Île-de-France, France
Paris
Paris is a capital city in Île-de-France, France. It has a population of about 2,103,778 (2023). The climate is classified as oceanic (Köppen Cfb), with rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
Now15°C
Best timeJun–Jul · Sep
Population2.1M
Local time14:51
48.85° N, 2.35° EElevation 42 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
Postal codes75000–75020October: high / low17° / 9°
Rain this month67mm
Best timeJun–Jul · Sep
Best: Jun–Jul · Sep. Warmth, sunshine and dry days, month by month.
Paris at a glance
Sunrise · sunset08:22 · 18:5010 h 28 min of daylightThe moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · Moonrise 17:09Northern lights tonightUnlikely tonightKp needed: 8.6Next holiday1 NovemberAll Saints' DayFootball25 Oct · 20:45Paris Saint-Germain FC – Olympique Lyonnais
Best time to visitJun–Jul · Sep
The months with the highest weather score
Warmest month26°C
Average high in August
Coolest month3°C
Average low in January
Wettest monthJanuary
54 mm of rain
Driest monthFebruary
45 mm of rain
Monuments nearby10+
1 of them World Heritage
How Paris has grown
People living in the built-up area (1,421 km² today), every five years since 1975; 2030 is the projection.
+24%7.54M in 1975 → 9.33M in 2025Weather in Paris
Now and the next ten days. The 14 and 30-day outlooks are one click away.
15°C
Today hour by hourCloudy · wind 22 km/h · humidity 74%
Today22 Oct16°9°1.1 mm
Fri23 Oct13°9°3.6 mm
Sat24 Oct13°8°8.7 mm
Sun25 Oct16°12°11.4 mm
Mon26 Oct17°9°2.2 mm
Tue27 Oct21°15°0.7 mm
Wed28 Oct17°12°
Thu29 Oct16°7°
Fri30 Oct16°7°
Sat31 Oct16°9°
When to go to Paris
Each month's weather score (warmth, sun, dry days) with its temperatures and rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 18 | 25 | 40 | 64 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 69 | 76 | 58 | 28 | 18 |
| High | 8° | 9° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 24° | 26° | 26° | 22° | 17° | 11° | 8° |
| Low | 3° | 3° | 5° | 7° | 10° | 13° | 15° | 15° | 12° | 9° | 5° | 3° |
| Rain (mm) | 54 | 45 | 51 | 50 | 63 | 54 | 59 | 52 | 48 | 67 | 52 | 63 |
| Wet days | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
What's on in Paris
Concerts, football matches, the public holidays ahead and the town's festivals through the year.
Paris's festivals through the year
Monuments and museums in Paris
0.1 km
Notre-Dame de ParisBuilt 11630.8 km
Centre Georges PompidouBuilt 19772.4 km
Palais GarnierBuilt 1861
0.8 km
Panthéon, ParisBuilt 1758
0.4 km
Sainte ChapelleBuilt 1245
2.7 km
Les InvalidesBuilt 1671
Museum1.3 km
Louvre MuseumBuilt 1793
Museum1.8 km
Musée d'OrsayBuilt 1986More museums: Conciergerie
Outdoors around Paris
Hiking routes from the town, and what there is to do within 15 km: huts, viewpoints, climbing, camping, ski areas and dive sites.
Centre sportif Marie-ParadisClimbing
0.6 kmCamping de ParisCamp sites
0.6 kmCamping Paris-EstCamp sites
0.6 kmTropical aquariumAquariums
0.6 kmParc zoologique de ParisZoos
0.8 kmJardin d'AcclimatationTheme parks
0.8 kmAu Vieux CampeurDive site
0.5 kmPlongéquilibreDive site
3.7 kmAtelier PlongéquilibreDive site
3.8 kmBoulogne PlongéeDive site
7.5 kmNature around Paris
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals of France seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
The sky over Paris
Earthquakes around Paris
The last 30 days within 300 km, and the record since 1950.
