Average Temperatures for France in May

Average temperatures for May 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 May temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
72 53 Ajaccio, Corsica 22 12
72 55 Bastia, Corsica 22 13
69 46 Bourg-Saint-Maurice 20 8
71 55 Cannes 22 13
71 53 Carcassonne 21 12
54 40 Chastreix 12 5
68 48 Grenoble 20 9
70 52 Lyon 21 11
51 40 Mont Aigoual 10 4
73 53 Montelimar 23 12
73 55 Montpellier 23 13
70 58 Nice 21 15
72 56 Perpignan 22 13
73 57 Toulon 23 14

Southwestern France

Average daily temperatures in May
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
68 53 Biarritz 20 12
71 53 Bordeaux 22 11
70 52 Pau 21 11
68 50 Tarbes 20 10
70 53 Toulouse  21 12

Central France

May temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
69 48 Clermont-Ferrand 21 9
68 49 Dijon 20 9
67 52 La Rochelle 20 11
65 50 Limoges 19 10
67 48 Orléans 20 9
68 52 Paris 20 11
68 48 Poitiers 20 9
67 49 Tours 20 9

Northeastern France

Average May temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
68 49 Besançon20 9
62 47 Calais 17 9
69 50 Colmar 21 10
65 49 Lille 18 9
68 48 Metz 20 9
68 48 Nancy 20 9
70 50 Strasbourg 21 10
68 47 Troyes 20 8

Northwestern France

Average May temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
68 48 Angers 20 9
62 48 Brest 17 9
63 47 Caen 17 9
68 49 Le Mans 20 10
65 49 Lorient 18 9
67 50 Nantes 20 10
67 49 Rennes 19 9
64 47 Rouen 18 8
62 47 Saint-Brieuc 16 9
Reference

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

France Temperatures
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