France in May: where is it warmest?
In May, Avignon is the warmest place with 23 °C by day, Roscoff the coolest with 15 °C. 66 of 100 destinations have good holiday weather.
All destinations in May, warmest first
Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.
| Place | Score | Air | Sea | Sun | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avignon | 92 | 23° | – | 9 h | 8 |
| Arles | 92 | 23° | – | 9 h | 8 |
| Orange | 91 | 23° | – | 9 h | 8 |
| Nîmes | 90 | 23° | – | 9 h | 8 |
| Porto-Vecchio, Corsica | 64 | 23° | 18° | 10 h | 5 |
| Aix-en-Provence | 93 | 22° | – | 10 h | 7 |
| Toulon | 93 | 22° | 17° | 9 h | 8 |
| Perpignan | 89 | 22° | – | 8 h | 7 |
| Aigues-Mortes | 49 | 22° | 17° | 9 h | 8 |
| Marseille | 94 | 21° | 17° | 10 h | 7 |
| Montpellier | 93 | 21° | – | 9 h | 7 |
| Narbonne | 90 | 21° | – | 8 h | 7 |
| Béziers | 87 | 21° | – | 8 h | 8 |
| Valence | 81 | 21° | – | 8 h | 11 |
| Bordeaux | 77 | 21° | 16° | 7 h | 12 |
| Toulouse | 75 | 21° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Fréjus | 52 | 21° | 18° | 9 h | 6 |
| Saint-Tropez | 49 | 21° | 17° | 9 h | 6 |
| Sète | 46 | 21° | 17° | 9 h | 7 |
| Sanary-sur-Mer | 46 | 21° | 17° | 10 h | 7 |
| Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer | 46 | 21° | 17° | 9 h | 6 |
| Cannes | 43 | 21° | 18° | 9 h | 10 |
| Antibes | 43 | 21° | 18° | 9 h | 10 |
| Nice | 40 | 21° | 18° | 9 h | 11 |
| Grasse | 85 | 20° | – | 9 h | 10 |
| Carcassonne | 78 | 20° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Lyon | 75 | 20° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Grenoble | 69 | 20° | – | 7 h | 15 |
| Chambéry | 66 | 20° | – | 7 h | 16 |
| Bonifacio | 45 | 20° | 18° | 10 h | 5 |
| Ajaccio, Corsica | 42 | 20° | 18° | 9 h | 8 |
| Saint-Paul-de-Vence | 41 | 20° | 18° | 9 h | 10 |
| Cassis | 41 | 20° | 17° | 10 h | 7 |
| Menton | 37 | 20° | 18° | 9 h | 11 |
| Arcachon | 33 | 20° | 16° | 7 h | 11 |
| Nantes | 78 | 19° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Fontainebleau | 78 | 19° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Orléans | 77 | 19° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Troyes | 77 | 19° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Tours | 77 | 19° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Angers | 77 | 19° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Wissembourg | 77 | 19° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Le Mans | 76 | 19° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Poitiers | 76 | 19° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Paris | 75 | 19° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Auxerre | 75 | 19° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Strasbourg | 73 | 19° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Dijon | 73 | 19° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Vichy | 73 | 19° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Haguenau | 73 | 19° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Beaune | 73 | 19° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Oradour-sur-Glane | 71 | 19° | – | 7 h | 14 |
| Eguisheim | 71 | 19° | – | 7 h | 14 |
| Colmar | 70 | 19° | – | 7 h | 15 |
| Mulhouse | 70 | 19° | – | 7 h | 14 |
| Kaysersberg | 70 | 19° | – | 7 h | 15 |
| Besançon | 69 | 19° | – | 7 h | 15 |
| Pau | 68 | 19° | – | 6 h | 14 |
| Annecy | 65 | 19° | – | 6 h | 16 |
| La Rochelle | 25 | 19° | 15° | 7 h | 11 |
| Biarritz | 17 | 19° | 16° | 6 h | 14 |
| Bayonne | 17 | 19° | 16° | 6 h | 14 |
| Saint-Jean-de-Luz | 17 | 19° | 16° | 6 h | 14 |
| Rennes | 76 | 18° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Chartres | 75 | 18° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Reims | 74 | 18° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Versailles | 74 | 18° | – | 6 h | 12 |
| Metz | 73 | 18° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Lille | 73 | 18° | – | 6 h | 12 |
| Nancy | 73 | 18° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Caen | 73 | 18° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Saint-Étienne | 73 | 18° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Amiens | 72 | 18° | – | 6 h | 12 |
| Lens | 72 | 18° | – | 6 h | 12 |
| Rouen | 71 | 18° | – | 6 h | 12 |
| Verdun | 71 | 18° | – | 7 h | 13 |
| Limoges | 71 | 18° | – | 7 h | 14 |
| Clermont-Ferrand | 70 | 18° | – | 6 h | 14 |
| Arras | 70 | 18° | – | 6 h | 12 |
| Belfort | 69 | 18° | – | 6 h | 14 |
| Lourdes | 63 | 18° | – | 6 h | 17 |
| Saint-Nazaire | 25 | 18° | 14° | 7 h | 10 |
| Bayeux | 74 | 17° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Le Havre | 71 | 17° | 13° | 7 h | 12 |
| Dieppe | 69 | 17° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Dunkirk | 24 | 17° | 12° | 7 h | 11 |
| Vannes | 23 | 17° | 14° | 7 h | 11 |
| Honfleur | 21 | 17° | 13° | 7 h | 12 |
| Deauville | 21 | 17° | 13° | 7 h | 12 |
| Quimper | 68 | 16° | – | 7 h | 11 |
| Lorient | 24 | 16° | 14° | 7 h | 10 |
| Carnac | 24 | 16° | 14° | 7 h | 10 |
| Calais | 23 | 16° | 11° | 7 h | 11 |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer | 22 | 16° | 12° | 7 h | 11 |
| Concarneau | 22 | 16° | 14° | 7 h | 11 |
| Chamonix | 53 | 15° | – | 6 h | 18 |
| Étretat | 23 | 15° | 12° | 7 h | 12 |
| Saint-Malo | 21 | 15° | 13° | 7 h | 12 |
| Brest | 20 | 15° | 13° | 6 h | 11 |
| Roscoff | 20 | 15° | 12° | 6 h | 12 |
France in May: quick answers
France in May: where is it warmest?
The warmest places in May are Avignon (23 °C), Arles (23 °C) and Orange (23 °C).
France in May: where is the sea warmest?
The sea is warmest at Porto-Vecchio, Corsica (18 °C), Fréjus (18 °C) and Cannes (18 °C).
France in May: where is the weather best?
The best holiday weather in May – warm, sunny and dry – is in Marseille, Aix-en-Provence 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