Paris in May 2025 – Is it worth it? Weather and reviews, air temperature, how to dress, prices in hotels and excursions. How to do in Paris in early May and the end of spring, what to see and where to go in France, I found out Eurotraveler.
There is no doubt, just accept as given – the last month of spring – a wonderful time to organize a foreign voyage. Including in Europe!
Indeed, at this time, nature blooms with might and main almost everywhere, and human souls finally thaw after winter colds. In some places, summer has been persistently knocking on the door-in May in Paris it is so warm and light that the mood rises from the only exit to the street.
The most romantic city in the world – so says annoying advertising – especially good in the last third of spring, during a rapid flowering of nature. When the parks are already turning green with might and main, but the weather has not yet managed to stabilize and enter the rut that excluding sharp changes.
In the morning and in the city center, you can feel a clear freshness, which is not worth it and dream, say, in July! But at the same time, you will not freeze even if you sit for a long time, fascinated, on a bench in the Luxembourg Garden or on the Embankment of the Seine.
The number of tourists in early May in Paris, of course, can not be called small – many have learned to study meteorological statistics and draw the appropriate conclusions. But in any case, travelers at this time are much less than in the summer months.
But the May prices “in the capital of the world”, alas, are close to peak values - for the author of the material, this at one time became a revelation. So if you plan to save, it is better to choose another month for a trip to Paris. Well, or persuade yourself to spend a little more planned, guided by considerations, like “this happens only once in a life.”
Weather in Paris in May
You can’t call her too warm at first! However, cold – too. The usual “working” weather, perfect for excursions around the city and visiting museums.
In early May, the air temperature in Paris in the afternoon fluctuates widely: from +15 to +22 ° C. It coldly cold at night-up to +8-12 ° C. Which, of course, makes it additionally insulate. But by no means excludes the possibility of enjoying walking around the city.
It is not worth waiting for a thorough warming by the middle of the month. Rather, the weather will persistently pretend that I have not heard about the approach of summer, and street thermometers will show about +15-17 ° C.
But then, at the end of the second or already in the third decade, the case will go in the way. And each new day will begin to strengthen in the opinion that a little more, and Parisian streets will begin to melt from the “African heat.”
As a result, wealthy townspeople pack their suitcases, preparing for relocation and a long rest on the azure bank of France. And the tourists, on the contrary, are able to take a cropple vacation, stretch to the French capital, encouraged by almost summer temperatures.
There is a reason-at the end of May in Paris it usually heats up to +20-24 ° C, sometimes even to +28 ° C ,. Clear days begin to go with a pleasant series, and the sun warms so that you already want to hide in the shade. At night, however, +12-14-16 ° C-no more.
If you study the perennial archives of weather forecasters intently, it turns out that this weather is typical for May Paris. Dates can change, but during the day the temperature curve is prone to sharp fluctuations …
On May 1, the sun rises above Paris at half -past half in the morning, and sits over the horizon at the beginning of the nine in the evening. At the end of the month, it does everything the same about 40 minutes earlier and later, respectively. And the duration of daylight hours reaches almost 16 hours!
Precipitation
According to statistics, May is the damp month in Paris. A little even ahead of the rain in the sense of rains December and January! The total precipitation falling on the heads of Parisians and tourists is relatively small: from 40 to 60 mm for the whole month.
Of course, your 3-4-day trip to Paris in mid-May may even go through dry and predominant clear weather … But to collect a suitcase and make plans more correctly, based on the fact that the total number of cloudy and inconspicuous days at the end of spring prevails here.
It will wait with varying degrees of intensity on average 7-9 days per month. And in most cases, precipitation does not interfere with active excursion activity in the fresh air. Again, in case of heavy rain, an alternative can be provided – in Paris you can visit museums. Most of which have enough exhibits that can captivate for several hours.
How to dress
Spring or autumn clothing should definitely be present in a vacation wardrobe. Although there is no reason to take warm things in large numbers – even in the evenings in May Paris you can comfortably walk along the embankment, dressed only in a sweater, a jacket or pulver.
