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Best time to visit Saint-Malo

France · Europe

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Saint-Malo

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  1. Saint-Malo in January: avoid
  2. Saint-Malo in February: ok
  3. Saint-Malo in March: ok
  4. Saint-Malo in April: good
  5. Saint-Malo in May: sweet spot
  6. Saint-Malo in June: good, busy
  7. Saint-Malo in July: sweet spot, busy
  8. Saint-Malo in August: good, busy
  9. Saint-Malo in September: good, busy
  10. Saint-Malo in October: ok
  11. Saint-Malo in November: ok
  12. Saint-Malo in December: avoid
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
Go in May or Jul — 17C max, 8 rainy days. Aug is the next best.

Things to do in Saint-Malo

  • Rance Tidal Power Station The world's first large-scale tidal power station, completed in 1966.
  • Cathédrale Saint-Vincent-de-Saragosse The focus of intramuros, this was built in the 1150s / 60s in a mix of Romanesque and…
  • Fort National Fortress on a tidal island, built by Garangeau in the 1690s to a design by Vauban.
  • Grand Bé Island in Ille-et-Vilaine, France
  • Fort de la Conchée Island in Ille-et-Vilaine, France

Tours and tickets in Saint-Malo

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Saint-Malo), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.

MonthMax °CRain days HumiditySun h/day VerdictWhy
Jan 9° 12d 83% 4.5h avoid 9C max, 12 rainy days
Feb 10° 10d 81% 5.7h ok 10C max, 10 rainy days
Mar 12° 10d 79% 7.9h ok 12C max, 10 rainy days
Apr 14° 6d 76% 10.3h good 14C max, 6 rainy days
May 17° 8d 78% 11.6h sweet spot 17C max, 8 rainy days
Jun 20° 9d 79% 12.1h goodbusy busier than usual
Jul 21° 6d 77% 12.2h sweet spot busy busier than usual
Aug 21° 7d 77% 11.1h goodbusy busier than usual
Sep 20° 9d 78% 9.2h goodbusy busier than usual
Oct 17° 12d 81% 6.9h ok 17C max, 12 rainy days
Nov 13° 13d 81% 5.4h ok 13C max, 13 rainy days
Dec 10° 13d 84% 4.1h avoid 10C max, 13 rainy days

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at the walled town: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest from June to September; quietest from October to March.

Then and now

Saint-Malo's February days now average 10.4°C, 2.2°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 7 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
1981–908.5°8.2°10.6°12.4°15.5°18.0°20.5°20.4°19.1°16.0°11.6°9.3°
2017–269.1°10.4°11.9°14.0°16.5°19.6°21.1°21.3°19.7°16.9°12.8°10.5°
Change+0.6°+2.2°+1.4°+1.6°+1.0°+1.6°+0.6°+1.0°+0.6°+0.9°+1.2°+1.2°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

Fly into Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande, Ille-et-Vilaine (RNS), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande, Ille-et-Vilaine.

Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande, Ille-et-Vilaine (RNS) the drive is not measured yet
PAR the drive is not measured yet

The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.

How far Saint-Malo is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type C and E plugs at 230 / 400 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Euro. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for France: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

  • Paying — Visa, Mastercard and French CB cards work in almost all shops, restaurants and hotels, and contactless is widespread. Some places post a minimum spend for cards.
  • UPI, for visitors from India — Only at a few places, through Lyra: Eiffel Tower tickets bought online and the Galeries Lafayette store on boulevard Haussmann in Paris. Bring a card for everything else.
  • Tipping — Not expected, as service is included by law; locals leave small change or a few euros for good service. Taxi tips are optional.

Getting around Saint-Malo

  • Apps — Rides: Bolt, FreeNow, G7, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.

Walking is the best way to explore the old town. A dinky "Tourist Train" also chunters around. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Saint-Malo, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

  • Emergency — 112 (any emergency) · police 17 · ambulance 15 · fire 18.
    TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Saint-Malo in pictures

Monument aux morts de la résistance de la Seconde Guerre mondiale (Saint Malo)
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Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Saint Malo le Fort National à marée basse
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Eusebius, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Saint Malo Surcouf et le Fort National
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Alfred Caravanniez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Saint Malo fort du Petit Bé
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Eusebius, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Gargoyle of the Saint Malo Cathedral. France
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Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Saint-Malo is like

Saint-Malo is a city on the coast of Ille-et-Vilaine, the eastern part of Brittany, with a population of 47,000 in 2022. It's a ferry port but is best known for its walled inner town or intramuros. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing
Ramparts form a "D" around the old town, studded with defensive towers. You can walk free along them 24 hours. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing
Beaches: the main beach stretches 12 km along the north coast. Plage de Bon-Secours is west side of old town. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in
Rennes-Saint-Jacques (RNS IATA) is the closest airport, 75 km south, with a range of domestic and short-haul European flights. Paris CDG has a wealth of European and long-haul flights, and facilities including car hire. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Saint-Malo, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

Around Saint-Malo

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Kind of place

Saint-Malo is in France, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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