 |
| November | 15.0°C | 3.5°C | 9.3°C | 114 mm | 149 |
| December | 11.4°C | 0.3°C | 5.9°C | 69 mm | 138 |
| Year | 21.2°C | 6.6°C | 13.9°C | 770 mm | 2,835 |
Where Apt’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Apt-Viton, 1.5 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, Carpentras, 35 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 Vaucluse.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Apt’s climate
How warm does Apt get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 32.5°C. About 131 days a year reach 25°C, more than almost every mainland French town, and about 71 reach 30°C.
How cold does Apt get in winter?
February nights average −0.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 73 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Apt get?
About 770 mm a year, more than 53% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (114 mm) and July the driest (27 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Carpentras (35 km away), averages 2,835 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Apt itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Apt, Apt-Viton, 1.5 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 APT-VITON, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Apt →
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.