La Motte-d'Aigues has warmer summer afternoons than 92% of mainland French towns
Deep winter brings January lows near 0.3°C. November is the wettest month, July the driest. In January, nights here are colder than in 82% of mainland French towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from November to March, when means dip under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Sannes station, 2.9 km south-west.
A year in La Motte-d'Aigues at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Sannes station.
What a year in La Motte-d'Aigues feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Sannes.
About 693 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 24th wettest of 47 towns of 2,500+ in Vaucluse.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Aix-en-Provence
A frosty town: 59 frosts and 106 days of 25°C a year
On about 59 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 106 days a year reach 25°C, and 46 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Sannes: 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 Sannes
Sannes is 2.9 km south-west of La Motte-d'Aigues. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in La Motte-d'Aigues itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Sannes (84121001) |
| Distance from the town | 2.9 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 307 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 363 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Aix-en-Provence, 28 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 La Motte-d'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Motte-d'Aigues | Sannes | 30.2°C | 0.3°C | 693 mm |
| La Tour-d'Aigues 5.7 km | same station | 30.2°C about the same | 0.3°C about the same | 693 mm |
| Pertuis 9 km | same station | 30.2°C about the same | 0.3°C about the same | 693 mm |
| Villelaure 9.9 km | same station | 30.2°C about the same | 0.3°C about the same | 693 mm |
| Cadenet 13 km | Vaugines | 30.2°C about the same | 1.9°C 1.6°C milder | 742 mm |
| Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade 15 km | same station | 30.2°C about the same | 0.3°C about the same | 693 mm |
| Meyrargues 15 km | same station | 30.2°C about the same | 0.3°C about the same | 693 mm |
La Motte-d'Aigues weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Sannes station; sunshine at Aix-en-Provence.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.5°C | 0.3°C | 5.4°C | 52 mm | 151 |
| February | 11.8°C | 0.2°C | 6.0°C | 39 mm | 177 |
| March | 15.6°C | 3.0°C | 9.3°C | 40 mm | 233 |
| April | 18.5°C | 5.9°C | 12.2°C | 62 mm | 244 |
| May | 22.9°C | 9.7°C | 16.3°C | 59 mm | 297 |
| June | 27.3°C | 12.8°C | 20.1°C | 41 mm | 331 |
| July | 30.2°C | 14.8°C | 22.5°C | 26 mm | 370 |
| August | 29.9°C | 14.7°C | 22.3°C | 42 mm | 332 |
| September | 25.0°C | 11.5°C | 18.2°C | 91 mm | 257 |
| October | 20.0°C | 8.8°C | 14.4°C | 87 mm | 190 |
| November | 14.2°C | 4.2°C | 9.2°C | 97 mm | 152 |
| December | 10.7°C | 1.1°C | 5.9°C | 59 mm | 141 |
| Year | 19.7°C | 7.2°C | 13.5°C | 693 mm | 2,873 |
Where La Motte-d'Aigues’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Sannes, 2.9 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, 28 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 La Motte-d'Aigues’s climate
How warm does La Motte-d'Aigues get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 30.2°C. About 106 days a year reach 25°C, more than 90% of mainland French towns, and about 46 reach 30°C.
How cold does La Motte-d'Aigues get in winter?
February nights average 0.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 59 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does La Motte-d'Aigues get?
About 693 mm a year, less than 72% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (97 mm) and July the driest (26 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Aix-en-Provence (28 km away), averages 2,873 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for La Motte-d'Aigues itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to La Motte-d'Aigues, Sannes, 2.9 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 SANNES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for La Motte-d'Aigues →
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.