Average Temperatures for France in December

Average temperatures for December at cities and places throughout France are listed below in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.

There's a separate table for each corner of the country: Southeast, Southwest, Northeast and Northwest, plus Central France.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum monthly temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020.

Southeastern France

Average December temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
59 42 Ajaccio, Corsica 15 6
59 44 Bastia, Corsica 15 6
42 28 Bourg-Saint-Maurice 6 -2
58 40 Cannes 14 5
51 40 Carcassonne 11 4
38 29 Chastreix 4 -2
44 32 Grenoble 7 0
45 35 Lyon 7 2
36 28 Mont Aigoual 2 -2
48 38 Montelimar 9 3
55 39 Montpellier 13 4
57 44 Nice 14 7
56 42 Perpignan 13 5
57 46 Toulon 14 8

Southwestern France

Average daily temperatures in December
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
55 42 Biarritz 13 6
52 40 Bordeaux 11 4
54 37 Pau 12 3
53 35 Tarbes 11 2
51 39 Toulouse  11 4

Central France

December temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
47 35 Clermont-Ferrand 9 1
43 33 Dijon 6 1
51 41 La Rochelle 10 5
46 37 Limoges 8 3
46 36 Orléans 8 2
46 39 Paris 8 4
48 36 Poitiers 9 2
47 37 Tours 8 3

Northeastern France

Average December temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
44 34 Besançon6 1
47 38 Calais 8 3
43 33 Colmar 6 0
45 36 Lille 7 2
43 34 Metz 6 1
43 34 Nancy 6 1
43 33 Strasbourg 6 1
45 34 Troyes 7 1

Northwestern France

Average December temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
48 36 Angers 9 2
51 41 Brest 10 5
48 38 Caen 9 3
48 37 Le Mans 9 3
51 40 Lorient 10 5
50 39 Nantes 10 4
49 38 Rennes 10 4
45 36 Rouen 7 2
49 40 Saint-Brieuc 10 4
Reference

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

France Temperatures
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