Average Sunshine in France for December

The tables below give December 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 December sunshine

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
124	Ajaccio (Corsica)	7	11
139	Bastia (Corsica)	7	10
94	Bourg-Saint-Maurice	0	13
137	Cannes	–	–
95	Carcassonne	4	15
78	Grenoble	3	18
50	Lyon	1	21
135	Marseille	7	10
95	Montelimar	–	–
137	Montpellier	9	12
145	Nice	10	9
131	Perpignan	6	11
129	Toulon	8	11

Southwestern France

Average amount of sun in December

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
92	Biarritz	4	16
84	Bordeaux	3	17
99	Pau	–	–
112	Tarbes	–	–
85	Toulouse	3	15

Central France

Average December sun

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
78	Clermont-Ferrand	3	19
53	Dijon	2	21
90	La Rochelle	3	19
79	Limoges	5	19
61	Orléans	2	21
57	Paris	2	21
71	Poitiers	2	20
65	Tours	2	22

Northeastern France

Number of sunny hours and days in December on average

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
56	Besançon	1	21
58	Colmar	2	21
53	Lille	2	21
41	Metz	1	24
43	Nancy	1	23
–	Reims	2	22
44	Strasbourg	1	24
57	Troyes	2	22

Northwestern France

Average total sunshine in December

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
69	Angers	2	21
61	Brest	2	19
67	Caen	1	20
67	Le Mans	2	21
72	Lorient	2	20
78	Nantes	3	19
69	Rennes	1	19
49	Rouen	1	22
66	Saint-Brieuc	1	18