Tropical storms · Paris
Ancient sites nearby
Sites: 3
Cities and settlements
Theatres and amphitheatres
Aqueducts and baths
Universities and research institutes
Collège de FranceUniversity or college · founded 1530
Lycée Louis-le-GrandUniversity or college · founded 1563
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, École des beaux-artsUniversity or college · founded 1648
National Institute for Oriental Languages and CivilizationsUniversity or college · founded 1669
École Nationale Supérieure des Arts DécoratifsUniversity or college · founded 1766
Arts et MétiersUniversity or college · founded 1780
Mines Paris, PSL UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1783
National Conservatory of Arts and CraftsUniversity or college · founded 1794
Paris ConservatoryUniversity or college · founded 1795
Académie de ParisUniversity or college · founded 1808
ESCP Business SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1819
National Academy of MedicineUniversity or college · founded 1820
École Nationale des ChartesUniversity or college · founded 1821
École spéciale d'architectureUniversity or college · founded 1865
École Pratique des Hautes ÉtudesUniversity or college · founded 1868
Catholic University of ParisUniversity or college · founded 1875
ESPCI Paris, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de ParisUniversity or college · founded 1882
Les arts décoratifsUniversity or college · founded 1882
École du LouvreUniversity or college · founded 1882
École Spéciale des Travaux PublicsUniversity or college · founded 1891
University of London Institute in ParisUniversity or college · founded 1894
Chimie ParisTech - PSL, École nationale supérieure de chimie de ParisUniversity or college · founded 1896
Institut Catholique d'Arts et MétiersUniversity or college · founded 1898
French School of Asian StudiesUniversity or college · founded 1898
École pratique de service socialUniversity or college · founded 1913
École Centrale d'ÉlectroniqueUniversity or college · founded 1919
FERRANDI ParisUniversity or college · founded 1920
ORT FranceUniversity or college · founded 1921
Académie des sciences d'outre-merUniversity or college · founded 1922
Paris Institute of AstrophysicsUniversity or college · founded 1936
ENOESUniversity or college · founded 1937
Centre de Formation des journalistesUniversity or college · founded 1946
Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatiqueUniversity or college · founded 1946
ENCPB - Lycée Pierre-Gilles-de-GennesUniversity or college · founded 1953
Centre national des œuvres universitaires et scolairesUniversity or college · founded 1955
Institut Supérieur d'Électronique de ParisUniversity or college · founded 1955
Sorbonne Business SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1956
Institut de management et de communication interculturelsUniversity or college · founded 1957
Centre d'Etudes Superieures IndustriellesUniversity or college · founded 1958
ESIEA UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1958
American University of ParisUniversity or college · founded 1962
GOBELINS ParisUniversity or college · founded 1963
ISC ParisUniversity or college · founded 1963
Schiller International UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1964
IPAG Business SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1965
SUPINFOUniversity or college · founded 1965
Institut universitaire de technologie, Instituts Universitaires de TechnologieUniversity or college · founded 1966
European Business School ParisUniversity or college · founded 1967
ISG Business SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1967
Université Paris Dauphine-PSLUniversity or college · founded 1968
IPC – Facultés Libres de Philosophie et de PsychologieUniversity or college · founded 1969
New York University ParisUniversity or college · founded 1969
Paris 8 UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1969
École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-BellevilleUniversity or college · founded 1969
École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-La VilletteUniversity or college · founded 1969
Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/MusicUniversity or college · founded 1970
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1971
Sorbonne Nouvelle UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1971
Institut Protestant de ThéologieUniversity or college · founded 1972
École Supérieure des Professions ImmobilièresUniversity or college · founded 1972
Paris School of BusinessUniversity or college · founded 1974
Observatory of renewable energiesUniversity or college · founded 1979
ISEGUniversity or college · founded 1980
International School of ManagementUniversity or college · founded 1980
French National School for Advanced Studies in DesignUniversity or college · founded 1982
European School of HaematologyUniversity or college · founded 1985
IngésupUniversity or college · founded 1985
Institute for Research and Information in Health EconomicsUniversity or college · founded 1985
Institut français de la modeUniversity or college · founded 1986
Mines Paris, PSL University, Centre for Robotics (CAOR)University or college · founded 1989
Institut Universitaire de FranceUniversity or college · founded 1991
ISART DigitalUniversity or college · founded 1999
National Academy of Technologies of FranceUniversity or college · founded 2000
École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-MalaquaisUniversity or college · founded 2001
Paris School of EconomicsUniversity or college · founded 2006
Institut des Sciences et Technologies de Paris, ParisTechUniversity or college · founded 2007
École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture Paris-Val de SeineUniversity or college · founded 2007
Paris Institute for Advanced StudyUniversity or college · founded 2008
Pôle Supérieur d'Enseignement Artistique of Paris Boulogne-BillancourtUniversity or college · founded 2008
Centre for Economics and Public Decision (CEDP), i3University or college · founded 2009
Towns and villages around Paris
Each with its own page: weather, climate and the best time to visit.
