Weekly note

France in April

5 of the 5 destinations in France are in season in April: 4 a sweet spot, 1 good, 0 ok.

April is a sweet spot at 4 of these 5 places: Chamonix, Paris, Mont-Saint-Michel and Corsica.

Ranked for April

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Fare Why
1 Chamonix sweet spot 13° cool 10d — Snow: 30 cm or more on 30 of 30 days, 10 winters of 10
2 Paris sweet spot 17° cool 6d £112 17C max, 6 rainy days
3 Strasbourg good 16° cool 8d — 16C max, 8 rainy days
4 Mont-Saint-Michel sweet spot 16° cool 6d — 16C max, 6 rainy days
5 Corsica sweet spot 19° 7d — 19C max, 7 rainy days

Fares are the typical return from London for April departures, in GBP; a dash means none has been seen yet for April departures.

Other months for France

April elsewhere

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about France as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.