SurfSide6

I am planning on visiting Paris in one of these two months. I don't mind wearing a light jacket but 65 during the day is chilly for someone from Miami! If I go in June do I need air? Thank you for any info.

MaureenB

Check weather stats someplace, to be sure. We were there the first week of this June, and didn't need A/C, although I'd reserved a hotel with it, just in case. Since you're from Miami, you are used to heat and probably more tolerant than I am, because I turn on the A/C when it hits 80 degrees here at home.

Click on my name above for my trip report of London-Paris-Amsterdam, with specifics for our hotel and restaurants/activities we liked there.

jules4je7

According to my Paris book, the average high is 68F in May, low of 49...and 19 days that will have some rain/precip.

June is a bit warmer, with a high of 73, average lows of 55 degrees, and 18 days with rain/precip.

Those are *averages* though, so it could be hotter or colder. For you warm-weather types, you might consider June.

Paris' weather is fairly similar to Seattle, with a bit more extremes in the winter and summer, but not by much.

If I go anywhere other than the Scandinavian countries in June, I'd want air in my hotel, just so I wouldn't be miserable on a chance the weather gets hot.

Happy travels.

Jules

vivi

I was in Paris from June 5-13, I wore long pants and usually a coat up until the last day when suddenly I wished I had a/c. Cool-ish is perfect sightseeing weather, in my opinion.

Patrick

Being from Florida myself, sometimes I think people have the wrong impression of us Floridians. I can't speak for Surfside6, but while I detest the usual practice here of freezing us out with AC, I also am used to relying on it. I think we Floridians are often bothered more by not having AC in hot weather than those who aren't used to having it everywhere they go in the summer.

I would not accept a place in June in Paris without air (and frankly I've been really glad I had it in May). Most Parisian hotels are not very practical for sleeping with windows open, unless you are immune to lots of noise (late night drinkers returning home, garbage and bottle pickups at 4 AM, deliveries just after that, etc). It doesn't have to be extremely hot weather to want AC at night in a hotel room so you can sleep peacefully.

That said, I prefer June in Paris, because it is light even later, there is more outside activity, and it is less likely to be really cool and/or rainy.

Indygirl2

I was in Paris in early June 2003, and (according to the locals) it was hotter than average and pretty humid. I think it got close to 90 a couple of days. I found it rather uncomfortable for sightseeing although I didn't encounter much rain and the long days are nice. I didn't have A/C in my hotel and wish I had. The evenings were mild, but I had to keep my windows open and battle the street noise. From various Fodorite posts, it appears that Europe suffered a hotter than normal June this summer too. I'm headed there in mid-September this year, which I purposely chose for milder weather. Admittedly, the weather in May and June (and September for that matter) is pretty variable so it's always a bit of a gamble. The trick is to come prepared.....

Happy travels,

Kate

elle

We usually travel to Paris in May and the weather is often a mixed bag--a few sweet sunny days, several raw and rainy.

So this year my husband said he'd like to try June. We arrived in Paris on June 21 in the middle of a heat wave. 93 Farenheit, high humidity. We did not have a/c in our hotel, but had no problem sleeping (albeit with the windows open) because things did cool down a bit by night. The main time when I wished we had a/c was in late afternoon/early evening if we came back to the hotel to change. Even after a shower, we still felt icky and sticky.

Another thing to take into consideration is that airfares are typically higher in June than they are in May, if that matters to you.

Patrick

I've now lost track. Is this the fourth or the fifth year in a row that the locals in Paris (and elsewhere) have all declared "it's unusually hot THIS year"?

AnthonyGA

Temperatures in the past decade have skyrocketed in Paris; "heat waves" in summer are more the norm than the exception. You can probably safely assume that both May and June will be _much_ warmer than the statistics imply. Those numbers are based on the past 50 years or more; but the past ten years have broken all the records, and in recent years every year has been much hotter than normal. Chances are that this will only get worse in years to come.

Plan for warm or hot weather. If it gets cool, you can always buy a sweater in the city. But it probably won't get cool. Today's high was close to 90° F, with 59% humidity and almost no breeze, and the coming days are supposed to get worse. Nowadays the city has "heat waves" most of the time, occasionally interrupted by brief periods of "normal weather."

AlanM1

We were in Paris the last 10 days of May this year. First day in mid 60's then a stedy climb to mid 80's for the last 5 days. Not too humid and cooler at night. Definately get AC.

kismetchimera

I was in Paris June 22nd..Boy it was so hot..My hotel did not have AC, luckily we had large fan in the room..
It is very hard to predict the weather in Paris.
You never know what it would be like in certains days, weeks or months..It is so Unpredictable...

SurfSide6

Thanks all! I think I will go in June with a hotel that has air!