Average Sunshine in France for May

The tables below give May 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 May sunshine

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
288	Ajaccio (Corsica)	13	4
270	Bastia (Corsica)	11	5
200	Bourg-Saint-Maurice	4	8
275	Cannes	–	–
220	Carcassonne	8	9
221	Grenoble	8	8
217	Lyon	8	8
293	Marseille	14	4
260	Montelimar	–	–
271	Montpellier	11	5
271	Nice	9	5
241	Perpignan	9	7
288	Toulon	13	5

Southwestern France

Average amount of sun in May

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
197	Biarritz	5	10
221	Bordeaux	7	7
186	Pau	–	–
189	Tarbes	–	–
209	Toulouse	8	8

Central France

Average May sun

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
200	Clermont-Ferrand	6	9
216	Dijon	7	9
258	La Rochelle	7	6
206	Limoges	6	9
215	Orléans	6	9
201	Paris	5	9
213	Poitiers	6	8
214	Tours	7	9

Northeastern France

Number of sunny hours and days in May on average

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
208	Besançon	7	10
202	Colmar	6	10
196	Lille	6	11
202	Metz	5	9
206	Nancy	7	11
–	Reims	7	8
209	Strasbourg	6	10
216	Troyes	7	9

Northwestern France

Average total sunshine in May

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
194	Angers	5	10
188	Brest	5	11
203	Caen	4	11
207	Le Mans	5	9
214	Lorient	6	10
203	Nantes	4	10
202	Rennes	4	10
182	Rouen	4	11
188	Saint-Brieuc	4	12