Best Time to Visit France

When is the best time to visit France? The country offers the perfect climate to visit in the Spring, Summer and Autumn. A spring in France provides gives picturesque green hills with pretty flowers and calm weather. April showers occur on occasion, but it is nothing an umbrella cannot handle. Spring and summer are especially lovely because of the beauty that these seasons bestow upon the French countryside, however, the Autumn months make travel and site seeing very doable - even with the occasional drizzle and chillier conditions in the evenings as the end of the Autumn draws in.

Provence enjoys a pleasant, Mediterranean climate. On average, Provence gets 300 days of sunshine each year, with warm but mild temperatures. Summer is high season here, with August bringing the hottest weather and the biggest crowds. Spring is a great time of year, the weather is warm, with temperatures swaying between 16 and 20°C, and the crowds are small. If you want to see lavender fields then it would be best to visit the region in June. In October the weather starts to cool.

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Climate guide for France

Destination	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Bordeaux and the Dordogne	4°C 1mm	7°C 4mm	10°C 8mm	11°C 20mm	14°C 24mm	19°C 32mm	23°C 15mm	21°C 28mm	18°C 16mm	15°C 30mm	9°C 74mm	8°C 50mm
Burgundy	21°C 8mm	22°C 13mm	20°C 4mm	18°C 25mm	16°C 7mm	14°C 10mm	13°C 6mm	13°C 2mm	17°C 20mm	17°C 53mm	19°C 1mm	20°C 8mm
Chamonix	-2°C 63mm	-5°C 79mm	-1°C 54mm	7°C 1mm	8°C 46mm	15°C 1mm	18°C 10mm	21°C 8mm	15°C 0mm	6°C 0mm	2°C 20mm	0°C 21mm
Champagne	5°C 40mm	7°C 51mm	10°C 60mm	12°C 38mm	14°C 35mm	19°C 44mm	23°C 20mm	21°C 48mm	17°C 35mm	14°C 140mm	8°C 142mm	7°C 93mm
Courchevel Moriond 1650	-3°C 79mm	2°C 53mm	5°C 176mm	9°C 150mm	11°C 162mm	19°C 105mm	20°C 123mm	18°C 110mm	15°C 54mm	11°C 325mm	3°C 332mm	2°C 399mm
Loire Valley	-6°C 65mm	-3°C 69mm	0°C 68mm	7°C 83mm	12°C 101mm	19°C 106mm	23°C 74mm	21°C 54mm	18°C 36mm	12°C 141mm	2°C 39mm	0°C 81mm
Lyon and Beaujolais	-11°C 221mm	-8°C 75mm	-3°C 53mm	5°C 112mm	12°C 65mm	18°C 0mm	23°C 0mm	20°C 0mm	16°C 0mm	10°C 0mm	-1°C 0mm	-4°C 0mm
Megève	-3°C 173mm	2°C 88mm	4°C 260mm	7°C 160mm	9°C 196mm	17°C 103mm	19°C 115mm	18°C 106mm	14°C 57mm	10°C 277mm	3°C 237mm	2°C 510mm
Meribel	-1°C 59mm	3°C 67mm	7°C 87mm	10°C 69mm	12°C 117mm	20°C 87mm	21°C 94mm	19°C 99mm	16°C 46mm	12°C 248mm	4°C 315mm	3°C 295mm
Monaco	8°C 0mm	10°C 0mm	13°C 0mm	14°C 25mm	16°C 0mm	23°C 0mm	26°C 0mm	26°C 0mm	23°C 0mm	19°C 0mm	13°C 8mm	12°C 8mm
Normandy	-1°C 79mm	2°C 95mm	6°C 145mm	15°C 169mm	20°C 206mm	24°C 131mm	27°C 150mm	26°C 162mm	25°C 40mm	14°C 97mm	5°C 91mm	4°C 46mm
Paris	5°C 42mm	8°C 31mm	10°C 34mm	12°C 17mm	14°C 122mm	20°C 52mm	23°C 14mm	21°C 79mm	17°C 31mm	13°C 67mm	8°C 72mm	7°C 82mm
South of France	7°C 128mm	10°C 127mm	11°C 82mm	18°C 83mm	24°C 52mm	25°C 113mm	27°C 35mm	26°C 44mm	26°C 12mm	19°C 116mm	10°C 83mm	10°C 124mm
Tignes	-3°C 60mm	2°C 39mm	5°C 162mm	9°C 143mm	11°C 161mm	19°C 99mm	20°C 127mm	19°C 102mm	15°C 50mm	11°C 290mm	4°C 307mm	2°C 330mm
Val d`Isère	-4°C 60mm	2°C 39mm	4°C 171mm	8°C 153mm	10°C 167mm	18°C 105mm	20°C 132mm	19°C 106mm	15°C 51mm	11°C 307mm	3°C 315mm	2°C 350mm
Val Thorens	-1°C 59mm	3°C 78mm	7°C 89mm	10°C 85mm	12°C 124mm	20°C 103mm	20°C 100mm	19°C 108mm	15°C 48mm	11°C 291mm	4°C 343mm	2°C 337mm

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