It is worth taking with you to France and waterproof clothing and shoes – this way you can at a minimum adjust your own plans in case of bad weather. A raincoat may well be useful and an umbrella will almost certainly turn out to be in demand.
We will advise fashionistas to stock up on this accessory of bright colors. Which will surely distinguish you from the crowd and will allow you to get a slightly more positive impressions of the visit.
However, you can always buy an original souvenir of this kind in France. Instead of boring magnets and other souvenir products!
Prices 2025
As already emphasized above, it is not necessary to count on significant savings, having arrived in Paris at the start of the tourist season. However, when early booking apartments or hotel rooms, you at least do not overpay.
Hotels with a booking rating at 8.5 and above and located not an hour from the center, they will hand over a number for two in May for 150-160 € per day and above. Travel tourists regularly can count on discounts on the Genius system, but still expenses look impressive.
Based on personal experience, we can recommend not a modern and therefore cozy La Maison Rouge in 13 districts. Which is deployed far from the main attractions. But then – is located on a quiet street. Yes, and to the Porte D’Talie metro station, you will reach quickly even at a relaxed pace.
And yes – a really magnificent breakfast is included in these same 150+ € per night.
Outside of Paris, in Le-Kremen-Biseter, there is Greet Hotel Paris 13 Porte D’Talie, where a couple of travelers even in May will give a number about ~ 100 € per day. The metro station is nearby, there is a Lidl supermarket nearby, which will help to save on nutrition significantly.
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Popular excursions should also be book in advance if possible. Since, for example, places for walking around the Louvre with a competent guide on May days have the property of ending. As for prices, participation in the city tour will cost at least 35-40 €.
The issue with independent movement in Paris and its neighboring surroundings by public transport, if desired, is solved simply.
Navigo weekly travel in all 5 zones costs 30.75 €. A daily subscription without restricting the number of trips will cost more than 20 euros. Actually, the Passe Navigo card itself costs 5 €, and this money will not work.
The map for the next week goes on sale on Fridays. Study all tariffs for a week and monthly travel card here-ratp.fr/en/titres-et-tarifs/navigo-monthly-and-weekly-travel-passes.
What to do
Despite the generally high probability of rain, it is recommended to walk a lot in Paris in May. Indeed, at the end of spring, the city is not just transforming, it turns into a special world: fresh, free, joyful. Promising to creative breakthroughs – tested in practice!
Therefore, allow yourself to move away from the canons and do not try to visit all the top sights of Paris. On the contrary, wander a lot along the shores of the Seine, discover the unknown island of Saint-Louis for yourself. Let the houses in Mare soak you with your aura, and to charge the Latin quarter with special energy.
Try to pay a visit to the staircase and basilica of the Sacre-Cur on Montmartre early in the morning, admire Paris from a height. In the midst of the day and, all the more, in the evening to plunge into the labyrinths of the famous bohemian quarter is better with a guide.
After all, artists who glorified Montmartre are no longer there. But the public, which always deals with your wallet or smartphone, is in abundance.
Of course, it is necessary to visit the famous boar of mule-rust, if you have no case to do this before. By the way, many travelers do not advise stopping at Montmartre and nearby.
Since even just a way out of the hotel or apartments is sometimes accompanied by an adrenaline rise – the number of citizens of an ambiguous species, with a bored look of winging idle, is very large here.
Where to go
It is rare that a visit to Paris on May days does without visiting the suburbs of the great city. Or even longer trips-few will deny themselves the pleasure of a sultry summer to see Mon-Sne-Michel and visit the shore of the “English Canal”.
For our part, we will recommend to include in orbit some of the not -so -well -known castles of France. For example, visit a fairy -tale pierphone, perched on the edge of a luxurious compievan forest. Or personally, to see the outpatient clock on the banks of the Loire, once one of the favorite residences of Francis I. Surely seeing in his own walls and the great genius of mankind, Leonardo da Vinci.
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