Hi, we first went to France early in the year three years ago(previously it was always August/Sept) started first year 2nd week in April, found it a tad chilly & only just warming up in the south, the next year we tried the end of April, not much better, last year we went the second week in May and it was okay, in the north and as far down as Lyon it was still a bit cool at night, but the further we went south the better it got, this year we are leaving on the 16th May for a month, going all the way down to Spain and as far as Alicante, you definitely need your sweater at night, the benefits are that you can use the ACSI book and the sites are nice and empty, we really enjoy going around that time of year, meet some really nice people.
Get as far south as you can - and it should be warming up at the beginning of April. Inland, especially the mountainous areas such as the Massif Central, you may still see lots of snow, and it can be extremely cold.
thats a really good website,have just had a look. We are going May 3rd for 2 weeks, we are heading south too,hope to at least be able to walk out during the day in summer dresses and feel warm with a sweater at night. It can be hit and miss still at that time of year but fingers crossed!
Cote D'Azure, and even then to more or less guarantee good weather would have to be July or August. May, June and September can be lovely, but luck of the draw, but you certainly get a better chance of good weather here than many other areas of France.
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Topic: weather in France
