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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Orange, France
Orange climate by month
Humid subtropical · CfaBest Apr · Sep–Oct
Annual mean15°day and night
Seasonal swing18°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation728 mm105 wet days a year
44.14° N, 4.81° EElevation 48 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
When to goOrange · weather score
Best timeApr · Sep–Oct
October: high / low21° / 11°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Orange has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 31° and nights 18°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 11° and lows of 2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 18°.
About 728 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (84 mm, 11 wet days) and July the driest (35 mm, 7 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 15% in July to 34% in December.
Compared with Paris, the capital, Orange is 5.5° warmer on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · July
- Coldest nights
- 2° · January
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 15% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 29 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 54 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 11° | 12° | 17° | 19° | 24° | 28° | 31° | 31° | 26° | 21° | 14° | 11° |
| Average low | 2° | 2° | 5° | 8° | 12° | 15° | 18° | 17° | 14° | 11° | 6° | 3° |
| Precipitation | 53 mm | 38 mm | 42 mm | 68 mm | 63 mm | 41 mm | 35 mm | 43 mm | 103 mm | 99 mm | 84 mm | 59 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 9.3 | 7 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 10.5 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 10 | 10.7 | 9.2 |
| Cloud cover | 33% | 31% | 29% | 32% | 32% | 23% | 15% | 19% | 23% | 33% | 33% | 34% |
| Daylight | 9h 14 | 10h 28 | 11h 52 | 13h 26 | 14h 45 | 15h 29 | 15h 11 | 14h 03 | 12h 33 | 11h 03 | 9h 39 | 8h 54 |
| Month score | 37 | 53 | 72 | 77 | 74 | 66 | 57 | 57 | 80 | 75 | 54 | 38 |
ivMonth by month
Orange in every month
January37
11° / 2°
53 mm · 9.3 wet days
February53
12° / 2°
38 mm · 7 wet days
March72
17° / 5°
42 mm · 8.6 wet days
April77
19° / 8°
68 mm · 9.4 wet days
May74
24° / 12°
63 mm · 10.5 wet days
June66
28° / 15°
41 mm · 8.2 wet days
July57
31° / 18°
35 mm · 6.8 wet days
August57
31° / 17°
43 mm · 7.5 wet days
September80
26° / 14°
103 mm · 7.4 wet days
October75
21° / 11°
99 mm · 10 wet days
November54
14° / 6°
84 mm · 10.7 wet days
December38
11° / 3°
59 mm · 9.2 wet days