Average Sunshine in France for May

The tables below give May 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 May sunshine
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
288 Ajaccio (Corsica) 13 4
270 Bastia (Corsica) 11 5
200 Bourg-Saint-Maurice 4 8
275 Cannes
220 Carcassonne 8 9
221 Grenoble 8 8
217 Lyon 8 8
293 Marseille 14 4
260 Montelimar
271 Montpellier 11 5
271 Nice 9 5
241 Perpignan 9 7
288 Toulon 13 5

Southwestern France

Average amount of sun in May
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
197 Biarritz 5 10
221 Bordeaux 7 7
186 Pau
189 Tarbes
209 Toulouse 8 8

Central France

Average May sun
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
200 Clermont-Ferrand 6 9
216 Dijon 7 9
258 La Rochelle 7 6
206 Limoges 6 9
215 Orléans 6 9
201 Paris 5 9
213 Poitiers 6 8
214 Tours 7 9

Northeastern France

Number of sunny hours and days in May on average
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
208 Besançon 7 10
202 Colmar 6 10
196 Lille 6 11
202 Metz 5 9
206 Nancy 7 11
Reims 7 8
209 Strasbourg 6 10
216 Troyes 7 9

Northwestern France

Average total sunshine in May
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
194 Angers 5 10
188 Brest 5 11
203 Caen 4 11
207 Le Mans 5 9
214 Lorient 6 10
203 Nantes 4 10
202 Rennes 4 10
182 Rouen 4 11
188 Saint-Brieuc 4 12
Reference

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

France Sunshine
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