Few mainland French towns have warmer summer afternoons than Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at 1.0°C on average. Temperatures cover 31°C across the year, low to high. It is a dry place: less rain falls here than on 80% of mainland French towns. The heating season runs November to February: each of those months averages under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Carpentras station, 6.8 km west.
A year in Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Carpentras station.
What a year in Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Carpentras.
About 666 mm of rain a year
September is the wettest month and July the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 29th wettest of 47 towns of 2,500+ in Vaucluse.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Carpentras
48 frosts and 129 days of 25°C a year
On about 48 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 129 days a year reach 25°C, and 67 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Carpentras: 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 Carpentras
Carpentras is 6.8 km west of Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Carpentras (84031001) |
| Distance from the town | 6.8 km west |
| Station altitude | 98 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 200 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols sits 102 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols 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 Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols | Carpentras | 32.3°C | 1.0°C | 666 mm |
| Caromb 2.8 km | same station | 32.3°C about the same | 1.0°C about the same | 666 mm |
| Bédoin 4.7 km | Buis -Baronnies | 31.5°C 0.8°C cooler | 0.6°C about the same | 793 mm |
| Mazan 5.3 km | same station | 32.3°C about the same | 1.0°C about the same | 666 mm |
| Carpentras 8.7 km | same station | 32.3°C about the same | 1.0°C about the same | 666 mm |
| Malaucène 8.8 km | Vinsobres | 30.0°C 2.3°C cooler | 2.5°C 1.5°C milder | 789 mm |
| Aubignan 9 km | same station | 32.3°C about the same | 1.0°C about the same | 666 mm |
Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Carpentras station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C | 1.0°C | 6.1°C | 46 mm | 151 |
| February | 12.8°C | 1.1°C | 6.9°C | 34 mm | 173 |
| March | 17.1°C | 4.0°C | 10.5°C | 41 mm | 230 |
| April | 20.4°C | 6.9°C | 13.6°C | 61 mm | 244 |
| May | 24.6°C | 10.8°C | 17.7°C | 56 mm | 285 |
| June | 29.1°C | 14.4°C | 21.7°C | 42 mm | 328 |
| July | 32.3°C | 16.5°C | 24.4°C | 26 mm | 363 |
| August | 31.9°C | 16.1°C | 24.0°C | 41 mm | 327 |
| September | 26.4°C | 12.7°C | 19.5°C | 99 mm | 257 |
| October | 21.1°C | 9.5°C | 15.3°C | 88 mm | 191 |
| November | 15.0°C | 4.9°C | 9.9°C | 91 mm | 149 |
| December | 11.3°C | 1.8°C | 6.5°C | 42 mm | 138 |
| Year | 21.1°C | 8.3°C | 14.7°C | 666 mm | 2,835 |
Where Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Carpentras, 6.8 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, 6.8 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 Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols’s climate
How warm does Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 32.3°C. About 129 days a year reach 25°C, more than almost every mainland French town, and about 67 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols get in winter?
January nights average 1.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 48 nights a year, and about under 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols get?
About 666 mm a year, less than 80% of mainland French towns. September is the wettest month (99 mm) and July the driest (26 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Carpentras (6.8 km away), averages 2,835 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols, Carpentras, 6.8 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 CARPENTRAS, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols →
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.