Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur Weather and Climate

• The Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur region, located in the south east of France is renowned for its hot temperatures and pleasant climate throughout the year and especially for its sunny and dry weather during the summer months.
• Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur is lined along its southern side by the Mediterranean Sea. Thus, the Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur region soaks in the warmth of this Mediterranean climate.
• Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur, benefits from 2835.5 sunshine hours a year and is the hottest place of France. However, there is a noticeable climate difference between the littoral and inland. Indeed, because of its numerous reliefs the temperature can be relatively low on the mountains while being really gentle on the coast during the winter time.
  
  During summer months, the weather and climate in the Provence Alpes Cote d'azur area of France can be quite cool and fresh on the mountains while being really hot on the coast as well as dry and muggy inland. A particularity of this region will remain the wind called the Mistral which is particularly violent.
• Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur is a quite dry region due to its Mediterranean climate and if the rainfalls are rare along the coast, they are pretty violent though. They can reach in few days what is reached in one year in Paris. This climate encourages the growth of numerous plants like mimosa.
• As you notice in the average temperatures table below, the temperature is mild during winter months. Also there are cooler spring and autumn months whilst the summer is pleasantly warm.

Month	Average Temperature	Precipitation (mm)	Average Wind (Miles/hour)
January	12.2°	47.2	0.1
February	11.9°	54.0	0.1
March	14.2°	43.7	0.1
April	18.5°	47.9	0.1
May	20.8°	42.3	0.1
June	26.6°	27.8	0.1
July	28.1°	13.7	0.1
August	28.4°	29.3	0.1
September	25.2°	46.7	0.1
October	22.1°	77.6	0.1
November	16.8°	58.4	0.1
December	14.1°	55.8	0.1