Editing Var (department) (section)

==Climate==
[[File:796297037 90bb1a206f b gorges du Verdon.jpg|thumb|[[Verdon Gorge]]]]
[[File:Plage-de-la-courtade.jpg|thumb|[[Îles d'Hyères]]]]
The department of Var has a [[Mediterranean climate]], slightly warmer, drier and sunnier than Nice and the Alpes-Maritimes, but is also less sheltered from the wind. Toulon has an average of 2899.3 hours of sunshine each year.<ref name="Infoclimat1">{{Cite web |title=Normales et records météorologiques - Infoclimat |url=https://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie/index.php?s=07660 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=www.infoclimat.fr}}</ref> The average maximum daily temperature in August is 29.1&nbsp;°C, and the average daily minimum temperature in January is 5.8&nbsp;°C.<ref name="Infoclimat1" /> The average annual rainfall is 665&nbsp;mm.<ref name="Infoclimat1" /> Winds exceeding 16&nbsp;m/s (57.6&nbsp;km/h) blow an average of 116 days per year in Toulon,<ref name="Infoclimat1" /> compared with 77 days per year at [[Fréjus]] further east.<ref name="Infoclimat2">{{Cite web |title=Normales et records météorologiques - Infoclimat |url=https://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie/index.php?s=07680 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=www.infoclimat.fr}}</ref>