Tours weather by month & the best time to visit

🇫🇷 France · regional city · oceanic / maritime climate

The best time to visit Tours is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 83/100), with July and August close behind. Tours averages about 1,954 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 40 mm of rain in September.

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Sun hours / year

1,954

Sunniest month

September

Peak score

83/100

Rain / year

697 mm

Snow / year

≈13 cm

Midday UV at peak

6 (high)

Population

236k

Elevation

105 m

When is the best time to visit Tours?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Tours is September, then July and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 64 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Tours?

Tours gets a moderate 1,954 hours of sunshine a year. 83 Sunshine Score points separate September (83) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #39 of 53 destinations in France for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,146 hours. The year's 697 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

• Limoges/Bellegarde France · 178 km · best in Sep · 2,089 h sun/yr
• Nantes France · 179 km · best in Jun · 1,989 h sun/yr
• Rennes France · 197 km · best in Sep · 1,848 h sun/yr
• La Rochelle France · 202 km · best in Jun · 2,187 h sun/yr
• Caen France · 213 km · best in Jun · 1,829 h sun/yr
• Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise) France · 221 km · best in Sep · 1,734 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Le Mans France · 70 km · 1,956 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Poitiers/Biard France · 99 km · 2,018 h sun/yr · best in Sep