Climate and average weather in Draguignan

In Draguignan, the summers are warm, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are cool, snowy, and mostly clear.

Best: mid May to mid October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Draguignan typically varies from 4°C to 27°C, and is rarely below -0°C or above 31°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Draguignan for warm-weather activities is from mid May to mid October.

Hottest
Aug
27°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Nov
114 mm
Driest
Jul
21 mm
Rain / yr
741 mm
88 wet days
Daylight
8.8–15.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
185 m
43.5°N
Clearest
Jul
29% cloud

Draguignan weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid May to mid October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Draguignan, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.2 months, from June 10 to September 14, with daily high temperatures above 24°C. The hottest month of the year in Draguignan is August, with an average high of 27°C and low of 18°C.

The cool season lasts 3.9 months, from November 16 to March 13, with daily high temperatures below 14°C. The coldest month of the year in Draguignan is January, with an average low of 4°C and high of 10°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan104
Feb114
Mar146
Apr168
May2012
Jun2416
Jul2718
Aug2718
Sep2315
Oct1912
Nov148
Dec115

Average hourly temperature in Draguignan

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 27°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Draguignan weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan10° / 596.71.49.12.8
Feb11° / 506.61.610.23.1
Mar14° / 547.20.511.64.5
Apr16° / 7310.20.313.25.2
May20° / 12°659.2014.56.6
Jun24° / 16°466.4015.27.7
Jul27° / 18°214.2014.97.9
Aug27° / 18°244.6013.87.8
Sep23° / 15°686.9012.37.6
Oct19° / 12°998.9010.86.3
Nov14° / 1149.50.49.54.3
Dec11° / 707.11.18.83.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Draguignan gets about 741 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 2.5 months, from around Mar 26 to Jun 10, peaking in April at about 36% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 21.

November is the wettest month by volume, with 114 mm over about 10 wet days; July is the driest, with 21 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetApr 24 · 36%Jul 21 · 13%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan227
Feb237
Mar247
Apr3410
May309
Jun216
Jul134
Aug155
Sep237
Oct299
Nov3110
Dec237

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Draguignan collects about 741 mm of rain across 88 wet days — roughly 62 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. November is the wettest month with 114 mm, while July is the driest at just 21 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 38% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec5950547365462124689911470
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan5971
Feb5072
Mar5471
Apr73100
May6590
Jun4660
Jul2140
Aug2450
Sep6870
Oct9990
Nov114100
Dec7071

Snow in Draguignan

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Draguignan averages about 5 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 18 to Mar 14 — about 3.8 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 1.6 days of snow and an estimated 5 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 15 cm of snow.

01234JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 3
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan13
Feb25
Mar11
Apr01
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov01
Dec14

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Draguignan, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around June 9 and lasts for 3.6 months, ending around September 27. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 85% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 28 and lasts for 8.3 months, ending around June 8. The cloudiest month is May, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 45% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 27 · 87%May 4 · 51%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5941
Feb6238
Mar6139
Apr5545
May5545
Jun7228
Jul8515
Aug8317
Sep7030
Oct5644
Nov5644
Dec5941

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 10, brings about 15 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 8 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 6 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.18:105:16
Feb10.27:425:55
Mar11.66:556:33
Apr13.25:587:10
May14.55:157:46
Jun15.24:588:11
Jul14.95:128:08
Aug13.85:447:32
Sep12.36:206:37
Oct10.86:565:43
Nov9.57:365:03
Dec8.88:074:54

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Draguignan averages about 15 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 10 and 22 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.3 months, from around Jun 13 to Sep 20. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 22 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is May, down near 11 sunny days — about 49% fewer than the July peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2422 daysMay 710 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan15Mixed
Feb13Mixed
Mar14Mixed
Apr12Mixed
May11Mixed
Jun16Bright
Jul22Bright
Aug20Bright
Sep15Bright
Oct12Mixed
Nov13Mixed
Dec14Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Draguignan, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.7 months, from around June 4 to September 25. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 56% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 26 to June 3, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 17 · 100%Aug 4 · 40%muggyhumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr99100
May811720
Jun3834243
Jul21283814
Aug21243916
Sep4530232
Oct732430
Nov97300
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Draguignan is steady company: average speeds sit near 10 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeMar 4 · 11 km/hAug 3 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan10calm
Feb10calm
Mar10calm
Apr10calm
May10calm
Jun9calm
Jul9calm
Aug8calm
Sep9calm
Oct10calm
Nov10calm
Dec10calm

Best time to visit Draguignan

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Draguignan throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early October, Draguignan is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Draguignan for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to mid October, with a peak score in the last week of June.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 28 · 8.0

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan2.7poor
Feb3.2poor
Mar4.5fair
Apr5.2fair
May6.6good
Jun7.7ideal
Jul7.9ideal
Aug7.8ideal
Sep7.6ideal
Oct6.3good
Nov4.3fair
Dec3.1poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Draguignan for hot-weather activities is from mid June to mid September, with a peak score in the last week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 27 · 8.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Draguignan, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 27°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 10°C), pack a warm layer.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Draguignan sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Draguignan

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 38 km away) is warmest in August at about 24°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 9 to Oct 12 — about 4.1 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan14Bracing
Feb13Bracing
Mar14Bracing
Apr15Bracing
May17Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul24Refreshing
Aug24Warm
Sep22Refreshing
Oct20Cool
Nov17Cool
Dec15Cool

UV index (midday) in Draguignan by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Draguignan peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 9Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Draguignan

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar4.50
Apr73
May7.53
Jun84.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug73.5
Sep5.50
Oct2.50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Draguignan by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Draguignan is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1617 µg/m³Nov 1512 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayReliably frost-free (≥90%)

Draguignan is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about February 18 to December 16 (302 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecreliably frost-freeFeb 1890%Dec 1690%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan8931
Feb9024
Mar980
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov980
Dec9117

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Draguignan banks about 1,839 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

05001,0001,5002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar9
Apr72
May194
Jun304
Jul395
Aug394
Sep276
Oct165
Nov31
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Draguignan receives about 4.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.6 and 7.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 19 to Sep 20. The brightest month is July, averaging about 7.1 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.6 kWh/m² — roughly 77% less than the July peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 27.2 kWhDec 221.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.9Dim
Feb2.9Moderate
Mar4.2Bright
Apr5.4Bright
May6.3Intense
Jun7.0Intense
Jul7.1Intense
Aug6.2Intense
Sep4.6Bright
Oct3.0Moderate
Nov2.0Moderate
Dec1.6Dim

Where is Draguignan?

Draguignan sits at 43.5°N, 6.5°E, 185 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Fréjus, 25 km away.

Topography around Draguignan

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Draguignan.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Draguignan has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 451 m around an average of 280 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,112 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,775 m.

The land around Draguignan is covered by trees (65%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, trees (76%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and water (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
451 m
16 km
1,112 m
80 km
2,775 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Fréjus 25 km · Saint-Raphaël 28 km · Saint-Tropez 33 km · Brignoles 36 km · Mandelieu-la-Napoule 38 km · Grasse 39 km · Mougins 43 km · Cannes 44 km

France travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 77% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$48,986
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 539
Religion
Roman Catholic 47%none 33%Muslim 4%Protestant 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Draguignan (43.5369°, 6.4646°, elevation 185 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).