What is the best time to travel to Provence?
Winters in Bédoin typically are mild, rather dry and sunny (Ø 3 days of snow). Spring comes as early as mid February when the almond trees start to blossom and can have longer periods (3-4 days) of rain. Summers are hot and dry. Most of the rain falls in autumn, but as up to 40% of the annual rain can fall on one day, it is not typical to have sustained rain periods before November. It can be windy all year round.
Due to this north wind, called Mistral, the sun shines 2830 hours per year, which is almost the same magnitude as 1500 km further south in Andalucia (Malaga 2910). The mistral on average blows on 100 days. Bédoin is situated at the south foot of the 1912m high Mont Ventoux and is thus protected from the heavy winds.
With 70 days/year it rains exactly half as much in Bédoin as it does in Cologne. But this in only half of the truth. As showers in Provence come rather abruptly and heavily, there are only 23 days in a year where the sun does not shine in Bédoin. If you avoid November and February the risk that you will not see the sun during your one week stay at the Mas des Templiers is next to zero.
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