Climate and average weather in La Valette-du-Var

In La Valette-du-Var, the summers are hot, fairly dry, and clear and the winters are cool and mostly clear.

Best: late April to late October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in La Valette-du-Var typically varies from 4°C to 29°C, and is rarely below 0°C or above 33°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit La Valette-du-Var for warm-weather activities is from late April to late October.

Hottest
Jul
29°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Nov
107 mm
Driest
Jul
16 mm
Rain / yr
681 mm
80 wet days
Daylight
8.8–15.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
69 m
43.1°N
Clearest
Jul
24% cloud

La Valette-du-Var 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 late April to late October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.1 months, from June 11 to September 13, with daily high temperatures above 25°C. The hottest month of the year in La Valette-du-Var is July, with an average high of 29°C and low of 19°C.

The cool season lasts 3.8 months, from November 16 to March 12, with daily high temperatures below 15°C. The coldest month of the year in La Valette-du-Var is January, with an average low of 4°C and high of 11°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 10°C) in July.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan114
Feb124
Mar157
Apr189
May2213
Jun2616
Jul2919
Aug2919
Sep2516
Oct2012
Nov158
Dec125

Average hourly temperature in La Valette-du-Var

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 July afternoons, near 29°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

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

La Valette-du-Var 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
Jan11° / 5770.49.23.1
Feb12° / 476.30.610.23.6
Mar15° / 466.30.111.65.1
Apr18° / 668.60.113.16.0
May22° / 13°567.5014.47.1
Jun26° / 16°365.4015.17.8
Jul29° / 19°163.1014.97.0
Aug29° / 19°193.4013.87.0
Sep25° / 16°686.8012.37.7
Oct20° / 12°968.7010.86.6
Nov15° / 107100.19.54.6
Dec12° / 677.20.28.93.4

Chance of rain

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

La Valette-du-Var gets about 681 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 3.6 months, from around Sep 14 to Jan 2, peaking in November at about 34% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 19.

November is the wettest month by volume, with 107 mm over about 10 wet days; July is the driest, with 16 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetNov 6 · 34%Jul 19 · 10%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan237
Feb226
Mar216
Apr289
May258
Jun175
Jul103
Aug113
Sep227
Oct299
Nov3210
Dec247

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, La Valette-du-Var collects about 681 mm of rain across 80 wet days — roughly 57 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. November is the wettest month with 107 mm, while July is the driest at just 16 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 40% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec5747466656361619689610767
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan5770
Feb4761
Mar4660
Apr6690
May5680
Jun3650
Jul1630
Aug1930
Sep6870
Oct9690
Nov107100
Dec6770

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In La Valette-du-Var, 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 May 29 and lasts for 4.1 months, ending around September 30. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 87% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 1 and lasts for 7.9 months, ending around May 28. The cloudiest month is November, 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 26 · 88%Oct 29 · 51%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5842
Feb6238
Mar6238
Apr5842
May6040
Jun7624
Jul8713
Aug8515
Sep7327
Oct5644
Nov5545
Dec5743

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 14, brings about 15 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around December 13, 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)
Jan9.28:115:20
Feb10.27:435:58
Mar11.66:576:35
Apr13.16:017:12
May14.45:187:46
Jun15.15:018:11
Jul14.95:158:09
Aug13.85:477:34
Sep12.36:226:39
Oct10.86:575:45
Nov9.57:375:06
Dec8.98:084:57

Sunny days

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

La Valette-du-Var averages about 16 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 11 and 24 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.6 months, from around Jun 9 to Sep 26. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 23 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is October, down near 13 sunny days — about 45% fewer than the July peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2524 daysOct 2711 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan14Mixed
Feb13Mixed
Mar15Mixed
Apr13Mixed
May13Mixed
Jun18Bright
Jul24Brilliant
Aug22Bright
Sep17Bright
Oct13Mixed
Nov12Mixed
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 La Valette-du-Var, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.2 months, from around May 31 to October 5. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 58% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 6 to May 30, 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 11 · 100%Aug 7 · 39%muggycomfortablehumiddrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr982000
May7421400
Jun35322850
Jul222632191
Aug202133242
Sep36302680
Oct59311010
Nov919000
Dec1000000

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 La Valette-du-Var is steady company: average speeds sit near 12 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeMar 4 · 13 km/hAug 11 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12light breeze
Feb13light breeze
Mar13light breeze
Apr13light breeze
May12calm
Jun11calm
Jul11calm
Aug11calm
Sep11calm
Oct12calm
Nov13light breeze
Dec13light breeze

Best time to visit La Valette-du-Var

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid October, La Valette-du-Var 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 La Valette-du-Var for general outdoor tourist activities is from late April to late October, with a peak score in the last week of June.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 23 · 7.9

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
Jan3.1poor
Feb3.6fair
Mar5.1fair
Apr6.0good
May7.1good
Jun7.8ideal
Jul7.1good
Aug7.0good
Sep7.6ideal
Oct6.6good
Nov4.7fair
Dec3.4poor

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 La Valette-du-Var for hot-weather activities is from mid June to mid September, with a peak score in the third week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 20 · 8.8

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 La Valette-du-Var, 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 July (highs near 29°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 11°C), pack a warm layer.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, La Valette-du-Var sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

Sea temperature near La Valette-du-Var

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

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 23°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 19 to Oct 8 — about 3.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan14Bracing
Feb13Bracing
Mar13Bracing
Apr14Bracing
May17Cool
Jun20Cool
Jul22Refreshing
Aug23Refreshing
Sep22Refreshing
Oct20Cool
Nov17Cool
Dec15Cool

UV index (midday) in La Valette-du-Var 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 La Valette-du-Var peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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 9Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in La Valette-du-Var

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 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
Apr6.52.5
May72
Jun84.5
Jul8.55
Aug73.5
Sep5.50
Oct2.50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in La Valette-du-Var 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 La Valette-du-Var is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateMar 1916 µg/m³Nov 1812 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul12Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec12Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free day

La Valette-du-Var is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan910
Feb930
Mar990
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov990
Dec940

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)

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. La Valette-du-Var banks about 2,076 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
Mar28
Apr98
May219
Jun331
Jul428
Aug427
Sep305
Oct191
Nov49
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.

La Valette-du-Var receives about 4.5 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.6 and 7.5 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 7.3 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.6 kWh/m² — roughly 78% less than the July peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 27.5 kWhDec 221.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.9Dim
Feb2.9Moderate
Mar4.3Bright
Apr5.5Bright
May6.5Intense
Jun7.2Intense
Jul7.3Intense
Aug6.4Intense
Sep4.7Bright
Oct3.1Moderate
Nov2.0Moderate
Dec1.6Dim

Where is La Valette-du-Var?

La Valette-du-Var sits at 43.1°N, 6.0°E, 69 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is La Garde, 3.0 km away.

Topography around La Valette-du-Var

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of La Valette-du-Var.

Within 3 km, the terrain around La Valette-du-Var has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 681 m around an average of 153 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 824 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,554 m.

The land around La Valette-du-Var is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and trees (46%) within 3 km, trees (44%) and water (27%) within 16 km, and water (43%) and trees (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
681 m
16 km
824 m
80 km
1,554 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: La Garde 3.0 km · Toulon 5.0 km · La Crau 7.0 km · La Seyne-sur-Mer 9.0 km · Hyères 12 km · Six-Fours-les-Plages 14 km · Sanary-sur-Mer 15 km · Brignoles 30 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 La Valette-du-Var (43.1376°, 5.9832°, elevation 69 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).