Average Sunshine in France for April

The tables below give April 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 April sunshine

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
230	Ajaccio (Corsica)	9	6
220	Bastia (Corsica)	8	8
176	Bourg-Saint-Maurice	5	11
227	Cannes	–	–
192	Carcassonne	7	7
190	Grenoble	7	10
183	Lyon	7	10
244	Marseille	12	5
219	Montelimar	–	–
229	Montpellier	10	7
229	Nice	10	7
220	Perpignan	10	8
246	Toulon	12	6

Southwestern France

Average amount of sun in April

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
171	Biarritz	5	10
186	Bordeaux	6	8
167	Pau	–	–
170	Tarbes	–	–
186	Toulouse	7	9

Central France

Average April sun

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
179	Clermont-Ferrand	6	9
194	Dijon	6	10
231	La Rochelle	6	8
173	Limoges	6	12
186	Orléans	5	11
177	Paris	3	11
183	Poitiers	6	9
187	Tours	5	9

Northeastern France

Number of sunny hours and days in April on average

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
184	Besançon	5	11
180	Colmar	5	10
176	Lille	3	9
178	Metz	5	10
181	Nancy	5	11
–	Reims	4	10
187	Strasbourg	6	10
190	Troyes	5	10

Northwestern France

Average total sunshine in April

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
172	Angers	4	11
165	Brest	3	12
179	Caen	3	11
180	Le Mans	5	10
191	Lorient	5	10
183	Nantes	4	11
174	Rennes	3	12
165	Rouen	3	12
163	Saint-Brieuc	3	12