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Paris in December

Chilly and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Paris is chilly: highs near 49°F, lows near 36°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 19 minutes.December in Paris is chilly: highs near 9°C, lows near 2°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 19 minutes.

High
49°F9°Caverage
Low
36°F2°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 43% of days
Daylight
8h 19mon average

Is December a good time to visit Paris?

December sits outside Paris's best months, which run from June to September. Expect chilly days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 49°F in December, against 48°F to 79°F through the year.Highs near 9°C in December, against 9°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

43% of days in December, against 29% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

72% cover in December, against 45% to 72% through the year.

Daylight

8h 19m in December, against 8h 19m to 16h 06m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November56°13°low 42°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December49°9°low 36°low 2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January48°9°low 35°low 2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Paris sits, in December

Europe/Paris
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
8:37 AMsets 4:54 PM
Above the sea
40 mlow-lying
Latitude
48.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Commes229 km west

The land around Paris, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in France in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Paris

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Paris. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.