Pujaut is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. The village is situated on the south side of a small hill overlooking a flat plain that once formed the bed of a lake. The lake was drained at the beginning of the 17th century. The village is located 3.5 km west of the Rhône, 4.5 km north of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon and 5 km south of Roquemaure. In 2017 the commune had a population of 4,136.

Geography

Climate

Pujaut has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Pujaut is 14.6 C. The average annual rainfall is 672.8 mm with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.9 C, and lowest in January, at around 6.3 C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Pujaut was 41.1 C on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was -10.3 C on 2 January 2002.

Population