Average Sunshine in France for February

The tables below give February 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 February sunshine

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
156	Ajaccio (Corsica)	10	7
159	Bastia (Corsica)	8	6
122	Bourg-Saint-Maurice	0	9
164	Cannes	–	–
122	Carcassonne	6	11
112	Grenoble	6	12
99	Lyon	4	13
174	Marseille	13	6
136	Montelimar	–	–
170	Montpellier	12	7
166	Nice	12	5
164	Perpignan	10	7
174	Toulon	13	5

Southwestern France

Average amount of sun in February

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
115	Biarritz	6	11
117	Bordeaux	6	12
122	Pau	–	–
129	Tarbes	–	–
115	Toulouse	6	11

Central France

Average February sun

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
110	Clermont-Ferrand	5	12
95	Dijon	4	14
131	La Rochelle	6	12
104	Limoges	7	14
91	Orléans	3	14
84	Paris	3	15
102	Poitiers	5	14
95	Tours	4	15

Northeastern France

Number of sunny hours and days in February on average

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
97	Besançon	5	15
97	Colmar	4	14
74	Lille	2	16
78	Metz	3	15
80	Nancy	3	15
–	Reims	2	17
86	Strasbourg	3	15
90	Troyes	3	15

Northwestern France

Average total sunshine in February

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
93	Angers	3	13
82	Brest	2	15
90	Caen	2	15
94	Le Mans	3	14
99	Lorient	3	15
102	Nantes	3	13
93	Rennes	1	15
77	Rouen	2	16
83	Saint-Brieuc	2	16