Tarascon climate — normals and trends
Tarascon (France) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 695 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 (25.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Tarascon averages 21 frost days, 52 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 81 rainy days per year.
Tarascon has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 30 to 12 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.3 °C (on 28 June 2019) and the coldest -15.0 °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
TarasconProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- coords
- 43.81°, 4.66°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.0°C
Average daily high
20.0°C
Average daily low
10.6°C
Annual rainfall
695mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
20.2km/h
Seasonal range
18.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
21 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
52 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
81 d/yr
Annual snowfall
5.0 cm
Average feels-like high
18.1 °C
Average feels-like low
8.2 °C
Average peak gust
42.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
27 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °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
44.3 °C
28 June 2019
Coldest day
-15.0 °C
6 February 1963
Wettest day
95 mm
4 September 1948
Windiest day
54.8 km/h
29 October 1962
Strongest gust
112.7 km/h
8 November 1982
Hottest feels-like
46.0 °C
28 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-20.0 °C
6 February 1963
Snowiest day
23.2 cm
8 January 2010
Sunniest day
14.9 h
24 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 56 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | 13.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 81 mm | +33 mm |
| Mar | 16.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 80 mm | +25 mm |
| Apr | 21.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 88 mm | +28 mm |
| May | 25.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 45 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 33.6 °C | +5.8 °C | 15 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 32.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 15 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 33.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 40 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 25.4 °C | -0.5 °C | 151 mm | +67 mm |
| Oct | 21.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 56 mm | -40 mm |
| Nov | 15.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 57 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 12.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 93 mm | +33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tarascon?
Tarascon has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 695 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tarascon?
The hottest day measured in Tarascon between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 2019, reaching 44.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tarascon?
The coldest day measured in Tarascon between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1963, at -15.0 °C.
Does it snow in Tarascon?
Yes. Tarascon gets on average 5.0 cm of snow per year and has around 21 frost days.
Has the climate of Tarascon warmed?
Yes: Tarascon warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tarascon?
The wettest day measured in Tarascon between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 1948, with 95 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tarascon?
The windiest day measured in Tarascon between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 1962, with winds reaching 54.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tarascon?
The warmest month in Tarascon is July (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Tarascon?
Tarascon receives on average 695 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 81 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tarascon?
Tarascon gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tarascon?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tarascon between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2010, with 23.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tarascon?
Yes: Tarascon has on average 27 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tarascon?
In Tarascon, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.0 °C on 28 June 2019, and the lowest was -20.0 °C on 6 February 1963.
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