Reims climate
Reims is warmest in August, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 0.9 °C. December is the wettest month (78 mm) and September the driest (53 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Reims averages 733 mm of rain, 32 days above 25 °C and 49 days below freezing.
France · population 196,565 · 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 0.9 °C
- Driest month September 53 mm
- Wettest month December 78 mm
- Least cloud August 57 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 39 °C
- Coldest on record January -13 °C
What to expectReims through the year
Reims has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.4 °C in February to 24 °C in August, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 32 days a year reach 25 °C, 6 of them reach 30 °C, 49 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in July.
Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 53 mm in September to 78 mm in December. There is no dry season to aim for.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.2 °C | 60 mm | 74 % |
| February | 7.4 °C | 55 mm | 70 % |
| March | 11.0 °C | 54 mm | 65 % |
| April | 14.6 °C | 54 mm | 61 % |
| May | 18.1 °C | 68 mm | 64 % |
| June | 21.3 °C | 60 mm | 61 % |
| July | 23.6 °C | 59 mm | 58 % |
| August | 23.8 °C | 63 mm | 57 % |
| September | 20.0 °C | 53 mm | 60 % |
| October | 15.3 °C | 64 mm | 69 % |
| November | 9.9 °C | 64 mm | 75 % |
| December | 6.7 °C | 78 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 | 6.2 °C | 1.0 °C | 3.6 °C | 15.2 °C | -12.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| February | 7.4 °C | 0.9 °C | 4.0 °C | 17.8 °C | -11.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| March | 11.0 °C | 2.7 °C | 6.9 °C | 20.7 °C | -8.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| April | 14.6 °C | 5.2 °C | 10.0 °C | 26.5 °C | -4.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| May | 18.1 °C | 9.1 °C | 13.8 °C | 30.7 °C | -0.2 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 21.3 °C | 12.2 °C | 17.0 °C | 35.4 °C | 3.6 °C | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| July | 23.6 °C | 14.5 °C | 19.2 °C | 39.4 °C | 7.8 °C | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| August | 23.8 °C | 14.3 °C | 19.1 °C | 37.7 °C | 7.0 °C | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 20.0 °C | 11.4 °C | 15.6 °C | 33.6 °C | 3.8 °C | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 15.3 °C | 8.4 °C | 11.8 °C | 26.7 °C | -2.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 9.9 °C | 4.5 °C | 7.2 °C | 19.8 °C | -7.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| December | 6.7 °C | 1.8 °C | 4.2 °C | 16.7 °C | -10.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60 mm | 12 | 8.7 h/day | 74 % | 85 % | 20 km/h |
| February | 55 mm | 11 | 10 h/day | 70 % | 82 % | 20 km/h |
| March | 54 mm | 11 | 12 h/day | 65 % | 78 % | 19 km/h |
| April | 54 mm | 11 | 14 h/day | 61 % | 74 % | 18 km/h |
| May | 68 mm | 11 | 15 h/day | 64 % | 74 % | 17 km/h |
| June | 60 mm | 11 | 16 h/day | 61 % | 72 % | 17 km/h |
| July | 59 mm | 10 | 16 h/day | 58 % | 70 % | 16 km/h |
| August | 63 mm | 10 | 14 h/day | 57 % | 70 % | 16 km/h |
| September | 53 mm | 9 | 13 h/day | 60 % | 74 % | 17 km/h |
| October | 64 mm | 11 | 11 h/day | 69 % | 81 % | 18 km/h |
| November | 64 mm | 12 | 9.1 h/day | 75 % | 86 % | 19 km/h |
| December | 78 mm | 13 | 8.2 h/day | 75 % | 87 % | 20 km/h |
Where Reims ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Europe in July | 23rd of 50 | 89/100 |
| Places with the best weather in Europe in August | 50th of 50 | 90/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Reims.
QuestionsCommon questions about Reims’s climate
When is the best time to visit Reims?
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 September the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Reims get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 6 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 0.9 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 49 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Reims?
December, averaging 78 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is September with 53 mm. The year as a whole averages 733 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 Reims 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
- 49.265°, 4.029° (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.