Île-de-France, France
Versailles
Versailles is a town in Île-de-France, France. It has a population of about 84,095 (2023). The climate is classified as oceanic (Köppen Cfb), with rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
Now15°C
Best timeJul–Sep
Population84,095
Local time16:31
48.80° N, 2.13° EElevation 140 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
Postal code78000October: high / low16° / 8°
Rain this month73mm
Best timeJul–Sep
Best: Jul–Sep. Warmth, sunshine and dry days, month by month.
Versailles 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' DayNext eclipse21 Feb 2027Penumbral lunar eclipse
Best time to visitJul–Sep
The months with the highest weather score
Warmest month25°C
Average high in July
Coolest month2°C
Average low in January
Wettest monthJanuary
59 mm of rain
Driest monthFebruary
49 mm of rain
Monuments nearby10+
1 of them World Heritage
Weather in Versailles
Now and the next ten days. The 14 and 30-day outlooks are one click away.
15°C
Today hour by hourCloudy · wind 16 km/h · humidity 71%
Today22 Oct15°8°1.1 mm
Fri23 Oct13°8°3.6 mm
Sat24 Oct12°7°8.7 mm
Sun25 Oct16°11°11.4 mm
Mon26 Oct17°8°2.2 mm
Tue27 Oct20°14°0.7 mm
Wed28 Oct16°11°
Thu29 Oct15°7°
Fri30 Oct15°6°
Sat31 Oct16°8°
When to go to Versailles
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 | 37 | 61 | 67 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 76 | 55 | 25 | 17 |
| High | 7° | 8° | 12° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 25° | 25° | 21° | 16° | 11° | 7° |
| Low | 2° | 2° | 4° | 6° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 11° | 8° | 5° | 2° |
| Rain (mm) | 59 | 49 | 55 | 54 | 68 | 56 | 63 | 56 | 50 | 73 | 57 | 68 |
| Wet days | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
What's on in Versailles
Concerts, football matches, the public holidays ahead and the town's festivals through the year.
Monuments and museums in Versailles
UNESCO1 km
Palace of VersaillesBuilt 1661
0.9 km
Gare de Versailles-ChantiersBuilt 1849
0.9 km
couvent des Récollets (Versailles)Built 1684
2.4 km
Belvédère du Petit TrianonBuilt 1781
0.9 km
Versailles CathedralBuilt 1742
0.6 km
Church of Notre-Dame, Versailles
Museum0.9 km
Musée de l'Histoire de France
Museum1 km
Galerie des BataillesMore museums: Galerie des Sculptures et des Moulages · Musée de la Mémoire et de la Tradition des Compagnons · Salle du Jeu de Paume
Outdoors around Versailles
Hiking routes from the town, and what there is to do within 15 km: huts, viewpoints, climbing, camping, ski areas and dive sites.
Camping de ParisCamp sites
0.6 kmHuttopia VersaillesCamp sites
0.7 kmJardin d'AcclimatationTheme parks
0.8 kmEsplanade of TrocaderoViewpoints
0.9 kmFrance MiniatureTheme parks
1 kmAquarium de Paris - CinéaquaAquariums
1 kmFadis DivingDive site
0.9 kmAquatik PlongéeDive site
1.7 kmBoulogne PlongéeDive site
9.2 kmFadis DivingDive site
11 kmNature around Versailles
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals of France seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
The sky over Versailles
Earthquakes around Versailles
The last 30 days within 300 km, and the record since 1950.
Tropical storms · Versailles
Universities and research institutes
Higher National School of LandscapeUniversity or college · founded 1874
National School of Architecture of VersaillesUniversity or college · founded 1969
ISIPCAUniversity or college · founded 1970
Académie de VersaillesUniversity or college · founded 1971
Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1991
Services déconcentrés d'appui à la recherche Ile-de-France-Versailles-SaclayResearch institute · founded 1958
Département Biologie et Amélioration des PlantesResearch institute · founded 1975
Groupe d’Étude de la Matière CondenséeResearch institute · founded 1998
Laboratoire de Mathématiques de VersaillesResearch institute · founded 2000
Ressources génomique-infoResearch institute · founded 2002
Unité Expérimentale Versailles SaclayResearch institute · founded 2003
Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes de VersaillesResearch institute · founded 2006
VeDeCoM InstituteResearch institute · founded 2014
Data and algorithms for an intelligent and sustainable cityResearch institute · founded 2015
Laboratoire d’informatique Parallélisme Réseaux Algorithmes DistribuésResearch institute · founded 2016
PETRUS: PErsonal & TRUSted cloudResearch institute · founded 2016
DSI-Service Informatique InterRégional Ile et Hauts-de-FranceResearch institute · founded 2020
Institut Jean-Pierre BourginResearch institute
Institut Lavoisier de VersaillesResearch institute
Towns and villages around Versailles
Each with its own page: weather, climate and the best time to visit.
