Average Sunshine a Year in France

The tables below give yearly 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 a year with sunshine is an average of data collected from 1991 to 2020, while the rest are averages from 1991 to 2010. The numbers of days with strong and weak sunshine are based on measurements made from 1991 to 2000.

Southeastern France

Total annual sunshine

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
2802	Ajaccio (Corsica)	157	64
2645	Bastia (Corsica)	124	68
2009	Bourg-Saint-Maurice	31	108
2743	Cannes	–	–
2170	Carcassonne	89	112
2108	Grenoble	88	122
1947	Lyon	81	128
2858	Marseille	170	60
2441	Montelimar	111	89
2705	Montpellier	148	74
2761	Nice	147	64
2489	Perpignan	120	79
2839	Toulon	166	62

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.

Average amount of sunshine yearly

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
1921	Biarritz	71	131
2070	Bordeaux	80	112
1910	Pau	–	–
1964	Tarbes	83	124
2031	Toulouse	84	119

Central France

Annual average sun

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
1958	Clermont-Ferrand	72	131
1890	Dijon	71	142
2303	La Rochelle	83	111
1922	Limoges	83	141
1823	Orléans	60	144
1717	Paris	51	152
1941	Poitiers	70	132
1885	Tours	65	138

Northeastern France

Number of sunny hours and days a year on average

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
1873	Besançon	73	147
1799	Colmar	62	145
1627	Lille	44	155
1640	Metz	52	162
1708	Nancy	56	161
1747	Strasbourg	60	160
1851	Troyes	67	143

Northwestern France

Average total sunshine yearly

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
1798	Angers	60	134
1555	Brest	41	159
1746	Caen	44	143
1809	Le Mans	61	140
1865	Lorient	57	134
1873	Nantes	58	134
1762	Rennes	50	141
1554	Rouen	43	162
1616	Saint-Brieuc	38	152