CONTINENTAL CLIMATE: This kind of climate affects the eastern and central France, it is characterized by warmer summers and colder winters than in coastal areas affected by the oceanic climate. Precipitation is high and in winter the snow is common.

Paris: Paris is characterized by a climate halfway between the oceanic and continental. Winters are usually short, mild and rainy, when the winds blow warm and humid from the Atlantic Ocean, when the winds blow from the North Pole or from the East the climate is more rigid and snowy, with minimum temperatures even reaching -10°C. Even the summer is characterized by extreme climate variability, which can vary from hot and muggy days with maximum temperatures over 35°C; to day fresh, windy and rainy with minimum temperatures around 10°C. The average minimum winter temperatures stand between 2°C and 4°C, while the average maximum summer temperatures are between 22°C and 25°C. Without doubt spring and autumn are the best times to visit Paris, but the city can be visited without problems all year. 

MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE: This climate affects the Mediterranean regions of southern France, and is characterized by hot summers with little rainfall, while winters are rainy.

Provence: Provence enjoys a mild Mediterranean climate with hot and dry summers with temperatures exceeding 30°C and relatively cool nights with temperatures between 20°C and 25°C. Even the winters are relatively mild and sunny, although it can sometimes be quite cold because of the mistral, a violent and cold wind. The best months to visit are those that go from April to September when the weather is more pleasant and temperatures are milder.

French Riviera: The French Riviera has a typical Mediterranean climate with warm summers and mild and sunny winters. The high summer temperatures rarely exceed 30°C, while winter is still between 10°C and 15°C. The rains are mainly between September and January, with October the rainest month, the average annual rainfall in Nice is 770 mm, a year, the days of rain are only 63. 

Corsica: The climate of Corsica along the coast is a mild Mediterranean climate, while within the interior ranges with increasing altitude, up to a mountain microclimates in the highest mountains, where there are frequent rains and winter snow is persistently above the 1.200-1.500 m.

ALPINE CLIMATE: The regions of the Alps, the Massif Central and Pyrenees are covered by a climate of mountains, alpine with high precipitation on mountain slopes where there are peaks of 2,000 mm of rain/year. On average the region of Rhone-Alpes (Rhone Alps) receives twice the precipitation of most of France.