Lille weather by month & the best time to visit

🇫🇷 France · city break · oceanic / maritime climate

The best time to visit Lille is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 79/100), with June and July close behind. Lille averages about 1,703 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 52 mm of rain in September.

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Sun hours / year

1,703

Sunniest month

September

Peak score

79/100

Rain / year

731 mm

Snow / year

≈15 cm

Midday UV at peak

5 (moderate)

Population

1M

Elevation

44 m

When is the best time to visit Lille?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Lille is September, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 60 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Lille?

Lille isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,703 hours of sunshine a year. 79 Sunshine Score points separate September (79) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #53 of 53 destinations in France for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,146 hours. The year's 731 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Ostend Belgium · 72 km · best in Jun · 1,769 h sun/yr
• Brussels Belgium · 104 km · best in Sep · 1,609 h sun/yr
• Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise) France · 178 km · best in Sep · 1,734 h sun/yr
• Rotterdam Netherlands · 180 km · best in Jul · 1,668 h sun/yr
• Eindhoven Netherlands · 187 km · best in Sep · 1,665 h sun/yr
• London United Kingdom · 202 km · best in Jun · 1,604 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Antwerp Belgium · 118 km · 1,664 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Liège Belgium · 165 km · 1,608 h sun/yr · best in Sep

Head-to-head

How Lille compares month by month: Lille vs Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise) · Lille vs Brussels · Lille vs Ostend · all comparisons