France in December: where is it warmest?
In December, Bonifacio is the warmest place with 14 °C by day, Chamonix the coolest with 2 °C. 0 of 100 destinations have good holiday weather.
All destinations in December, warmest first
Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.
| Place | Score | Air | Sea | Sun | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonifacio | 16 | 14° | 16° | 4 h | 9 |
| Fréjus | 20 | 13° | 16° | 5 h | 8 |
| Saint-Tropez | 19 | 13° | 15° | 4 h | 8 |
| Porto-Vecchio, Corsica | 16 | 13° | 15° | 4 h | 9 |
| Ajaccio, Corsica | 9 | 13° | 16° | 4 h | 14 |
| Perpignan | 49 | 12° | – | 4 h | 6 |
| Marseille | 48 | 12° | 15° | 5 h | 7 |
| Toulon | 48 | 12° | 15° | 5 h | 8 |
| Narbonne | 46 | 12° | – | 4 h | 7 |
| Cannes | 21 | 12° | 16° | 5 h | 8 |
| Antibes | 21 | 12° | 16° | 5 h | 8 |
| Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer | 20 | 12° | 14° | 5 h | 8 |
| Cassis | 20 | 12° | 15° | 5 h | 7 |
| Nice | 19 | 12° | 16° | 5 h | 9 |
| Menton | 19 | 12° | 15° | 5 h | 9 |
| Aigues-Mortes | 19 | 12° | 14° | 4 h | 8 |
| Sanary-sur-Mer | 19 | 12° | 15° | 5 h | 9 |
| Sète | 17 | 12° | 14° | 4 h | 9 |
| Biarritz | 5 | 12° | 14° | 3 h | 14 |
| Bayonne | 5 | 12° | 14° | 3 h | 14 |
| Saint-Jean-de-Luz | 5 | 12° | 14° | 3 h | 14 |
| Arles | 43 | 11° | – | 4 h | 8 |
| Nîmes | 41 | 11° | – | 4 h | 8 |
| Grasse | 41 | 11° | – | 5 h | 8 |
| Avignon | 40 | 11° | – | 5 h | 8 |
| Montpellier | 40 | 11° | – | 4 h | 9 |
| Aix-en-Provence | 39 | 11° | – | 5 h | 9 |
| Béziers | 39 | 11° | – | 4 h | 8 |
| Orange | 38 | 11° | – | 5 h | 9 |
| Toulouse | 28 | 11° | – | 3 h | 11 |
| Bordeaux | 27 | 11° | 14° | 3 h | 12 |
| Saint-Paul-de-Vence | 21 | 11° | 16° | 5 h | 8 |
| Quimper | 17 | 11° | – | 2 h | 16 |
| Arcachon | 7 | 11° | 14° | 3 h | 13 |
| Roscoff | 4 | 11° | 12° | 2 h | 15 |
| Brest | 3 | 11° | 12° | 2 h | 16 |
| Lourdes | 30 | 10° | – | 4 h | 14 |
| Carcassonne | 26 | 10° | – | 3 h | 11 |
| Pau | 24 | 10° | – | 3 h | 13 |
| Nantes | 21 | 10° | – | 3 h | 12 |
| Vannes | 8 | 10° | 12° | 2 h | 13 |
| La Rochelle | 7 | 10° | 12° | 3 h | 13 |
| Saint-Nazaire | 7 | 10° | 11° | 3 h | 13 |
| Saint-Malo | 6 | 10° | 11° | 2 h | 14 |
| Lorient | 6 | 10° | 12° | 2 h | 14 |
| Carnac | 6 | 10° | 12° | 2 h | 14 |
| Concarneau | 3 | 10° | 12° | 2 h | 16 |
| Angers | 18 | 9° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Rennes | 17 | 9° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Poitiers | 17 | 9° | – | 2 h | 11 |
| Valence | 17 | 9° | – | 3 h | 12 |
| Tours | 16 | 9° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Bayeux | 14 | 9° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Caen | 13 | 9° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Le Havre | 8 | 9° | 10° | 2 h | 16 |
| Deauville | 6 | 9° | 10° | 2 h | 14 |
| Étretat | 3 | 9° | 11° | 2 h | 16 |
| Honfleur | 3 | 9° | 10° | 2 h | 16 |
| Le Mans | 15 | 8° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Paris | 12 | 8° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Orléans | 12 | 8° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Lyon | 11 | 8° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Amiens | 11 | 8° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Oradour-sur-Glane | 11 | 8° | – | 3 h | 13 |
| Fontainebleau | 11 | 8° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Grenoble | 10 | 8° | – | 3 h | 13 |
| Vichy | 10 | 8° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Limoges | 10 | 8° | – | 3 h | 14 |
| Rouen | 9 | 8° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Dunkirk | 7 | 8° | 10° | 2 h | 13 |
| Dieppe | 7 | 8° | – | 2 h | 15 |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer | 6 | 8° | 11° | 2 h | 14 |
| Calais | 6 | 8° | 11° | 2 h | 14 |
| Chartres | 13 | 7° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Versailles | 12 | 7° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Lille | 11 | 7° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Arras | 11 | 7° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Lens | 11 | 7° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Clermont-Ferrand | 10 | 7° | – | 3 h | 13 |
| Troyes | 10 | 7° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Auxerre | 10 | 7° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Chambéry | 10 | 7° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Reims | 9 | 7° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Dijon | 9 | 7° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Beaune | 9 | 7° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Besançon | 6 | 7° | – | 2 h | 15 |
| Saint-Étienne | 14 | 6° | – | 2 h | 12 |
| Mulhouse | 10 | 6° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Eguisheim | 10 | 6° | – | 2 h | 13 |
| Metz | 9 | 6° | – | 1 h | 14 |
| Colmar | 9 | 6° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Annecy | 9 | 6° | – | 3 h | 14 |
| Wissembourg | 9 | 6° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Kaysersberg | 9 | 6° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Strasbourg | 8 | 6° | – | 1 h | 14 |
| Nancy | 8 | 6° | – | 1 h | 14 |
| Verdun | 8 | 6° | – | 1 h | 14 |
| Haguenau | 8 | 6° | – | 2 h | 14 |
| Belfort | 5 | 6° | – | 2 h | 16 |
| Chamonix | 10 | 2° | – | 2 h | 13 |
France in December: quick answers
France in December: where is it warmest?
The warmest places in December are Bonifacio (14 °C), Fréjus (13 °C) and Saint-Tropez (13 °C).
France in December: where is the sea warmest?
The sea is warmest at Bonifacio (16 °C), Fréjus (16 °C) and Ajaccio, Corsica (16 °C).
France in December: where is the weather best?
The best holiday weather in December – warm, sunny and dry – is in Perpignan, Marseille and Toulon.
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Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences