Average Annual Precipitation for France
The tables below give yearly averages for rainfall plus snowfall at cities in France. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets a year and for the normal amount of precipitation.
The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches). The annual amount of precipitation is an average 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.
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Ajaccio, Corsica | 25.2 | 639 |
| 68 | Bastia, Corsica | 32.9 | 835 |
| 111 | Bourg-Saint-Maurice | 38.8 | 985 |
| 92 | Carcassonne | 27.1 | 687 |
| 110 | Grenoble | 38.0 | 965 |
| 108 | Lyon | 33.2 | 843 |
| 56 | Marseille | 21.8 | 555 |
| 60 | Montpellier | 25.8 | 655 |
| 63 | Nice | 31.6 | 803 |
| 68 | Nîmes | 30.8 | 783 |
| 56 | Perpignan | 21.5 | 547 |
| 98 | Saint-Étienne | 27.8 | 705 |
| 61 | Toulon | 27.0 | 685 |
Southwestern France
The weather data 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.
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 144 | Biarritz | 59.4 | 1510 |
| 128 | Bordeaux | 38.7 | 984 |
| 130 | Pau | 44.6 | 1133 |
| 99 | Toulouse | 26.3 | 669 |
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.
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | Clermont-Ferrand | 23.1 | 586 |
| 115 | Dijon | 29.3 | 744 |
| 116 | La Rochelle | 30.1 | 764 |
| 136 | Limoges | 41.3 | 1049 |
| 113 | Orléans | 25.0 | 636 |
| 112 | Paris | 25.6 | 650 |
| 112 | Poitiers | 27.1 | 688 |
| 113 | Tours | 27.3 | 694 |
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.
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 140 | Besançon | 44.8 | 1138 |
| 104 | Colmar | 22.7 | 578 |
| 126 | Lille | 28.5 | 723 |
| 123 | Metz | 29.7 | 755 |
| 123 | Nancy | 30.1 | 765 |
| 113 | Reims | 24.3 | 618 |
| 112 | Strasbourg | 24.9 | 632 |
| 115 | Troyes | 25.7 | 653 |
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.
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 109 | Angers | 25.5 | 647 |
| 156 | Brest | 45.1 | 1145 |
| 124 | Caen | 28.5 | 723 |
| 114 | Le Mans | 27.0 | 687 |
| 133 | Lorient | 36.5 | 927 |
| 120 | Nantes | 31.4 | 798 |
| 116 | Rennes | 26.6 | 677 |
| 132 | Rouen | 32.3 | 821 |
| 139 | Saint-Brieuc | 29.1 | 739 |
Reference
Météo France. Climat.