Average Sunshine in France for April

The tables below give April averages for the number of sunny days and hours of sunshine at dozens of cities throughout France.

There's a separate table for each corner of the country: Southeast, Southwest, Northeast and Northwest, plus Central France.

For most places the total number of hours in the month with sunshine is an average of data collected from 1991 to 2020, while the rest are averages of 1991 to 2010. The numbers of days with strong and weak sunshine are based on measurements made from 1991 to 2000.

Southeastern France

Total April sunshine
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
230 Ajaccio (Corsica) 9 6
220 Bastia (Corsica) 8 8
176 Bourg-Saint-Maurice 5 11
227 Cannes
192 Carcassonne 7 7
190 Grenoble 7 10
183 Lyon 7 10
244 Marseille 12 5
219 Montelimar
229 Montpellier 10 7
229 Nice 10 7
220 Perpignan 10 8
246 Toulon 12 6

Southwestern France

Average amount of sun in April
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
171 Biarritz 5 10
186 Bordeaux 6 8
167 Pau
170 Tarbes
186 Toulouse 7 9

Central France

Average April sun
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
179 Clermont-Ferrand 6 9
194 Dijon 6 10
231 La Rochelle 6 8
173 Limoges 6 12
186 Orléans 5 11
177 Paris 3 11
183 Poitiers 6 9
187 Tours 5 9

Northeastern France

Number of sunny hours and days in April on average
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
184
Besançon 5 11
180 Colmar 5 10
176 Lille 3 9
178 Metz 5 10
181 Nancy 5 11
Reims 4 10
187 Strasbourg 6 10
190 Troyes 5 10

Northwestern France

Average total sunshine in April
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
172 Angers 4 11
165 Brest 3 12
179 Caen 3 11
180 Le Mans 5 10
191 Lorient 5 10
183 Nantes 4 11
174 Rennes 3 12
165 Rouen 3 12
163 Saint-Brieuc 3 12
Reference

Météo France. Climatologie. Normales et records. Données publiques. Fiche climatologique.

France Sunshine
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