Buoux has warmer summer afternoons than 92% of mainland French towns
In January the night’s low is typically 1.9°C. A year here swings 29°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Frost is rarer than in 65% of mainland French towns: about 35 nights a year drop below freezing. An umbrella earns its place on about 66 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Vaugines station, 6.9 km south-east.
A year in Buoux at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Vaugines station.
What a year in Buoux feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Vaugines.
About 742 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 24 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 13th wettest of 47 towns of 2,500+ in Vaucluse.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Aix-en-Provence
35 frosts and 104 days of 25°C a year
On about 35 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 104 days a year reach 25°C, and 46 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Vaugines: 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 Vaugines
Vaugines is 6.9 km south-east of Buoux. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Buoux itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Vaugines (84140001) |
| Distance from the town | 6.9 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 345 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 460 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Aix-en-Provence, 34 km away |
Buoux sits 115 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Buoux to run about 0.7°C cooler than these figures.
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 Buoux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buoux | Vaugines | 30.2°C | 1.9°C | 742 mm |
| Apt 5.5 km | Apt-Viton | 32.5°C 2.3°C warmer | −0.4°C 2.3°C colder | 770 mm |
| Gargas 7.6 km | Apt-Viton | 32.5°C 2.3°C warmer | −0.4°C 2.3°C colder | 770 mm |
| Lauris 11 km | Cabrières-d'Avignon | 30.7°C 0.5°C warmer | 0.6°C 1.3°C colder | 697 mm |
| Cadenet 11 km | same station | 30.2°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 742 mm |
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt 12 km | Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt | 30.3°C about the same | 1.5°C about the same | 710 mm |
| La Roque-d'Anthéron 14 km | Aix-en-Provence | 31.0°C 0.8°C warmer | 1.6°C about the same | 609 mm |
Buoux weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Vaugines station; sunshine at Aix-en-Provence.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.3°C | 1.9°C | 6.1°C | 58 mm | 151 |
| February | 11.4°C | 1.7°C | 6.5°C | 42 mm | 177 |
| March | 15.2°C | 4.5°C | 9.9°C | 45 mm | 233 |
| April | 18.1°C | 7.2°C | 12.7°C | 69 mm | 244 |
| May | 22.6°C | 10.9°C | 16.7°C | 63 mm | 297 |
| June | 27.1°C | 14.3°C | 20.7°C | 41 mm | 331 |
| July | 30.2°C | 16.6°C | 23.4°C | 28 mm | 370 |
| August | 29.9°C | 16.4°C | 23.2°C | 35 mm | 332 |
| September | 24.7°C | 13.0°C | 18.9°C | 92 mm | 257 |
| October | 19.6°C | 10.1°C | 14.8°C | 99 mm | 190 |
| November | 13.8°C | 5.5°C | 9.7°C | 109 mm | 152 |
| December | 10.6°C | 2.5°C | 6.6°C | 63 mm | 141 |
| Year | 19.5°C | 8.7°C | 14.1°C | 742 mm | 2,873 |
Where Buoux’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Vaugines, 6.9 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, 34 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 Buoux’s climate
How warm does Buoux get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 30.2°C. About 104 days a year reach 25°C, more than 90% of mainland French towns, and about 46 reach 30°C.
How cold does Buoux get in winter?
February nights average 1.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 35 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Buoux get?
About 742 mm a year, less than 54% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (109 mm) and July the driest (28 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Aix-en-Provence (34 km away), averages 2,873 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Buoux itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Buoux, Vaugines, 6.9 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 VAUGINES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Buoux →
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.