Cavaillon climate — normals and trends
Cavaillon (France) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 669 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (24.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Cavaillon averages 27 frost days, 46 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 81 rainy days per year.
Cavaillon has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 38 to 16 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.5 °C (on 28 June 2019) and the coldest -16.0 °C (on 6 February 1963).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
CavaillonProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- coords
- 43.83°, 5.04°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.4°C
Average daily high
19.6°C
Average daily low
9.8°C
Annual rainfall
669mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
19.1km/h
Seasonal range
19.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
27 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
46 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
81 d/yr
Annual snowfall
6.3 cm
Average feels-like high
17.6 °C
Average feels-like low
7.5 °C
Average peak gust
41.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
19 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
43.5 °C
28 June 2019
Coldest day
-16.0 °C
6 February 1963
Wettest day
89 mm
4 September 1948
Windiest day
52.3 km/h
29 October 1962
Strongest gust
112.7 km/h
8 November 1982
Hottest feels-like
45.4 °C
28 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-21.2 °C
6 February 1963
Snowiest day
22.1 cm
8 January 2010
Sunniest day
15.0 h
16 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 60 mm | +10 mm |
| Feb | 13.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 58 mm | +9 mm |
| Mar | 16.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 85 mm | +31 mm |
| Apr | 20.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 100 mm | +41 mm |
| May | 24.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 47 mm | -15 mm |
| Jun | 33.0 °C | +5.8 °C | 17 mm | -18 mm |
| Jul | 32.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 12 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 32.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 33 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 24.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 158 mm | +82 mm |
| Oct | 21.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 67 mm | -21 mm |
| Nov | 15.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 54 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | 12.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 72 mm | +14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cavaillon?
Cavaillon has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 669 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cavaillon?
The hottest day measured in Cavaillon between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 2019, reaching 43.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cavaillon?
The coldest day measured in Cavaillon between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1963, at -16.0 °C.
Does it snow in Cavaillon?
Yes. Cavaillon gets on average 6.3 cm of snow per year and has around 27 frost days.
Has the climate of Cavaillon warmed?
Yes: Cavaillon warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cavaillon?
The wettest day measured in Cavaillon between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 1948, with 89 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cavaillon?
The windiest day measured in Cavaillon between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 1962, with winds reaching 52.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cavaillon?
The warmest month in Cavaillon is July (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Cavaillon?
Cavaillon receives on average 669 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 81 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cavaillon?
Cavaillon gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cavaillon?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cavaillon between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2010, with 22.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cavaillon?
Yes: Cavaillon has on average 19 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cavaillon?
In Cavaillon, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.4 °C on 28 June 2019, and the lowest was -21.2 °C on 6 February 1963.
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