4th arrondissement of Paris0.8 km1st arrondissement of Paris0.8 km5th arrondissement of Paris1 km2nd arrondissement of Paris1.4 km6th arrondissement of Paris1.4 km3rd arrondissement of Paris1.5 kmSalpêtrière1.9 km10th arrondissement of Paris2 kmQuinze-Vingts2 km7th arrondissement of Paris2.1 km9th arrondissement of Paris2.1 km11th arrondissement of Paris2.3 km13th arrondissement of Paris2.4 km14th arrondissement of Paris2.8 kmGare2.9 kmMaison Blanche3.1 km12th arrondissement of Paris3.1 km15th arrondissement of Paris3.8 km19th arrondissement of Paris4 kmMontmartre4.4 km16th arrondissement of Paris5.4 km
Paris from above
Around Paris35 places to see, do and reach nearby
MarneNature6.1 kmBièvre, Île-de-FranceNature0.3 kmlac des MinimesNature8.2 kmlac de GravelleNature8.3 kmlac DaumesnilNature5.2 kmLac de CréteilNature11 kmîle de la CitéNature0.2 kmîle Saint-Louis, Île-de-FranceNature0.6 kmAu Vieux CampeurDive site0.5 kmPlongéquilibreDive site3.7 kmAtelier PlongéquilibreDive site3.8 kmNotre-Dame de ParisMonumentunder 100 mCentre Georges PompidouMonument0.8 kmPalais GarnierMonument2.4 kmPanthéon, ParisMonument0.8 kmSainte ChapelleMonument0.3 kmLes InvalidesMonument2.7 kmLuxembourg PalaceMonument1.0 kmPalais-RoyalMonument1.4 kmLouvre MuseumMuseum1.3 kmMusée d'OrsayMuseum1.8 kmPetit PalaisMuseum2.9 kmMuséum national d'histoire naturelleMuseum1.4 kmMusée National d'Art ModerneMuseum0.8 kmSaint-Michel Notre-DameStation0.2 kmChâtelet - Les HallesStation0.9 kmLuxembourgStation1.1 kmNotre-DameFerry port0.2 kmHôtel-de-VilleFerry port0.4 kmVersaillesPlace17 kmNanterrePlace11 kmCréteilPlace11 kmBoulogne-BillancourtPlace8.1 kmMontmartrePlace4.4 km15th arrondissement of ParisPlace3.8 km
Postal codes
75000–75020
Getting to Paris
Paris-Orly AirportORY
14 kmCharles de Gaulle International AirportCDG
23 kmBeauvais-Tillé airportBVA
69 kmSaint-Michel Notre-DameRailway station
0.2 kmChâtelet - Les HallesRailway station
0.9 kmLuxembourgRailway station
1.1 kmNotre-DameJardin des Plantes · Saint-Germain-des-Prés
0.2 kmHôtel-de-VilleJardin des Plantes · Louvre
0.4 kmPlaces near Paris
Places with a climate like Paris
Matched month by month on temperature, rain and sunshine.
Frequently asked questions
When is the best time to visit Paris?
Based on 30-year climate normals, June, July and September offer the best balance of comfortable temperatures, low rainfall and sunshine in Paris.
What is the hottest month in Paris?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26°C and lows of 15°C.
What is the coldest month in Paris?
January is the coldest month, with average highs of 8°C and lows of 3°C.
What is the rainiest month in Paris?
January is the wettest month with about 54 mm of precipitation on 13 wet days.
What is the postal code of Paris?
Paris has 21 postal codes: 75000–75020.