Average Sunshine in France for November

The tables below give November 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 November sunshine
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
140 Ajaccio (Corsica) 6 9
134 Bastia (Corsica) 6 10
99 Bourg-Saint-Maurice 0 14
150 Cannes
105 Carcassonne 5 14
91 Grenoble 4 17
72 Lyon 3 19
152 Marseille 9 9
110 Montelimar
146 Montpellier 9 10
152 Nice 11 9
147 Perpignan 8 8
147 Toulon 9 9

Southwestern France

Average amount of sun in November
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
103 Biarritz 5 14
100 Bordeaux 4 14
107 Pau
118 Tarbes
96 Toulouse 4 15

Central France

Average November sun
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
90 Clermont-Ferrand 3 16
67 Dijon 2 18
109 La Rochelle 3 14
86 Limoges 4 17
74 Orléans 2 17
70 Paris 2 17
87 Poitiers 3 16
79 Tours 3 16

Northeastern France

Number of sunny hours and days in November on average
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
75 Besançon 2 18
70 Colmar 2 19
62 Lille 1 17
49 Metz 2 21
52 Nancy 2 20
Reims 2 18
55 Strasbourg 2 21
70 Troyes 3 18

Northwestern France

Average total sunshine in November
Hours Place Days of
Strong Sun
Days of
Weak Sun
81 Angers 2 15
72 Brest 1 16
82 Caen 1 14
75 Le Mans 2 17
87 Lorient 2 15
91 Nantes 2 15
84 Rennes 2 16
58 Rouen 2 18
79 Saint-Brieuc 1 15
Reference

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

France Sunshine
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