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
Reference

Météo France. Climatologie. Normales et records. Données publiques. Fiche climatologique.

France Sunshine
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