Where to go in France in July?
The 15 best destinations for a trip to France in July, ranked on the weather actually recorded.
For a trip to France in July, we kept regions and cities in metropolitan France during their best season. Temperatures and rainfall are real records, averaged from 2015 to 2024 at each destination's reference point, and the sea is measured at the nearest coastal point. 15 destinations pass this filter. Top of the ranking: Corsica (30 °C in the afternoon, 0 days of rain, sea at 24 °C).
The ranking at a glance
| # | Destination | Afternoon | Rainy days | Sea (°C) | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇫🇷 Corsica | 30 °C | 0 | 24 °C | €100-170 a day |
| 2 | 🇫🇷 The Verdon Gorge | 30 °C | 3 | - | €80-130 a day |
| 3 | 🇫🇷 The Médoc | 27 °C | 5 | - | €80-150 a day |
| 4 | 🇫🇷 The French Riviera | 31 °C | 1 | 22 °C | €110-200 a day |
| 5 | 🇫🇷 Briançon and La Grave | 28 °C | 6 | - | €80-150 a day |
| 6 | 🇫🇷 The Tarn Gorges | 28 °C | 6 | - | €60-100 a day |
| 7 | 🇫🇷 Hossegor and Capbreton | 28 °C | 6 | - | €80-140 a day |
| 8 | 🇫🇷 The Mercantour | 28 °C | 6 | - | €60-110 a day |
| 9 | 🇫🇷 The Écrins (Vallouise) | 28 °C | 6 | - | €60-110 a day |
| 10 | 🇫🇷 Saintes and the Saintonge | 28 °C | 6 | - | €60-110 a day |
| 11 | 🇫🇷 Serre-Ponçon and Les Orres | 30 °C | 6 | - | €70-130 a day |
| 12 | 🇫🇷 Bordeaux and Around | 27 °C | 6 | 22 °C | €100-180 a day |
| 13 | 🇫🇷 The Cévennes | 27 °C | 6 | - | €60-100 a day |
| 14 | 🇫🇷 The Landes | 25 °C | 6 | 22 °C | €70-120 a day |
| 15 | 🇫🇷 Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie | 25 °C | 6 | - | €70-120 a day |
The 15 destinations in detail
Region1 🇫🇷 Corsica
🌡️ 30 °C in the afternoon, 0 days of rain, sea at 24 °C · 💶 €100-170 a day
The Isle of Beauty lives up to its name: from the white cliffs of Bonifacio to the red calanques of Piana, Corsica packs in landscapes the mainland can only envy. You swim in the translucent water of Palombaggia in the morning, hike beneath the Aiguilles de Bavella in the afternoon and dine on charcuterie and brocciu in a mountain village in the evening. A mountain in the sea, quite literally.
Region2 🇫🇷 The Verdon Gorge
🌡️ 30 °C in the afternoon, 3 days of rain · 💶 €80-130 a day
The Verdon has carved a canyon 25 km long and 700 m deep into the limestone, and its water flows through it in a turquoise green like nothing else. You discover it from above, from the viewpoints of the Route des Crêtes where vultures glide beneath your feet, and then from below.
Region3 🇫🇷 The Médoc
🌡️ 27 °C in the afternoon, 5 days of rain · 💶 €80-150 a day
The Médoc is a peninsula with two faces. On the estuary side, the route des châteaux links Margaux, Saint-Julien and Pauillac, home to three of the five first growths classified in 1855. On the ocean side, endless beaches from Lacanau to Soulac, the great lakes of Hourtin and Lacanau, and offshore, the Cordouan lighthouse.
Region4 🇫🇷 The French Riviera
🌡️ 31 °C in the afternoon, 1 day of rain, sea at 22 °C · 💶 €110-200 a day
From Cassis to Menton, the Côte d'Azur strings together 200 kilometres of turquoise coves, hilltop villages and legendary towns. You dive into the En-Vau calanque in the morning, stroll through Old Nice in the afternoon and dine facing the sunset in Èze in the evening. Between beaches, Porquerolles and its crystal-clear waters play at being the Caribbean, just 15 minutes by boat from the mainland.
City5 🇫🇷 Briançon and La Grave
🌡️ 28 °C in the afternoon, 6 days of rain · 💶 €80-150 a day
France's highest town, ringed by Vauban's World Heritage ramparts and forts, opens onto three worlds: Serre Chevalier and its 250 km of pistes, the Clarée valley, and, over the Col du Lautaret, La Grave, where a cable car climbs to 3,200 metres facing the Meije.
Region6 🇫🇷 The Tarn Gorges
🌡️ 28 °C in the afternoon, 6 days of rain · 💶 €60-100 a day
Over 50 kilometres between Ispagnac and Le Rozier, the Tarn has sawn a canyon 400 to 500 metres deep between two limestone plateaus, the Causse Méjean and the Causse de Sauveterre. At the bottom lie green, transparent water and villages of honey-coloured stone set on the river's bends: Sainte-Enimie, Saint-Chély, La Malène, Castelbouc.
