Comps-sur-Artuby

Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Coat of arms

Location of Comps-sur-Artuby

(2020–2026) Alain Barale^[1]Area

63.49 km² (24.51 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

339 • Density5.3/km² (14/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

83044 /83840

Elevation736–1,178 m (2,415–3,865 ft)
(avg. 900 m or 3,000 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Comps-sur-Artuby (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃ps syʁ aʁtybi], literally Comps on Artuby; Occitan: Comps d'Artubi) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

It is the nearest town to the eastern entrance to the Gorges du Verdon.

Geography

Climate

Comps-sur-Artuby has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb). The average annual temperature in Comps-sur-Artuby is 11.3 °C (52.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,010.2 mm (39.77 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.3 °C (68.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around 3.8 °C (38.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Comps-sur-Artuby was 38.1 °C (100.6 °F) on 7 July 1982; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −19.2 °C (−2.6 °F) on 23 January 1963.

Climate data for Comps-sur-Artuby (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1952−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	22.9 (73.2)	21.3 (70.3)	23.7 (74.7)	26.2 (79.2)	30.9 (87.6)	37.2 (99.0)	38.1 (100.6)	36.4 (97.5)	32.2 (90.0)	30.6 (87.1)	24.9 (76.8)	21.2 (70.2)	38.1 (100.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	8.4 (47.1)	9.3 (48.7)	12.2 (54.0)	15.0 (59.0)	19.1 (66.4)	23.7 (74.7)	26.8 (80.2)	27.0 (80.6)	21.9 (71.4)	17.1 (62.8)	11.6 (52.9)	9.0 (48.2)	16.8 (62.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	3.8 (38.8)	4.1 (39.4)	6.8 (44.2)	9.6 (49.3)	13.6 (56.5)	17.7 (63.9)	20.3 (68.5)	20.3 (68.5)	16.0 (60.8)	12.0 (53.6)	7.0 (44.6)	4.5 (40.1)	11.3 (52.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−0.8 (30.6)	−1.1 (30.0)	1.4 (34.5)	4.3 (39.7)	8.1 (46.6)	11.7 (53.1)	13.7 (56.7)	13.5 (56.3)	10.1 (50.2)	6.9 (44.4)	2.5 (36.5)	0.0 (32.0)	5.9 (42.6)
Record low °C (°F)	−19.2 (−2.6)	−18.9 (−2.0)	−16.8 (1.8)	−7.5 (18.5)	−5.1 (22.8)	−3.2 (26.2)	1.0 (33.8)	1.4 (34.5)	−1.0 (30.2)	−5.4 (22.3)	−11.3 (11.7)	−16.0 (3.2)	−19.2 (−2.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	71.8 (2.83)	61.8 (2.43)	74.5 (2.93)	93.4 (3.68)	89.5 (3.52)	81.0 (3.19)	28.5 (1.12)	43.0 (1.69)	72.1 (2.84)	126.1 (4.96)	166.8 (6.57)	101.7 (4.00)	1,010.2 (39.77)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	6.4	6.5	6.7	8.7	7.9	5.3	3.6	4.1	5.3	7.0	9.0	6.8	77.2
Source: Météo-France^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1981-2010 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 9, 2022.