Cavillargues

Commune in Occitanie, France

Commune in Occitania, France

Cavillargues
Commune
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Coordinates: 44°06′54′′N 4°31′22′′E / 44.115°N 4.5227°E / 44.115; 4.5227
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Bagnols-sur-Cèze
Intercommunality	CA Gard Rhodanien
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurent Nadal^[1]
Area ¹	11.27 km² (4.35 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	847
• Density	75/km² (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30076 /30330
Elevation	105–262 m (344–860 ft) (avg. 137 m or 449 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cavillargues (French pronunciation: [kavijaʁɡ] ; Occitan: Cavilhargas) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Geography

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Climate

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Cavillargues has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Cavillargues is 14.1 °C (57.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 845.8 mm (33.30 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.4 °C (74.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.8 °C (42.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Cavillargues was 41.5 °C (106.7 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −15.0 °C (5.0 °F) on 5 January 1971.

Climate data for Cavillargues (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1961−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	21.6 (70.9)	24.2 (75.6)	28.0 (82.4)	30.5 (86.9)	34.2 (93.6)	41.5 (106.7)	39.8 (103.6)	41.0 (105.8)	36.2 (97.2)	31.1 (88.0)	24.0 (75.2)	21.1 (70.0)	41.5 (106.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	10.3 (50.5)	11.9 (53.4)	16.2 (61.2)	19.2 (66.6)	23.5 (74.3)	27.9 (82.2)	30.8 (87.4)	30.8 (87.4)	25.4 (77.7)	20.1 (68.2)	14.1 (57.4)	10.7 (51.3)	20.1 (68.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	5.8 (42.4)	6.7 (44.1)	10.1 (50.2)	12.9 (55.2)	16.9 (62.4)	20.9 (69.6)	23.3 (73.9)	23.4 (74.1)	18.9 (66.0)	14.8 (58.6)	9.6 (49.3)	6.4 (43.5)	14.1 (57.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	1.3 (34.3)	1.4 (34.5)	4.0 (39.2)	6.6 (43.9)	10.3 (50.5)	13.9 (57.0)	15.9 (60.6)	15.9 (60.6)	12.4 (54.3)	9.5 (49.1)	5.0 (41.0)	2.0 (35.6)	8.2 (46.8)
Record low °C (°F)	−15.0 (5.0)	−14.0 (6.8)	−10.6 (12.9)	−3.6 (25.5)	−0.2 (31.6)	4.0 (39.2)	6.2 (43.2)	5.6 (42.1)	1.9 (35.4)	−2.5 (27.5)	−8.4 (16.9)	−14.0 (6.8)	−15.0 (5.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	74.3 (2.93)	44.0 (1.73)	51.7 (2.04)	73.3 (2.89)	66.6 (2.62)	45.2 (1.78)	38.0 (1.50)	47.0 (1.85)	107.0 (4.21)	119.0 (4.69)	120.8 (4.76)	58.9 (2.32)	845.8 (33.30)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	6.6	5.1	4.9	7.1	6.9	5.1	3.6	4.4	5.7	7.2	8.5	6.6	71.6
Source: Météo-France ^[3]