Pertuis climate — normals and trends
Pertuis (France) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.7 °C and it receives 732 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 (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Pertuis averages 56 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 90 rainy days per year.
Pertuis has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 76 to 36 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.9 °C (on 28 June 2019) and the coldest -22.9 °C (on 4 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
PertuisProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- coords
- 43.69°, 5.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.7°C
Average daily high
18.1°C
Average daily low
7.7°C
Annual rainfall
732mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
16.4km/h
Seasonal range
19.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
56 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
26 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
90 d/yr
Annual snowfall
12.5 cm
Average feels-like high
16.3 °C
Average feels-like low
5.5 °C
Average peak gust
38.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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
39.9 °C
28 June 2019
Coldest day
-22.9 °C
4 February 1963
Wettest day
73 mm
2 December 2003
Windiest day
43.8 km/h
1 December 1959
Strongest gust
116.3 km/h
1 December 1959
Hottest feels-like
42.2 °C
28 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-27.9 °C
4 February 1963
Snowiest day
21.4 cm
21 February 1956
Sunniest day
15.0 h
4 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 83 mm | +31 mm |
| Feb | 12.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 44 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 15.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 113 mm | +52 mm |
| Apr | 19.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 101 mm | +32 mm |
| May | 22.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 67 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 31.1 °C | +5.8 °C | 30 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 30.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 16 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 31.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 28 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | -0.2 °C | 120 mm | +49 mm |
| Oct | 19.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 93 mm | +1 mm |
| Nov | 14.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 68 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 12.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 66 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pertuis?
Pertuis has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.7 °C and it receives 732 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pertuis?
The hottest day measured in Pertuis between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 2019, reaching 39.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pertuis?
The coldest day measured in Pertuis between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1963, at -22.9 °C.
Does it snow in Pertuis?
Yes. Pertuis gets on average 12.5 cm of snow per year and has around 56 frost days.
Has the climate of Pertuis warmed?
Yes: Pertuis warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pertuis?
The wettest day measured in Pertuis between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 2003, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pertuis?
The windiest day measured in Pertuis between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1959, with winds reaching 43.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pertuis?
The warmest month in Pertuis is July (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Pertuis?
Pertuis receives on average 732 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 90 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pertuis?
Pertuis 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 Pertuis?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pertuis between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1956, with 21.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pertuis?
Yes: Pertuis has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pertuis?
In Pertuis, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.2 °C on 28 June 2019, and the lowest was -27.9 °C on 4 February 1963.
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