Best time to visit Avignon

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All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Avignon

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Go in Apr–Oct — these months score within a whisker of each other; 29C max, 4 rainy days. Mar is the next best.

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Things to do in Avignon

Papal Palace This is the palace where the Popes of Avignon ruled.
Pont Saint-Bénezet It is a ruined bridge not far from the Palais des Papes.
Theatre Festival Avignon is famous the world over for its annual theatre festival.
Musée du Petit Palais Avignon Housed in the Archbishops' Palace adjacent to the Palace of the Popes…
Calvet Museum Fine arts museum with works from 15th to 20th centuries housed in an 18th-century mansion.
Lapidary Museum The museum is located in the chapel of the city's Jesuit College…
Palais du Roure A former mansion converted into a museum.

Tours and tickets in Avignon

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Avignon), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	10°	6d	75%	6.7h	ok	10C max, 6 rainy days
Feb	13°	6d	73%	7.5h	good	13C max, 6 rainy days
Mar	16°	7d	67%	9.2h	good	16C max, 7 rainy days
Apr	19°	6d	62%	10.5h	sweet spot	19C max, 6 rainy days
May	23°	7d	63%	11.7h	sweet spot	23C max, 7 rainy days
Jun	29°	4d	57%	13.4h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Jul	32°	1d	50%	13.7h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Aug	31°	2d	53%	12.5h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Sep	26°	4d	62%	10.4h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Oct	21°	7d	73%	8.3h	sweet spot	21C max, 7 rainy days
Nov	14°	8d	77%	6.9h	ok	14C max, 8 rainy days
Dec	11°	7d	80%	6.2h	ok	11C max, 7 rainy days

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at the old town: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest from June to September; quietest from November to February.

Then and now

Avignon's June days now average 29.2°C, 3.2°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 6 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	9.6°	11.1°	14.1°	17.3°	21.6°	26.0°	30.4°	29.2°	25.7°	20.0°	13.6°	10.5°
2017–26	9.9°	13.0°	15.9°	19.4°	23.0°	29.2°	32.0°	31.5°	26.0°	20.9°	14.2°	10.8°
Change	+0.3°	+1.9°	+1.8°	+2.1°	+1.4°	+3.2°	+1.6°	+2.3°	+0.4°	+0.8°	+0.6°	+0.3°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

Fly into Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône (MRS), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône.

The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.

How far Avignon is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type C and E plugs at 230 / 400 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Euro. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for France: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — Visa, Mastercard and French CB cards work in almost all shops, restaurants and hotels, and contactless is widespread. Some places post a minimum spend for cards.
UPI, for visitors from India — Only at a few places, through Lyra: Eiffel Tower tickets bought online and the Galeries Lafayette store on boulevard Haussmann in Paris. Bring a card for everything else.
Tipping — Not expected, as service is included by law; locals leave small change or a few euros for good service. Taxi tips are optional.

Getting around Avignon

Apps — Rides: Bolt, FreeNow, G7, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.

The old city centre is not very big and can be easily explored on foot. An automatic bike sharing scheme called Vélopop' allows you to ride along. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Avignon, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

Emergency — 112 (any emergency) · police 17 · ambulance 15 · fire 18.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Avignon in pictures

Avignon Petit Palais 1 — i

Marianne Casamance, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Avignon Crucifixion Cathedral — i

Wolfgang Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Avignon Musée Du Petit Palais — i

Wolfgang Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Avignon Place Saint Pierre Plaque ancien modèle — i

Romainbehar, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Avignon Hôtel des Monnaies Façade Relief partie droite, dragon — i

Romainbehar, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Avignon is like

Avignon is the capital of the French department of Vaucluse in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and is on the banks of the Rhône river. Avignon was one of the European Cities of Culture in 2000 and its historical centre has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: Papal Palace (Palais des Papes), Place du palais des papes. This is the palace where the Popes of Avignon ruled. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: If you are confident about biking, there are a lot of places to bike to alongside bike lanes, including the green Barthelasse island, historic Villeneuve. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Aéroport d'Avignon-Caumont (Avignon Airport AVN IATA). No flights operate to Avignon. Gare d'Avignon Centre (Avignon central station), Boulevard Saint-Roch. More on Wikivoyage
Staying healthy: Henri Duffaut Hospital, 305 r Raoul Follereau. Clinique Urbain V, chem Pont des Deux Eaux. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Avignon, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

Around Avignon

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Avignon is in France, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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