 The Vaucluse is the meeting point of three of the four different climatic zones of France; it has a Mediterranean climate in the south, an alpine climate in the northeast, around the mountains of Vaucluse and the massif of the Baronnies; and a continental climate in the northwest.The close proximity of these three different climates tends to moderate all of them, and the Mediterranean climate usually prevails.Orange in the Vaucluse has 2595 hours of sunshine a year.