Avignon
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About
Avignon is the prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the commune has a population of 92,188 (2023), with about 16,000 living in the ancient town centre enclosed by its medieval walls.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Avignon, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Avignon
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Showers
17° / 9°
UV High
Sat
Overcast
18° / 8°
UV High
Sun
Overcast
22° / 10°
UV High
Mon
Overcast
23° / 10°
UV High
Tue
Overcast
24° / 13°
UV High
Wed
Overcast
26° / 16°
UV High
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
33° / 2°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.7h
06:15 – 20:58local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Avignon
4 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Avignon Caumont airport (AVN) at 9 km.
Getting around Avignon
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
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Sister cities
Sources
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- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, mairie d'avignon.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.