Paris climate
Paris is warmest in August, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 1.5 °C. December is the wettest month (68 mm) and February the driest (47 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Paris averages 671 mm of rain, 35 days above 25 °C and 41 days below freezing.
France · population 2,138,551 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month August 24 °C
- Coldest month February 1.5 °C
- Driest month February 47 mm
- Wettest month December 68 mm
- Least cloud August 57 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 41 °C
- Coldest on record January -11 °C
What to expectParis through the year
Paris has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.3 °C in February to 24 °C in August, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 35 days a year reach 25 °C, 7 of them reach 30 °C, 41 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.
Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 47 mm in February to 68 mm in December. There is no dry season to aim for.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1 °C | 52 mm | 75 % |
| February | 8.3 °C | 47 mm | 71 % |
| March | 11.8 °C | 51 mm | 66 % |
| April | 15.1 °C | 50 mm | 62 % |
| May | 18.6 °C | 66 mm | 65 % |
| June | 21.8 °C | 58 mm | 62 % |
| July | 24.1 °C | 54 mm | 58 % |
| August | 24.3 °C | 58 mm | 57 % |
| September | 20.6 °C | 48 mm | 59 % |
| October | 16.0 °C | 61 mm | 69 % |
| November | 10.7 °C | 59 mm | 74 % |
| December | 7.5 °C | 68 mm | 75 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1 °C | 1.8 °C | 4.4 °C | 14.8 °C | -11.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| February | 8.3 °C | 1.5 °C | 4.8 °C | 18.7 °C | -10.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| March | 11.8 °C | 3.4 °C | 7.5 °C | 21.5 °C | -10.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| April | 15.1 °C | 5.7 °C | 10.5 °C | 26.5 °C | -2.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| May | 18.6 °C | 9.4 °C | 14.2 °C | 30.7 °C | 0.7 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 21.8 °C | 12.6 °C | 17.4 °C | 35.1 °C | 3.9 °C | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| July | 24.1 °C | 14.8 °C | 19.6 °C | 40.7 °C | 8.5 °C | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| August | 24.3 °C | 14.7 °C | 19.5 °C | 38.0 °C | 7.6 °C | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 20.6 °C | 11.8 °C | 16.2 °C | 33.2 °C | 4.5 °C | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 16.0 °C | 8.9 °C | 12.3 °C | 27.5 °C | -2.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 10.7 °C | 5.0 °C | 7.8 °C | 20.8 °C | -6.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| December | 7.5 °C | 2.3 °C | 4.9 °C | 17.6 °C | -9.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52 mm | 11 | 8.7 h/day | 75 % | 86 % | 20 km/h |
| February | 47 mm | 10 | 10 h/day | 71 % | 82 % | 20 km/h |
| March | 51 mm | 10 | 12 h/day | 66 % | 78 % | 19 km/h |
| April | 50 mm | 11 | 14 h/day | 62 % | 73 % | 18 km/h |
| May | 66 mm | 11 | 15 h/day | 65 % | 73 % | 18 km/h |
| June | 58 mm | 10 | 16 h/day | 62 % | 71 % | 17 km/h |
| July | 54 mm | 9 | 16 h/day | 58 % | 68 % | 17 km/h |
| August | 58 mm | 9 | 14 h/day | 57 % | 69 % | 16 km/h |
| September | 48 mm | 8 | 13 h/day | 59 % | 73 % | 17 km/h |
| October | 61 mm | 11 | 11 h/day | 69 % | 80 % | 18 km/h |
| November | 59 mm | 11 | 9.2 h/day | 74 % | 86 % | 19 km/h |
| December | 68 mm | 12 | 8.3 h/day | 75 % | 87 % | 20 km/h |
Where Paris ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Europe in July | 18th of 50 | 89/100 |
| Places with the best weather in Europe in August | 40th of 50 | 90/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Paris.
QuestionsCommon questions about Paris’s climate
When is the best time to visit Paris?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Paris get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 7 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 1.5 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 41 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Paris?
December, averaging 68 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is February with 47 mm. The year as a whole averages 671 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Paris rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Data point
- 48.853°, 2.349° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.