Average Sunshine in France for July

The tables below give July 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 July sunshine

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
374	Ajaccio (Corsica)	22	1
347	Bastia (Corsica)	17	1
249	Bourg-Saint-Maurice	6	7
347	Cannes	–	–
283	Carcassonne	10	5
292	Grenoble	11	4
279	Lyon	10	4
369	Marseille	20	1
330	Montelimar	–	–
345	Montpellier	17	2
349	Nice	15	1
300	Perpignan	13	3
369	Toulon	21	1

Southwestern France

Average amount of sun in July

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
219	Biarritz	5	11
256	Bordeaux	7	6
213	Pau	–	–
207	Tarbes	–	–
253	Toulouse	9	7

Central France

Average July sun

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
256	Clermont-Ferrand	8	6
257	Dijon	8	6
297	La Rochelle	9	4
244	Limoges	7	7
232	Orléans	5	8
222	Paris	5	8
251	Poitiers	8	6
247	Tours	7	7

Northeastern France

Number of sunny hours and days in July on average

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
249	Besançon	8	7
239	Colmar	6	7
210	Lille	4	9
226	Metz	5	8
235	Nancy	6	6
–	Reims	5	7
240	Strasbourg	7	8
242	Troyes	6	7

Northwestern France

Average total sunshine in July

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
228	Angers	6	7
180	Brest	5	12
219	Caen	5	10
233	Le Mans	6	7
232	Lorient	5	7
229	Nantes	4	8
220	Rennes	4	8
200	Rouen	4	10
198	Saint-Brieuc	4	10