Photo: Esby 20:10, 6 April 2010 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0Camaret-sur-Aigues has some of the warmest summer afternoons among mainland French towns
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at 2.1°C on average. Only about 29 nights a year bring a frost, fewer than in 77% of mainland French towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 29°C. Keep the boiler serviced for the months from December to February, which average under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Orange station, 2.5 km south.
A year in Camaret-sur-Aigues at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Orange station.
What a year in Camaret-sur-Aigues feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Orange.
About 720 mm of rain a year
September is the wettest month and February the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 14th wettest of 47 towns of 2,500+ in Vaucluse.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Carpentras
29 frosts and 115 days of 25°C a year
On about 29 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about under 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 115 days a year reach 25°C, and 55 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Orange: 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 Orange
Orange is 2.5 km south of Camaret-sur-Aigues. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Camaret-sur-Aigues itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Orange (84087001) |
| Distance from the town | 2.5 km south |
| Station altitude | 57 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 69 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Carpentras, 17 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 Camaret-sur-Aigues 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camaret-sur-Aigues | Orange | 31.1°C | 2.1°C | 720 mm |
| Sérignan-du-Comtat 3.3 km | same station | 31.1°C about the same | 2.1°C about the same | 720 mm |
| Jonquières 5.6 km | same station | 31.1°C about the same | 2.1°C about the same | 720 mm |
| Orange 5.8 km | same station | 31.1°C about the same | 2.1°C about the same | 720 mm |
| Courthézon 8.6 km | same station | 31.1°C about the same | 2.1°C about the same | 720 mm |
| Piolenc 8.6 km | Chusclan | 31.7°C 0.6°C warmer | 3.1°C 1°C milder | 750 mm |
| Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes 8.8 km | Visan | 30.4°C 0.7°C cooler | 1.8°C about the same | 773 mm |
Camaret-sur-Aigues weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Orange station; sunshine at Carpentras.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.3°C | 2.1°C | 6.2°C | 55 mm | 151 |
| February | 11.9°C | 2.4°C | 7.2°C | 37 mm | 173 |
| March | 16.2°C | 5.3°C | 10.8°C | 45 mm | 230 |
| April | 19.3°C | 7.9°C | 13.6°C | 63 mm | 244 |
| May | 23.6°C | 11.9°C | 17.7°C | 60 mm | 285 |
| June | 28.1°C | 15.6°C | 21.9°C | 37 mm | 328 |
| July | 31.1°C | 18.0°C | 24.5°C | 38 mm | 363 |
| August | 30.8°C | 17.7°C | 24.2°C | 40 mm | 327 |
| September | 25.5°C | 14.0°C | 19.7°C | 105 mm | 257 |
| October | 20.3°C | 10.6°C | 15.4°C | 95 mm | 191 |
| November | 14.2°C | 6.0°C | 10.1°C | 97 mm | 149 |
| December | 10.6°C | 2.8°C | 6.7°C | 48 mm | 138 |
| Year | 20.2°C | 9.5°C | 14.8°C | 720 mm | 2,835 |
Where Camaret-sur-Aigues’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Orange, 2.5 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, 17 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 Camaret-sur-Aigues’s climate
How warm does Camaret-sur-Aigues get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 31.1°C. About 115 days a year reach 25°C, more than 94% of mainland French towns, and about 55 reach 30°C.
How cold does Camaret-sur-Aigues get in winter?
January nights average 2.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 29 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Camaret-sur-Aigues get?
About 720 mm a year, less than 62% of mainland French towns. September is the wettest month (105 mm) and February the driest (37 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Carpentras (17 km away), averages 2,835 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Camaret-sur-Aigues itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Camaret-sur-Aigues, Orange, 2.5 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 ORANGE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Camaret-sur-Aigues →
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