Nîmes, France
mediterranean climate · culture · low crowds · budget prices
Nîmes sits along the Mediterranean in France, and the 2015–2024 weather record gives its sunshine a clear shape: the June peak reaches a 97/100 sun score, with daytime highs around 29°C — a solid base for a slow cultural trip.
Across a typical year, afternoon temperatures swing between 11°C (January) and 32°C (July). The wet–dry contrast is modest: 32% rain-day odds in November against 9% in July. If 24°C is your bar for proper warmth, count on June–September.
Season by season (on the northern calendar), spring brings 19°C highs with 27% rain-day odds, summer 31°C at 15%, autumn 20°C at 27%, and winter 12°C at 24%. In short: plan around summer if you can, keep spring as the fallback, and go into winter with managed expectations (its season score is 55). For warmth without the densest crowds, the shoulder play is June: still 29°C highs, with a sun score of 97.
Best months to visit Nîmes
The best month on record is June — a 97/100 sun score, built on 40% cloud cover and 22% rain-day odds — followed by August and May. Anything in April–October clears our 70-point reliability bar. The month to avoid on pure weather odds is December (55/100).
Put against its 109 mediterranean peers in June, it lands below the group median for sunshine, ahead of 19% of them.
Month-by-month breakdown for Nîmes → · More destinations for June →
Right now the 15-day outlook shows 5 mostly-clear days (under 40% cloud) and none with real rain risk, with temperatures between 4°C and 20°C — which is how Nîmes earns its current 64/100 sun score.
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Flights from Europe
| From | Distance | Estimated non-stop time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels (BRU) | 779 km | ~1 h 30 | Find flights → |
| Amsterdam (AMS) | 949 km | ~1 h 45 | Find flights → |
| London (LON) | 916 km | ~1 h 45 | Find flights → |
| Paris (PAR) | 579 km | ~1 h 15 | Find flights → |
| Frankfurt (FRA) | 770 km | ~1 h 30 | Find flights → |
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Next 16 days
Live forecast, refreshed twice daily. Forecasts updated 29 Oct, 06:35 CET.
| Date | High / low | Cloud | Rain odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 29 Oct | 19° / 11° | 51% | 0% |
| Fri 30 Oct | 20° / 11° | 17% | 0% |
| Sat 31 Oct | 17° / 10° | 28% | 1% |
| Sun 1 Nov | 15° / 9° | 6% | 0% |
| Mon 2 Nov | 13° / 7° | 7% | 1% |
| Tue 3 Nov | 14° / 5° | 11% | 0% |
| Wed 4 Nov | 11° / 4° | 59% | 7% |
| Thu 5 Nov | 16° / 7° | 62% | 16% |
| Fri 6 Nov | 15° / 5° | 58% | 16% |
| Sat 7 Nov | 16° / 7° | 43% | 12% |
| Sun 8 Nov | 16° / 8° | 68% | 17% |
| Mon 9 Nov | 18° / 12° | 96% | 24% |
| Tue 10 Nov | 17° / 13° | 100% | 27% |
| Wed 11 Nov | 17° / 12° | 76% | 26% |
| Thu 12 Nov | 15° / 10° | 96% | 0% |
Nîmes climate, month by month
2015–2024 averages (June highlighted as the best month).
| Month | Day / night °C | Cloud | Rain-day odds | Sun score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.8° / 3.6° | 55.4% | 21.9% | 56 |
| February | 13.3° / 4.7° | 54.8% | 24.8% | 55 |
| March | 15.9° / 6.2° | 53.9% | 25.1% | 65 |
| April | 19.2° / 9° | 50% | 27% | 82 |
| May | 23.2° / 12.7° | 50.5% | 27.7% | 94 |
| June | 28.9° / 17.7° | 40.1% | 21.7% | 97 |
| July | 32.1° / 20.1° | 27% | 9.4% | 92 |
| August | 31.2° / 19.5° | 32.9% | 13.5% | 96 |
| September | 25.9° / 15.6° | 42.6% | 19.7% | 90 |
| October | 20.8° / 12.2° | 53% | 29.7% | 81 |
| November | 14.5° / 7.3° | 53.9% | 32.3% | 55 |
| December | 11.7° / 4.3° | 52.9% | 26.1% | 55 |
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