Climate of Vaucluse

The Département of Vaucluse is subjected to various types of climates. Indeed, are particular geographical site places it at a point of meeting between three of the four major climates of France: the Mediterranean Climate for its southern part, the mountain Climate for its north-eastern part with the high relief of the Mounts of Vaucluse and the Massive of Baronnies and finally the continental Climate for its north-western part. However, this proximity of the three great types of climate with for effect to level them with a certain prevalence of the Mediterranean climate. This is why for the part in the North-West one speaks about climate " semi-continental with méditerranéenne" influence; and either continental.

The characteristics of a Mediterranean Climat are:

of the contrasted temperatures, with a strong annual amplitude of approximately 15°C
of irregular precipitations, there is less than 100 days of rain per annum and these rains fall in the form of brutal downpours
the summer is very hot and dry, the winter is soft, there are violent rains in spring and the autumn
of the strong winds, in particular the mistral which blows nearly 100 days per annum with points with 100km/h
a vegetation mainly made up of Garrigue S, maquis, sparse forests

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