France in September: where is it warmest?
In September, Porto-Vecchio, Corsica is the warmest place with 26 °C by day, Brest the coolest with 18 °C. 82 of 100 destinations have good holiday weather.
All destinations in September, warmest first
Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.
| Place | Score | Air | Sea | Sun | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porto-Vecchio, Corsica | 95 | 26° | 24° | 8 h | 5 |
| Arles | 93 | 26° | – | 8 h | 6 |
| Avignon | 94 | 25° | – | 9 h | 6 |
| Toulon | 93 | 25° | 22° | 9 h | 6 |
| Orange | 93 | 25° | – | 9 h | 7 |
| Nîmes | 92 | 25° | – | 8 h | 6 |
| Perpignan | 90 | 25° | – | 7 h | 6 |
| Marseille | 95 | 24° | 21° | 9 h | 6 |
| Aix-en-Provence | 95 | 24° | – | 9 h | 6 |
| Montpellier | 92 | 24° | – | 8 h | 7 |
| Narbonne | 91 | 24° | – | 8 h | 6 |
| Bonifacio | 89 | 24° | 24° | 8 h | 5 |
| Béziers | 88 | 24° | – | 8 h | 7 |
| Fréjus | 88 | 24° | 23° | 9 h | 6 |
| Saint-Tropez | 85 | 24° | 22° | 8 h | 6 |
| Ajaccio, Corsica | 85 | 24° | 23° | 9 h | 7 |
| Toulouse | 85 | 24° | – | 7 h | 8 |
| Carcassonne | 85 | 24° | – | 7 h | 8 |
| Sanary-sur-Mer | 85 | 24° | 22° | 9 h | 6 |
| Bordeaux | 84 | 24° | 20° | 7 h | 8 |
| Cannes | 82 | 24° | 23° | 8 h | 8 |
| Antibes | 82 | 24° | 23° | 8 h | 8 |
| Nice | 80 | 24° | 23° | 8 h | 8 |
| Aigues-Mortes | 78 | 24° | 21° | 8 h | 6 |
| Sète | 76 | 24° | 21° | 8 h | 7 |
| Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer | 75 | 24° | 21° | 9 h | 6 |
| Arcachon | 66 | 24° | 20° | 7 h | 9 |
| Grasse | 89 | 23° | – | 8 h | 8 |
| Valence | 87 | 23° | – | 7 h | 7 |
| Saint-Paul-de-Vence | 79 | 23° | 23° | 8 h | 8 |
| Cassis | 79 | 23° | 22° | 9 h | 6 |
| Menton | 76 | 23° | 23° | 8 h | 8 |
| Biarritz | 57 | 23° | 21° | 7 h | 11 |
| Nantes | 85 | 22° | – | 7 h | 7 |
| Tours | 85 | 22° | – | 6 h | 7 |
| Angers | 84 | 22° | – | 6 h | 7 |
| Poitiers | 84 | 22° | – | 7 h | 8 |
| Lyon | 81 | 22° | – | 7 h | 9 |
| Vichy | 81 | 22° | – | 6 h | 9 |
| Pau | 79 | 22° | – | 6 h | 10 |
| Beaune | 79 | 22° | – | 6 h | 10 |
| Grenoble | 78 | 22° | – | 6 h | 10 |
| Chambéry | 75 | 22° | – | 6 h | 11 |
| Bayonne | 55 | 22° | 21° | 7 h | 11 |
| La Rochelle | 53 | 22° | 19° | 7 h | 8 |
| Saint-Jean-de-Luz | 53 | 22° | 21° | 6 h | 11 |
| Orléans | 82 | 21° | – | 6 h | 8 |
| Chartres | 82 | 21° | – | 6 h | 8 |
| Rennes | 81 | 21° | – | 6 h | 8 |
| Oradour-sur-Glane | 81 | 21° | – | 7 h | 9 |
| Troyes | 81 | 21° | – | 6 h | 9 |
| Le Mans | 81 | 21° | – | 6 h | 8 |
