Largest City in France

2026 ranking · sunshine

The sunniest large cities in France (20,000+ inhabitants) (201st to 300th)

Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), Martigues (Bouches-du-Rhône), Istres (Bouches-du-Rhône), and Salon-de-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône) are tied as the sunniest large cities in France, with 2,898 hours of sunshine a year on average.

405 towns ranked out of 34,875

Continued: the towns in France ranked 201st to 300th, out of 405.

The ranking, continued: sunniest large cities in France

Rank Town Department Hours of sunshine per year Proportional bar Population
174 tied Morsang-sur-Orge Essonne (91) 1,831 21,850
174 tied Le Plessis-Trévise Val-de-Marne (94) 1,831 21,237
174 tied Villeneuve-le-Roi Val-de-Marne (94) 1,831 21,062
174 tied Chilly-Mazarin Essonne (91) 1,831 20,539
205 tied Orléans Loiret (45) 1,823 118,788
205 tied Olivet Loiret (45) 1,823 24,046
205 tied Saint-Jean-de-Braye Loiret (45) 1,823 23,773
205 tied Fleury-les-Aubrais Loiret (45) 1,823 22,020
209 tied Mulhouse Haut-Rhin (68) 1,819 106,083
209 tied Saint-Louis Haut-Rhin (68) 1,819 23,072
211 Blois Loir-et-Cher (41) 1,813 48,742
212 Le Mans Sarthe (72) 1,809 148,876
213 tied Melun Seine-et-Marne (77) 1,798 46,211
213 tied Savigny-le-Temple Seine-et-Marne (77) 1,798 31,431
213 tied Dammarie-les-Lys Seine-et-Marne (77) 1,798 23,673
213 tied Combs-la-Ville Seine-et-Marne (77) 1,798 23,522
213 tied Roissy-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne (77) 1,798 23,370
213 tied Ozoir-la-Ferrière Seine-et-Marne (77) 1,798 21,422
219 Chartres Eure-et-Loir (28) 1,787 39,318
220 Sarreguemines Moselle (57) 1,778 20,549
221 Saint-Dizier Haute-Marne (52) 1,776 23,281
222 tied Rennes Ille-et-Vilaine (35) 1,762 234,950
222 tied Bruz Ille-et-Vilaine (35) 1,762 20,113
224 Amiens Somme (80) 1,761 139,183
225 Épinal Vosges (88) 1,760 33,395
226 tied Strasbourg Bas-Rhin (67) 1,747 296,552
226 tied Schiltigheim Bas-Rhin (67) 1,747 34,922
226 tied Illkirch-Graffenstaden Bas-Rhin (67) 1,747 28,336
226 tied Lingolsheim Bas-Rhin (67) 1,747 20,987
230 tied Caen Calvados (14) 1,746 111,546
230 tied Hérouville-Saint-Clair Calvados (14) 1,746 23,672
232 Saint-Malo Ille-et-Vilaine (35) 1,733 48,675
233 Alençon Orne (61) 1,727 26,175
234 tied Paris Paris (75) 1,717 2,119,412
234 tied Boulogne-Billancourt Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 120,206
234 tied Montreuil Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 1,717 112,549
234 tied Nanterre Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 98,383
234 tied Asnières-sur-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 94,562
234 tied Vitry-sur-Seine Val-de-Marne (94) 1,717 94,393
234 tied Colombes Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 91,663
234 tied Rueil-Malmaison Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 84,409
234 tied Courbevoie Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 83,480
234 tied Champigny-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne (94) 1,717 78,400
234 tied Saint-Maur-des-Fossés Val-de-Marne (94) 1,717 77,413
234 tied Levallois-Perret Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 68,620
234 tied Issy-les-Moulineaux Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 68,449
234 tied Ivry-sur-Seine Val-de-Marne (94) 1,717 65,263
234 tied Antony Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 65,037
234 tied Clichy Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 64,658
234 tied Neuilly-sur-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 60,515
234 tied Villejuif Val-de-Marne (94) 1,717 60,473
234 tied Clamart Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 59,112
234 tied Maisons-Alfort Val-de-Marne (94) 1,717 57,144
234 tied Fontenay-sous-Bois Val-de-Marne (94) 1,717 54,209
234 tied Sartrouville Yvelines (78) 1,717 53,154
234 tied Suresnes Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 49,494
234 tied Vincennes Val-de-Marne (94) 1,717 48,644
234 tied Meudon Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 46,959
234 tied Montrouge Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 46,579
234 tied Alfortville Val-de-Marne (94) 1,717 45,702
234 tied Bagneux Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 44,744
234 tied Puteaux Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 44,242
234 tied Bagnolet Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 1,717 43,234
234 tied Châtillon Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 36,958
234 tied Bezons Val-d'Oise (95) 1,717 36,551
234 tied Châtenay-Malabry Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 36,275
234 tied Le Perreux-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne (94) 1,717 35,566
234 tied Houilles Yvelines (78) 1,717 34,268
234 tied Villiers-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne (94) 1,717 33,313
234 tied Nogent-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne (94) 1,717 32,701
234 tied Cachan Val-de-Marne (94) 1,717 31,434
234 tied L'Haÿ-les-Roses Val-de-Marne (94) 1,717 31,394
234 tied Chatou Yvelines (78) 1,717 31,112
234 tied Malakoff Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 30,774
234 tied La Garenne-Colombes Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 30,460
234 tied Saint-Cloud Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 30,332
234 tied Bois-Colombes Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 29,250
234 tied Charenton-le-Pont Val-de-Marne (94) 1,717 29,019
234 tied Le Plessis-Robinson Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 29,016
234 tied Vanves Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 28,858
234 tied Fontenay-aux-Roses Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 24,252
234 tied Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Val-de-Marne (94) 1,717 24,206
234 tied Les Lilas Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 1,717 23,968
234 tied Maisons-Laffitte Yvelines (78) 1,717 23,549
234 tied Vélizy-Villacoublay Yvelines (78) 1,717 23,206
234 tied Sèvres Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 22,599
234 tied Arcueil Val-de-Marne (94) 1,717 22,306
234 tied Neuilly-Plaisance Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 1,717 22,063
234 tied Bourg-la-Reine Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 21,318
234 tied Saint-Mandé Val-de-Marne (94) 1,717 21,228
234 tied Sceaux Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 21,203
234 tied Chaville Hauts-de-Seine (92) 1,717 20,904
234 tied Joinville-le-Pont Val-de-Marne (94) 1,717 20,675
234 tied Gentilly Val-de-Marne (94) 1,717 20,062
295 tied Versailles Yvelines (78) 1,714 85,750
295 tied Saint-Germain-en-Laye Yvelines (78) 1,714 47,628
295 tied Poissy Yvelines (78) 1,714 41,274
295 tied Les Mureaux Yvelines (78) 1,714 34,793
295 tied Trappes Yvelines (78) 1,714 34,788
295 tied Montigny-le-Bretonneux Yvelines (78) 1,714 32,969

Source: Météo-France, climate data sheets (30-year normals); average annual hours of sunshine at the reference station, cities with 20,000 or more inhabitants. Not ranked: towns with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants and towns without a Météo-France station within 30 km and 300 m of elevation. Tied values share the same rank. Data sources.

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