Average Sunshine in France for September

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

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

Southeastern France

Total September sunshine
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
261 Ajaccio (Corsica) 15 2
238 Bastia (Corsica) 11 4
189 Bourg-Saint-Maurice 3 8
254 Cannes
216 Carcassonne 9 6
199 Grenoble 9 8
186 Lyon 9 9
259 Marseille 15 4
231 Montelimar
247 Montpellier 13 5
250 Nice 13 3
224 Perpignan 11 6
259 Toulon 15 3

Southwestern France

Average amount of sun in September
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
199 Biarritz 8 8
209 Bordeaux 8 8
193 Pau
195 Tarbes
204 Toulouse 9 7

Central France

Average September sun
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
191 Clermont-Ferrand 8 8
191 Dijon 7 9
234 La Rochelle 8 7
198 Limoges 9 10
185 Orléans 7 10
175 Paris 5 10
200 Poitiers 8 8
191 Tours 7 10

Northeastern France

Number of sunny hours and days in September on average
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
184 Besançon 7 10
171 Colmar 6 10
155 Lille 4 10
158 Metz 6 11
172 Nancy 5 11
Reims 4 10
174 Strasbourg 5 11
186 Troyes 7 8

Northwestern France

Average total sunshine in September
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
186 Angers 7 9
158 Brest 4 10
171 Caen 4 9
185 Le Mans 6 9
193 Lorient 5 7
199 Nantes 7 8
181 Rennes 5 9
159 Rouen 4 11
164 Saint-Brieuc 4 10
Reference

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

France Sunshine
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