Climate of Paris, France

Cfb

Köppen-Geiger climate classification: Cfb — Temperate, no dry season, warm summer.

Paris has a mean annual temperature of 12.2 °C and receives 644 mm of precipitation per year (1991–2020 climate normals). The warmest month is July with a mean temperature of 20.2 °C, while January is the coldest month at 4.9 °C. Most precipitation falls in December (64 mm); the driest month is February (44 mm).

Climate Diagram

Climate diagram for Paris: monthly mean temperature (red line, left axis, °C) and monthly precipitation (blue bars, right axis, mm), 1991–2020 0 0 10 20 20 40 30 60 40 80 °C mm J F M A M J J A S O N D

Walter–Lieth diagram: blue bars show monthly precipitation (right axis, mm), the red line shows monthly mean temperature (left axis, °C). Scale: 1 °C ≡ 2 mm.

Climate Table

MonthMean temperature (°C)Precipitation (mm)
January4.951.7
February5.443.6
March8.450.2
April11.447.0
May14.963.8
June18.154.7
July20.253.9
August20.051.4
September16.450.2
October12.656.1
November8.257.9
December5.663.9
Year12.2644.4

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Data Source

Climate normals and Köppen-Geiger classification: Beck et al. (2023), Scientific Data 10, 724, CC BY 4.0. Period 1991–2020. Classification resolution ≈ 1 km; monthly climate data resolution ≈ 1 km (0.01°, Original 2023 release; predates the January 2026 correction), sampled at the grid cell containing the city coordinates (48.86°, 2.35°). Climate normals describe the long-term average, not current weather.