| Fontainebleau | 81 | 21° | – | 6 h | 8 |
| Limoges | 81 | 21° | – | 7 h | 9 |
| Paris | 80 | 21° | – | 6 h | 9 |
| Dijon | 79 | 21° | – | 6 h | 10 |
| Auxerre | 79 | 21° | – | 6 h | 9 |
| Reims | 78 | 21° | – | 6 h | 9 |
| Besançon | 76 | 21° | – | 6 h | 11 |
| Colmar | 75 | 21° | – | 6 h | 11 |
| Lourdes | 75 | 21° | – | 7 h | 12 |
| Saint-Nazaire | 39 | 21° | 18° | 7 h | 8 |
| Saint-Étienne | 81 | 20° | – | 6 h | 9 |
| Clermont-Ferrand | 80 | 20° | – | 6 h | 9 |
| Versailles | 80 | 20° | – | 6 h | 8 |
| Wissembourg | 79 | 20° | – | 6 h | 9 |
| Amiens | 78 | 20° | – | 5 h | 8 |
| Rouen | 77 | 20° | – | 5 h | 9 |
| Eguisheim | 77 | 20° | – | 6 h | 10 |
| Arras | 77 | 20° | – | 5 h | 9 |
| Strasbourg | 76 | 20° | – | 6 h | 10 |
| Metz | 76 | 20° | – | 5 h | 9 |
| Nancy | 76 | 20° | – | 6 h | 10 |
| Caen | 76 | 20° | – | 6 h | 10 |
| Bayeux | 76 | 20° | – | 6 h | 10 |
| Verdun | 76 | 20° | – | 6 h | 10 |
| Haguenau | 76 | 20° | – | 6 h | 10 |
| Lens | 76 | 20° | – | 5 h | 9 |
| Lille | 75 | 20° | – | 5 h | 10 |
| Annecy | 75 | 20° | – | 6 h | 11 |
| Mulhouse | 75 | 20° | – | 6 h | 10 |
| Belfort | 75 | 20° | – | 6 h | 10 |
| Kaysersberg | 75 | 20° | – | 6 h | 11 |
| Dieppe | 74 | 20° | – | 6 h | 11 |
| Le Havre | 73 | 20° | 18° | 6 h | 12 |
| Vannes | 35 | 20° | 17° | 7 h | 8 |
| Deauville | 30 | 20° | 18° | 6 h | 10 |
| Honfleur | 27 | 20° | 18° | 6 h | 12 |
| Quimper | 78 | 19° | – | 6 h | 9 |
| Lorient | 28 | 19° | 18° | 6 h | 8 |
| Carnac | 27 | 19° | 17° | 6 h | 8 |
| Saint-Malo | 26 | 19° | 18° | 6 h | 9 |
| Dunkirk | 24 | 19° | 18° | 6 h | 10 |
| Concarneau | 24 | 19° | 17° | 6 h | 9 |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer | 22 | 19° | 18° | 5 h | 11 |
| Étretat | 22 | 19° | 18° | 6 h | 12 |
| Calais | 21 | 19° | 18° | 6 h | 11 |
| Chamonix | 71 | 18° | – | 6 h | 13 |
| Roscoff | 21 | 18° | 16° | 6 h | 10 |
| Brest | 20 | 18° | 15° | 5 h | 9 |
France in September: quick answers
France in September: where is it warmest?
The warmest places in September are Porto-Vecchio, Corsica (26 °C), Arles (26 °C) and Avignon (25 °C).
France in September: where is the sea warmest?
The sea is warmest at Porto-Vecchio, Corsica (24 °C), Bonifacio (24 °C) and Fréjus (23 °C).
France in September: where is the weather best?
The best holiday weather in September – warm, sunny and dry – is in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, Marseille and Aix-en-Provence.
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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