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WEATHER : The climate in the different regions of France

France's climate varies greatly depending on the region:

Listed below are the average seasonal temperatures for the regions and cities where the various partner schools are located:

Nice, Antibes (Côte d’Azur) :

C°	min	max	avg	Today
Winter	6	12	10
Fall	9	16	13
Spring	13	19	16
Summer	19	25	23

• Without a doubt the best climate in France. Sheltered by the Alps, the Côte d'Azur is the most protected region of the Mediterranean coast. Freezing days are practically non-existent as are unbearably hot ones with temperatures rarely going above 30°C. The winds are generally light, as are the number of rainy days (63 per year on average). Snow is rare on the coast.

Bordeaux (La Gironde) :

C°	min	max	avg	Today
Winter	3	11	6
Fall	6	14	10
Spring	9	19	14
Summer	13	24	20

• The climate of Gironde is marked by more gentle winters and summer temperatures that are mostly hot. Rain falls year-round, though it is slightly more prevalent in the fall and winter, and it is rarely ever violent. The average temperatures vary between 5 and 7 °C in January and between 19 and 21 °C in July and August.

Paris :

Paris	min	max	avg	Today
Winter	1	6	5
Fall	7	15	10
Spring	9	21	13
Summer	13	23	18

• Paris and its outlying regions lie in a tempered ocean climate. Precipitation is frequent though generally light and, on average, temperatures are moderate. January is the coldest month with an average temperature of 4.7 °C while July and August are the hottest months with an average temperature of 20 °C. On average, there are 25 freezing days per year and the temperature climbs above 25 °C 43 days per year.

Lyon:

C°	min	max	avg	Today
Winter	2	6	5
Fall	4	10	7
Spring	9	12	12
Summer	14	24	19

• There is no such thing as climatic homogeneity in the Loire Valley. Like many of France's regions, here, you'll find great diversity of weather patterns. The city of Saint-Étienne, an agglomeration with a rich industrial heritage, is situated in the intersection the Ordaine and the Gier valleys. Urbanized and inhabited up to an elevation of 700 meters, the winters there are quite often harsh and snow-filled.

Tours, Amboise (Indre et Loire) :

C°	min	max	avg	Today
Winter	2	8	5
Fall	7	12	9
Spring	8	18	13
Summer	12	23	18

• The climate of Indre-et-Loire is a tempered oceanic one, characterized by moderate temperatures (around 11° in the year) and a regular distribution of rainfall (650 to 700 mm per year).

Bas-Rhin (Strasbourg) :

C°	min	max	avg	Today
Winter	0	6	3
Fall	4	9	7
Spring	8	17	13
Summer		23	18

• Winters here are cold (3 degrees colder than in the Parisian suburbs), but most of all, they are extremely grey and foggy. By contrast, a July or August afternoon in Strasbourg is practically the hottest you'll find in the entire northern half of the country.

Brest (Finistère) :

C°	min	max	avg	Today
Winter	4	9	6
Fall	6	12	9
Spring	8	15	12
Summer	12	20	16

• Due to the fact that it's a peninsula of average latitude on the western side of Europe, the region enjoys a temperate climate that is windy and humid, excluding occasional spells of dryness and sunshine depending on the year and the season.

Montpellier (L’Hérault) :

C°	min	max	avg	Today
Winter	3	12	10
Fall	6	15	11
Spring	10	21	15
Summer	18	26	22

• Summers are very hot and followed by an abundantly rainy fall. Snow is rare except at altitudes of over 600 meters.
  The Mediterranean climate is marked by the gentleness of the seasons. All the same, one must be careful of the extremes:
  In summer, temperatures can reach 44°C in the shade while in the middle of winter the thermometer has been known to reach -29°C!

La Rochelle (Coastal Charente) :

C°	min	max	avg	Today
Winter	5	9	7
Fall	8	12	10
Spring	11	17	14
Summer	15	22	19

• The weather of Charente-Maritime is essentially an oceanic climate: there is elevated rainfall in the fall and winter and the winters are mild and the sunshine is strongest on the Atlantic coast.

Monaco :

• The climate is mild and sunny, the same as in the Côte d'Azur.

Bouches du Rhône (Aix en Provence) :

C°	min	max	avg	Today
Winter	3	12	8
Fall	5	14	10
Spring	10	23	16
Summer	14	28	21

• The weather is Mediterranean, hot in the summer, sunny and cool in the winter, and mild in between. Temperatures have been known to be negative in winter and extremely hot in the summer (> 40°C).

Le Vaucluse (Avignon) :

C°	min	max	avg	Today
Winter	3	12	8
Fall	5	14	10
Spring	10	23	16
Summer	14	28	21

• Mediterranean weather: Summers are hot and dry with an average temperature of 30°C. Winter temperatures are relatively cold, around 5°C. The Mistral winds blow around 120 days a year in the Rhone valley, a clean and dry wind that allows the sun to shine up to 2800 hours a year!