French Holiday & Travel

Climate

France has a temperate, agreeable climate with generally cool to mild winters and mild to hot summers.

Western France, along the Atlantic coast offers an oceanic, humid climate with cooler summers.

In the north and central regions including Paris you will find cooler winters and hot summers.

The east, along the Rhone corridor and in the mountainous regions is semi-continental with harsh winters and hot summers.

The Mediterranean regions and south of France offer mild winters and very hot summers.

Occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral

Temperature (Cº)
Fº = (Cº x 9 / 5) + 30