Average Sunshine in France for November

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The tables below give November averages for the number of sunny days and hours of sunshine at dozens of cities throughout France. The month's totals are averages of weather data collected during 1971 to 2000.

You can jump to a separate table for each corner of the country: Southeast, Southwest, Northeast and Northwest, plus Central France.

Southeastern France

This section of southern France extends from the Mediterranean beaches on the island of Corsica and the French Riviera, or Côte d'Azur, to the peaks of the French Alps. Cities listed here belong to the regions of Corsica, Languedoc - Roussillon, Provence - Alpes - Cote - D'Azur and Rhône - Alpes.

Total November sunshine
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
132 Ajaccio, Corsica   6   9
126 Bastia, Corsica   6 10
  90 Bourg-Saint-Maurice   0 14
101 Carcassonne   5 14
  79 Grenoble   4 17
  70 Lyon   3 19
145 Marseille   9   9
139 Montpellier   9 10
149 Nice 11   9
139 Nîmes   9 10
143 Perpignan   8   8
  86 Saint-Étienne   4 16
143 Toulon   9   9

Southwestern France

The monthly sunshine totals below are for cities in the regions of Aquitaine and Midi - Pyrénées. This portion of France ranges from the Atlantic coast to the Pyrenees mountains along France's southern border.

Average amount of sun in November
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
101 Biarritz   5 14
  91 Bordeaux   4 14
102 Pau   5 14
  96 Toulouse   4 15

Central France

This section stretches from Poitou - Charentes bordering the Atlantic Ocean to Paris in the north. It also takes in the regions of Auvergne, Burgundy (Bourgogne), Centre and Limousin.

Average November sun
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
  85 Clermont-Ferrand   3 16
  63 Dijon   2 18
  89 La Rochelle   3 14
  81 Limoges   4 17
  73 Orléans   2 17
  69 Paris   2 17
  84 Poitiers   3 16
  78 Tours   3 16

Northeastern France

Weather information in this table is for cities in Alsatian (Alsace), Champagne - Ardenne, Franche-Comté, Lorraine and Nord - Pas-de-Calais, the regions located north and east of Paris.

Number of sunny hours and days in November on average
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
  69 Besançon   2 18
  64 Colmar   2 19
  65 Lille   1 17
  48 Metz   2 21
  52 Nancy   2 20
  66 Reims   2 18
  51 Strasbourg   2 21
  67 Troyes   3 18

Northwestern France

Cities on the list here are scattered throughout the French regions that border the English Channel and lie northwest of Paris: Brittany (Bretagne), High Normandy (Haute-Normandie) and Low Normandy (Basse-Normandie). Also covered is the Pays de la Loire region, located farther south along the Atlantic Ocean.

Average total sunshine in November
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
  75 Angers   2 15
  68 Brest   1 16
  81 Caen   1 14
  70 Le Mans   2 17
  78 Lorient   2 15
  80 Nantes   2 15
  79 Rennes   2 16
  65 Rouen   2 18
  77 Saint-Brieuc   1 15
Reference

Météo France. Climat.

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