City7 🇫🇷 Hossegor and Capbreton
🌡️ 28 °C in the afternoon, 6 days of rain · 💶 €80-140 a day
Hossegor means the wave at La Gravière, which draws surfers from all over the world, and a saltwater lake where you eat oysters with your feet in the sand. Next door lie Capbreton and its pier facing the Gouf, the Basque-Landes villas of the 1930s, the beaches of Seignosse and two nature reserves.
Region8 🇫🇷 The Mercantour
🌡️ 28 °C in the afternoon, 6 days of rain · 💶 €60-110 a day
The Mercantour combines peaks over 3,000 metres, glacial lakes and perched villages bathed in an already Mediterranean light. You hike to the 36,000 or so prehistoric engravings of the Vallée des Merveilles, watch for wolves at Le Boréon, walk up to the Lac d'Allos and cross valleys that are recovering from Storm Alex.
Region9 🇫🇷 The Écrins (Vallouise)
🌡️ 28 °C in the afternoon, 6 days of rain · 💶 €60-110 a day
The most direct gateway to the Écrins National Park: the Vallouise valley leads to Ailefroide, a mecca of mountaineering, then to the Glacier Blanc, five kilometres of ice beneath the Barre des Écrins. Around it lie Dormillouse, the last inhabited hamlet in the heart of the park, a medieval silver mine and via ferratas from age 4.
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City10 🇫🇷 Saintes and the Saintonge
🌡️ 28 °C in the afternoon, 6 days of rain · 💶 €60-110 a day
Saintes means two thousand years of history on the banks of the Charente: the Arch of Germanicus, an amphitheatre for 15,000 spectators, the crypt of Saint-Eutrope on the Way of St James, the Abbaye aux Dames turned music centre, and all around, the Romanesque churches of the Saintonge and pineau.
Region11 🇫🇷 Serre-Ponçon and Les Orres
🌡️ 30 °C in the afternoon, 6 days of rain · 💶 €70-130 a day
A 2,800-hectare reservoir of turquoise water under the sun of the Southern Alps: Blue Flag beaches, the Saint-Michel chapel on its islet, the demoiselles coiffées of Théus, Embrun's cathedral. In winter, the Les Orres resort takes over with its slopes, its mountain coaster and a giant zip line.
City12 🇫🇷 Bordeaux and Around
🌡️ 27 °C in the afternoon, 6 days of rain, sea at 22 °C · 💶 €100-180 a day
Bordeaux lines up its pale 18th-century façades along the Garonne, from the Water Mirror on Place de la Bourse to the Cité du Vin and its swirling architecture. Less than an hour away, the Saint-Émilion vineyards unfold their UNESCO-listed châteaux, while the Arcachon Bay serves up oysters at Cap Ferret and sandy vertigo at the Dune du Pilat. City, vines and ocean all fit into a long weekend.
Region13 🇫🇷 The Cévennes
🌡️ 27 °C in the afternoon, 6 days of rain · 💶 €60-100 a day
The Cévennes are a land of schist and chestnut trees, of valleys so deep that the sun only reaches them by mid-morning, and of ridges from which, on very windy days, you can see both Mont Blanc and the Mediterranean.
Region14 🇫🇷 The Landes
🌡️ 25 °C in the afternoon, 6 days of rain, sea at 22 °C · 💶 €70-120 a day
A hundred and six kilometres of beach without a single cliff or marina, just a dune, pine trees and the breaking Atlantic. The Landes is the largest planted forest in Europe, sown in the 19th century on marshland, and a coast where life follows the rhythm of the tides and the swell.
City15 🇫🇷 Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
🌡️ 25 °C in the afternoon, 6 days of rain · 💶 €70-120 a day
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie lives to the rhythm of its sardine port, where boats land Label Rouge sardines a stone's throw from the beaches. To the north, the rocks of the Corniche Vendéenne; to the south, the waves of La Sauzaie at Brétignolles. Inland, the Brem vineyards, Lac du Jaunay and the Marais Breton.
Frequently asked questions
Where to go in France in July?
Corsica, The Verdon Gorge, The Médoc, The French Riviera and Briançon and La Grave top our ranking for a trip to France in July. In first place, Corsica: 30 °C in the afternoon, 0 days of rain, sea at 24 °C on average over 2015-2024.
Which is the closest destination in France in July?
Corsica, about 1h40 by air from Paris, with 30 °C in the afternoon, 0 days of rain, sea at 24 °C in July.
Where does it rain least in July among these destinations?
Corsica: 0 days of rain on average in July, with 30 °C in the afternoon.
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