Notre-Dame0.9 kmSaint-Louis1.1 kmMontreuil1.4 kmGlatigny1.6 kmPorchefontaine1.8 kmViroflay2 kmLe Chesnay2.3 kmParly 22.5 kmLa Saussaie2.6 kmCamp de Satory2.7 kmBuc3.1 kmLe Clos3.5 kmRésidence Mozart3.5 kmLe Domaine3.7 kmLe Petit Jouy3.9 kmLa Châtaigneraie3.9 kmVélizy Le Bas3.9 kmLes Metz4.1 kmLes Loges-en-Josas4.4 kmRocquencourt4.5 kmL'Ursine4.7 kmSaint-Cyr-l'École4.9 kmL'Épi d'Or4.9 kmVélizy-Villacoublay5 kmLa Minière5.1 kmLa Celle-Saint-Cloud5.3 kmGuyancourt5.6 kmJouy-en-Josas5.6 kmDomaine Saint-François d'Assise5.7 kmBouviers5.7 kmBailly6 kmToussus-le-Noble6.2 kmFontenay-le-Fleury6.3 kmBougival6.5 kmLes Saules6.6 kmLouveciennes6.6 kmNoisy-le-Roi6.9 kmLe Pas du Lac7 kmTroux7 kmLa Grande Île7.2 kmRennemoulin7.4 kmLa Bretonnière7.4 kmLes Prés7.6 kmLe Lac7.8 kmLe Parc7.9 kmLa Sourderie7.9 kmVoisins-le-Bretonneux7.9 kmMarly-le-Roi7.9 kmBois-d'Arcy8.1 kmChâteaufort8.2 kmCroissy-sur-Seine8.4 kmMontigny-le-Bretonneux8.4 kmDomaine de La Tuilerie8.5 kmMagny-les-Hameaux8.5 kmLe Plan de l'Église8.7 kmLes Grandes Terres9 kmLa Villeneuve9.1 kmTrappes9.1 kmSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines9.2 kmL'Étang-la-Ville9.2 kmGomberville9.3 kmLes Bordes9.5 kmLe Manet9.5 kmLes Vergers de La Ranchère9.6 kmChatou9.8 kmLe Port-Marly9.8 kmMareil-Marly9.8 kmLe Buisson9.8 kmLe Vésinet9.9 kmBuloyer10 kmLa Croix Aux Buis10 kmLe Mexique10 kmRomainville10 kmLe Pecq10 kmQuartier Jean Macé10 kmSaint-Nom-la-Bretèche10 kmVillepreux10 kmLe Grand Bray10 kmLe Plateau de Beauplan11 kmLes Cormiers11 km
Versailles from above
Around Versailles35 places to see, do and reach nearby
Étang de Saint-QuentinNature9.3 kmGrand Canal of VersaillesNature2.6 kmMérantaiseNature12 kmVaularonNature12 kmGrotto of the Petit TrianonNature2.2 kmRu de BuzotNature9.0 kmîle SeguinNature7.6 kmîle des ImpressionnistesNature10 kmFadis DivingDive site0.9 kmAquatik PlongéeDive site1.7 kmBoulogne PlongéeDive site9.2 kmPalace of VersaillesMonument1.0 kmGare de Versailles-ChantiersMonument0.9 kmcouvent des Récollets (Versailles)Monument0.9 kmBelvédère du Petit TrianonMonument2.4 kmVersailles CathedralMonument0.9 kmChurch of Notre-Dame, VersaillesMonument0.6 kmGare de Versailles-Rive-DroiteMonument0.7 kmGrande ÉcurieMonument0.4 kmMusée de l'Histoire de FranceMuseum0.9 kmGalerie des BataillesMuseum1.0 kmMusée LambinetMuseum0.7 kmAppartement du roiMuseum1.0 kmThe Coach GalleryMuseum0.4 kmVersailles Château Rive GaucheStation0.5 kmVersailles Rive DroiteStation0.7 kmVersailles-ChantiersStation0.9 kmEmbarcadère du Chalet des ÎlesFerry port11 kmBeaugrenelleFerry port12 kmParisPlace17 kmNanterrePlace11 kmCréteilPlace24 kmBoulogne-BillancourtPlace8.6 kmMontmartrePlace18 km15th arrondissement of ParisPlace13 km
Postal codes
78000
Codes for businesses and P.O. boxes · 31
78001 CEDEX78002 CEDEX78003 CEDEX78004 CEDEX78005 CEDEX78006 CEDEX78007 CEDEX78008 CEDEX78009 CEDEX78010 CEDEX78011 CEDEX78012 CEDEX78013 CEDEX78014 CEDEX78015 CEDEX78017 CEDEX78018 CEDEX78019 CEDEX78020 CEDEX78021 CEDEX78022 CEDEX78024 CEDEX78026 CEDEX78027 CEDEX78028 CEDEX78029 CEDEX78030 CEDEX78032 CEDEX78033 CEDEX78034 CEDEX78035 CEDEX
Getting to Versailles
Paris-Orly AirportORY
18 kmCharles de Gaulle International AirportCDG
38 kmBeauvais-Tillé airportBVA
72 kmVersailles Château Rive GaucheRailway station
0.5 kmVersailles Rive DroiteRailway station
0.7 kmVersailles-ChantiersRailway station
0.9 kmEmbarcadère du Chalet des ÎlesFerry port
11 kmBeaugrenelleFerry port
12 kmPlaces near Versailles
Places with a climate like Versailles
Matched month by month on temperature, rain and sunshine.
Frequently asked questions
When is the best time to visit Versailles?
Based on 30-year climate normals, July, August and September offer the best balance of comfortable temperatures, low rainfall and sunshine in Versailles.
What is the hottest month in Versailles?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25°C and lows of 14°C.
What is the coldest month in Versailles?
January is the coldest month, with average highs of 7°C and lows of 2°C.
What is the rainiest month in Versailles?
January is the wettest month with about 59 mm of precipitation on 13 wet days.
What is the postal code of Versailles?
Versailles has 32 postal codes: 78000, 78001 CEDEX, 78002 CEDEX, 78003 CEDEX, 78004 CEDEX, 78005 CEDEX, 78006 CEDEX, 78007 CEDEX, 78008 CEDEX, 78009 CEDEX, 78010 CEDEX, 78011 CEDEX ….