Weekly note

France in August

5 of the 5 destinations in France are in season in August: 2 a sweet spot, 3 good, 0 ok.

August is a sweet spot at 2 of these 5 places: Corsica and Mont-Saint-Michel.

Ranked for August

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Fare Why
1 Corsica sweet spotbusy 31° 2d — busier than usual
2 Strasbourg goodbusy 26° 7d — busier than usual
3 Paris good 26° 6d £135 26C max, 6 rainy days
4 Mont-Saint-Michel sweet spotbusy 23° 8d — busier than usual
5 Chamonix goodbusy 23° 9d — busier than usual

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

Other months for France

August 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.