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A wet Paris street at night, the pavement shining under the street lights.
Layover guideParis · CDG

Weather in Paris

Mild year-round: ~5°C January, ~21°C July-August, rain possible any month; occasional summer heat spikes, winter frost.

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All of Paris

Meteo-France 1991-2020 normals (Paris-Montsouris station): January averages about 5.4°C, July and August about 20.8-20.9°C. Bring a jacket October-April, light layers in summer.

Rain is spread across the whole year, about 634 mm annually with monthly averages between 42 and 69 mm — there is no dry season, so a compact umbrella earns its bag space in any month.

December-February each see roughly 5-7 nights below 0°C; the summer hazard is heat spikes — the station record is 42.6°C, set in July 2019.

  1. Meteo-France, fiche climatologique Paris-Montsouris 1991-2020 (official climate normals) · checked 2026-08-18

The rest of Paris

The whole guide
Getting out of the airportTaxis between the Paris airports and the city run on a legally fixed flat fare rather than the meter, and the RER B rail link needs a separate airport ticket that the ordinary metro ticket does not cover.Ride-hailingPrivate hire is legal in France but only on a booking made before you get in the car, and the regulated airport flat fare does not apply to it.Local laws that catch crew outFrance is unremarkable for most crew habits, but the identity-document requirement, the face-covering ban and drug enforcement on transiting passengers are the ones that produce arrests.Staying connectedFree unlimited wifi at CDG and Orly (*WIFI-AIRPORT); SIMs at airport FNAC/Relay shops; Orange sells tourist eSIMs online.Eating near the crew hotelsMarais and Canal Saint-Martin for casual, Saint-Germain and Montparnasse for classic brasseries, 13th for Asian; watch Sun-Mon closures and short service windows.What to buyFashion, beauty and antiques; non-EU crew can reclaim VAT on €100+ same-store, same-day purchases via PABLO kiosks at the airport.TippingService is already in the bill in Parisian restaurants; tipping is optional, only for genuinely good service.