Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 4.0Few mainland French towns have warmer summer afternoons than Caumont-sur-Durance
Midwinter brings lows of about 1.9°C. Winter and summer sit 30°C apart. It is a dry place: less rain falls here than on 83% of mainland French towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from December to February, when means dip under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Avignon station, 4.2 km north-west.
A year in Caumont-sur-Durance at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Avignon station.
What a year in Caumont-sur-Durance feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Avignon.
About 649 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 20 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 35th wettest of 47 towns of 2,500+ in Vaucluse.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Carpentras
35 frosts and 122 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 122 days a year reach 25°C, and 60 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Avignon: 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 Avignon
Avignon is 4.2 km north-west of Caumont-sur-Durance. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Caumont-sur-Durance itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Avignon (84007005) |
| Distance from the town | 4.2 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 34 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 48 m |
| Period | 1993–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Carpentras, 23 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 Caumont-sur-Durance 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caumont-sur-Durance | Avignon | 31.5°C | 1.9°C | 649 mm |
| Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne 3.6 km | same station | 31.5°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 649 mm |
| Cabannes 4 km | same station | 31.5°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 649 mm |
| Noves 5 km | same station | 31.5°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 649 mm |
| Le Thor 5.1 km | same station | 31.5°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 649 mm |
| Morières-lès-Avignon 6.5 km | same station | 31.5°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 649 mm |
| Saint-Andiol 6.9 km | same station | 31.5°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 649 mm |
Caumont-sur-Durance weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Avignon station; sunshine at Carpentras.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.7°C | 1.9°C | 6.3°C | 56 mm | 151 |
| February | 12.4°C | 2.3°C | 7.4°C | 36 mm | 173 |
| March | 16.6°C | 5.0°C | 10.8°C | 36 mm | 230 |
| April | 19.7°C | 7.7°C | 13.7°C | 60 mm | 244 |
| May | 23.9°C | 11.7°C | 17.8°C | 52 mm | 285 |
| June | 28.7°C | 15.6°C | 22.1°C | 35 mm | 328 |
| July | 31.5°C | 18.0°C | 24.8°C | 24 mm | 363 |
| August | 31.1°C | 17.6°C | 24.3°C | 35 mm | 327 |
| September | 26.0°C | 13.9°C | 19.9°C | 91 mm | 257 |
| October | 21.0°C | 10.7°C | 15.8°C | 89 mm | 191 |
| November | 14.7°C | 6.0°C | 10.3°C | 92 mm | 149 |
| December | 11.0°C | 2.5°C | 6.7°C | 44 mm | 138 |
| Year | 20.6°C | 9.4°C | 15.0°C | 649 mm | 2,835 |
Where Caumont-sur-Durance’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Avignon, 4.2 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1993–2020, 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, Carpentras, 23 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 Caumont-sur-Durance’s climate
How warm does Caumont-sur-Durance get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 31.5°C. About 122 days a year reach 25°C, more than 97% of mainland French towns, and about 60 reach 30°C.
How cold does Caumont-sur-Durance get in winter?
January nights average 1.9°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 Caumont-sur-Durance get?
About 649 mm a year, less than 83% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (92 mm) and July the driest (24 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Carpentras (23 km away), averages 2,835 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Caumont-sur-Durance itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Caumont-sur-Durance, Avignon, 4.2 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 AVIGNON, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Caumont-sur-Durance →
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.