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🌡️ AERIAL THERMAL IMAGING · AVIGNON (84) · €500–1,800 PER JOB

Drone aerial thermal imaging in Avignon

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In Avignon, the thermal camera reveals what damp from the Rhône and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur winters do to buildings: thermal bridges, wet insulation, network leaks. One flight at daybreak maps an entire building. From Palais des Papes to the outlying districts, our pilots know the terrain of Avignon and prepare every flight on the local aeronautical chart.

Avignon's sky is shared between Avignon-Provence airport to the south-east, the Pujaut airfield to the north-west and a mistral that blows hard down the Rhône valley: weather windows require serious planning. The walled old town, UNESCO-listed, is dense and heavily touristed — built-up-area scenario and morning slots recommended, with reinforced restrictions during the July festival. Demand is driven by world-famous heritage — the Popes' Palace, the Avignon bridge, the Rocher des Doms — by Côtes du Rhône wine growing (Châteauneuf-du-Pape fifteen kilometres away, a big buyer of estate imagery), by festival events and by Provençal real estate between the Rhône and the Luberon.

Typical missions in Avignon

  • Surveys of historic buildings: heat loss, damp and defects invisible to the naked eye
  • Energy audits of hotels and holiday residences before insulation works
  • Leak detection on a buried district-heating network
  • Detecting water ingress beneath flat-roof waterproofing

Local landmarks in Avignon

On the mission-planning map, these places in Avignon shape trajectories and framing:

  • Palais des Papes
  • Pont Saint-Bénézet
  • Remparts d'Avignon
  • Rocher des Doms
  • Île de la Barthelasse

Rates

€500–1,800 per job — the range observed on the 2026 French market, including regulatory preparation, flight and delivery. The exact quote depends on the site, the deliverable and the airspace context in Avignon.

Flying in Avignon: the local framework

Thermographic flights in Avignon happen at low height over the building, compatible with the controlled airspace (Aéroport d'Avignon-Provence) after a protocol: the dawn slots needed for measurement are built into the coordination.

Drone thermography follows building-inspection rules — open category above the site, specific category in dense areas — plus the sensor's own constraint: flying at times of strong thermal contrast. Full regulations and rates: aerial thermal imaging across France →

Information checked against the regulations in force as of September 2026 (EU regulations 2019/945 and 2019/947, applicable French decrees).

Frequently asked questions

Aerial thermal imaging in Avignon: what budget should you plan?

Allow €500–1,800 per job — the 2026 French market range, including regulatory preparation, flight and delivery. In Avignon, coordination with the local airspace is included in the quote and arranged within a few days.

When is the best time for thermography in Avignon?

Heating season, October to March: you need at least a 10 °C gap between inside and outside for meaningful readings. In Avignon (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur), winter dawn slots give the best contrast; for photovoltaics it is the opposite — full summer sun.

What time of year should building thermography be done?

From October to April, when the gap between the heated interior and the outside reaches at least 10°C. Flights take place early in the morning, before the sun warms the walls and skews the readings.

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