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When to go to Paris
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Paris has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in May to September.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in September.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): July and August.
- Cold months (a mean high under 10°C): December to February.
- The warmest month is July (25°C) and the coolest January (6°C). The wettest is December (69 mm) and the driest April (39 mm); about 662 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanCold
- FebCold
- MarCool
- AprCool
- MayMild–warm, mixed
- JunMild–warm, mixed
- JulMild–warm, mixed
- AugMild–warm, mixed
- SeptMild–warm, dry
- OctCool
- NovCool
- DecCold
Month by month
Every month in Paris
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | 0°C | 54 mm | 92% | 75% | 1 | 23°C | Cold |
| February | 7°C | 0°C | 50 mm | 87% | 70% | 1.8 | 24°C | Cold |
| March | 12°C | 2°C | 52 mm | 82% | 65% | 3 | 27°C | Cool |
| April | 16°C | 5°C | 39 mm | 77% | 62% | 4.5 | 31°C | Cool |
| May | 19°C | 8°C | 64 mm | 76% | 67% | 5.2 | 35°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| June | 23°C | 12°C | 60 mm | 75% | 64% | 5.8 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| July | 25°C | 14°C | 55 mm | 72% | 61% | 5.6 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| August | 25°C | 13°C | 59 mm | 72% | 62% | 4.8 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| September | 21°C | 10°C | 42 mm | 76% | 57% | 3.7 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| October | 16°C | 7°C | 57 mm | 84% | 67% | 2.2 | 34°C | Cool |
| November | 10°C | 4°C | 61 mm | 91% | 74% | 1.2 | 29°C | Cool |
| December | 6°C | 1°C | 69 mm | 93% | 74% | 0.8 | 25°C | Cold |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Marne La Vallée22 kmGood for going: May to September
- Le Havre178 kmGood for going: June to September
- Caen201 kmGood for going: June to September
- Tours203 kmGood for going: May to September
- Charleroi230 kmGood for going: May to September
- Brussels264 kmGood for going: May to September
- Luxembourg287 kmGood for going: May to September
- Poitiers294 kmGood for going: May to October
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