Paris month by month
Plan your visit to Paris by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
- January
- High
- 7°C
- Low
- 2°C
- Rain
- 84 mm
January in Paris tends to catch people off guard. The holiday decorations are coming down, the tourist crowds have thinned to almost nothing, and the city settles into this…
- February
- High
- 10°C
- Low
- 3°C
- Rain
- 47 mm
February in Paris tends to catch people off guard. Not because it's bad — far from it — but because the city operates at a completely different tempo than the one you see plastered…
- March
- High
- 13°C
- Low
- 4°C
- Rain
- 63 mm
March in Paris sits right at that turning point where winter loosens its grip but spring hasn't quite committed. You'll get days where the sun breaks through and the café terraces…
- April
- High
- 16°C
- Low
- 6°C
- Rain
- 55 mm
April in Paris lives up to the song, mostly. The city shakes off its grey winter coat and starts to feel like itself again — cherry blossoms lining the Seine, café terraces filling…
- May
- High
- 19°C
- Low
- 10°C
- Rain
- 72 mm
May in Paris tends to catch people off guard — in the best way. The city has shaken off the grey dampness of early spring, and you'll likely arrive to find chestnut trees in full…
- June
- High
- 24°C
- Low
- 14°C
- Rain
- 82 mm
June in Paris feels like the city finally exhaling after months of grey skies and unpredictable spring showers. The days stretch long — you might be surprised to find usable…
- July
- High
- 25°C
- Low
- 15°C
- Rain
- 86 mm
July in Paris sits right at that crossroads where the city feels simultaneously packed and oddly empty. Here's the thing — Parisians themselves start leaving. By mid-July, a good…
- August
- High
- 25°C
- Low
- 15°C
- Rain
- 71 mm
August in Paris is a study in contradictions. Half the city has packed up and left for the coast — the French take their summer holidays seriously, and many Parisians treat August…
- September
- High
- 22°C
- Low
- 13°C
- Rain
- 82 mm
September in Paris feels like the city exhaling after summer. The tourists thin out, the Parisians drift back from their August holidays, and there's this particular quality to the…
- October
- High
- 18°C
- Low
- 10°C
- Rain
- 85 mm
October in Paris feels like the city finally exhaling after summer. The tourist crush has thinned out, the chestnut trees along the boulevards are turning gold and copper, and…
- November
- High
- 11°C
- Low
- 6°C
- Rain
- 66 mm
Paris in November sits in that quiet fold between autumn's last golden days and the first stirrings of the Christmas season. The summer crowds have gone home. The leaves along the…
- December
- High
- 9°C
- Low
- 4°C
- Rain
- 69 mm
December in Paris tends to be one of those months that rewards you for braving the cold. The city wraps itself in lights sometime around late November, and by the time December…