Marseille weather by month & the best time to visit
🇫🇷 France · coastal city break · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Marseille is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with August and June close behind. Marseille averages about 2,885 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 16 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,885
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 532 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 23°C / 73°F
- Population
- 1.4M
- Elevation
- 6 m
When is the best time to visit Marseille?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Marseille is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (22/100, 45 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Marseille?
Marseille gets a lot of sun: around 2,885 hours a year. 71 Sunshine Score points separate July (93) from January (22), so the month you pick matters. Marseille is the sunniest of the 53 destinations tracked in France. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around October, carries about 40% of the annual 532 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22 | 11° / 52°F | 5° / 41°F | 45 mm | 1 | 14° / 57°F |
| February | 30 | 12° / 54°F | 4° / 39°F | 35 mm | 2 | 14° / 57°F |
| March | 52 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 38 mm | 3 | 14° / 57°F |
| April | 73 | 18° / 64°F | 10° / 50°F | 47 mm | 5 | 14° / 57°F |
| May | 88 | 22° / 72°F | 14° / 57°F | 43 mm | 6 | 17° / 63°F |
| June | 91 | 27° / 81°F | 18° / 64°F | 28 mm | 7 | 21° / 70°F |
| July | 93 | 30° / 86°F | 21° / 70°F | 16 mm | 8 | 22° / 72°F |
| August | 92 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 21 mm | 7 | 23° / 73°F |
| September | 86 | 25° / 77°F | 17° / 63°F | 54 mm | 5 | 22° / 72°F |
| October | 83 | 21° / 70°F | 14° / 57°F | 73 mm | 3 | 20° / 68°F |
| November | 47 | 15° / 59°F | 9° / 48°F | 87 mm | 1 | 17° / 63°F |
| December | 29 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 45 mm | 1 | 15° / 59°F |
Sea temperature in Marseille by month
The sea off Marseille is warmest in August at around 23°C / 73°F, and coolest in January at 14°C / 57°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 4 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Toulon France · 85 km · best in Jul · 2,729 h sun/yr
- Montpellier/Méditerranée France · 102 km · best in Jul · 2,544 h sun/yr
- Nice France · 163 km · best in Jul · 2,722 h sun/yr
- Perpignan/Rivesaltes France · 205 km · best in Jun · 2,449 h sun/yr
- Grenoble France · 214 km · best in Sep · 2,189 h sun/yr
- Carcassonne France · 236 km · best in Jul · 2,249 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Avignon France · 58 km · 2,838 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Nîmes/Garons France · 73 km · 2,837 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Saint-Tropez France · 106 km · 2,729 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Béziers France · 151 km · 2,543 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Marseille compares month by month: Marseille vs Nice · Marseille vs Toulon · Marseille vs Montpellier/Méditerranée · all comparisons
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