Average Sunshine in France for July

The tables below give July 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 July sunshine
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
374 Ajaccio (Corsica) 22 1
347 Bastia (Corsica) 17 1
249 Bourg-Saint-Maurice 6 7
347 Cannes
283 Carcassonne 10 5
292 Grenoble 11 4
279 Lyon 10 4
369 Marseille 20 1
330 Montelimar
345 Montpellier 17 2
349 Nice 15 1
300 Perpignan 13 3
369 Toulon 21 1

Southwestern France

Average amount of sun in July
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
219 Biarritz 5 11
256 Bordeaux 7 6
213 Pau
207 Tarbes
253 Toulouse 9 7

Central France

Average July sun
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
256 Clermont-Ferrand 8 6
257 Dijon 8 6
297 La Rochelle 9 4
244 Limoges 7 7
232 Orléans 5 8
222 Paris 5 8
251 Poitiers 8 6
247 Tours 7 7

Northeastern France

Number of sunny hours and days in July on average
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
249 Besançon 8 7
239 Colmar 6 7
210 Lille 4 9
226 Metz 5 8
235 Nancy 6 6
Reims 5 7
240 Strasbourg 7 8
242 Troyes 6 7

Northwestern France

Average total sunshine in July
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
228 Angers 6 7
180 Brest 5 12
219 Caen 5 10
233 Le Mans 6 7
232 Lorient 5 7
229 Nantes 4 8
220 Rennes 4 8
200 Rouen 4 10
198 Saint-Brieuc 4 10
Reference

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

France Sunshine
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