Sunshine Atlas

Dijon weather by month & the best time to visit

France · regional city · oceanic / maritime climate

Dijon, France
Dijon — photo by Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The best time to visit Dijon is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 80/100), with July and June close behind. Dijon averages about 1,921 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 53 mm of rain in September.

When is the best time to visit Dijon?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Dijon is September, then July and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 64 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Dijon?

Dijon gets a moderate 1,921 hours of sunshine a year. 80 Sunshine Score points separate September (80) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #43 of 53 destinations in France for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,146 hours. The year's 796 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

January: 0February: 0March: 20April: 53May: 69June: 77July: 78August: 77September: 8080October: 50November: 13December: 0JFMAMJJASOND
MonthScoreDay highNight lowRainUV
January0 5° / 41°F-1° / 30°F 64 mm1
February0 6° / 43°F-1° / 30°F 51 mm1
March20 11° / 52°F2° / 36°F 59 mm2
April53 16° / 61°F5° / 41°F 57 mm4
May69 19° / 66°F9° / 48°F 79 mm5
June77 23° / 73°F13° / 55°F 70 mm6
July78 25° / 77°F15° / 59°F 65 mm6
August77 25° / 77°F14° / 57°F 72 mm5
September80 21° / 70°F10° / 50°F 53 mm4
October50 16° / 61°F7° / 45°F 77 mm2
November13 10° / 50°F3° / 37°F 76 mm1
December0 6° / 43°F0° / 32°F 73 mm0

See Dijon on the map →

Nearest destinations

Dijon: questions and answers

What kind of destination is Dijon?

Dijon is a regional city in France with a oceanic / maritime climate.

How many hours of sunshine does Dijon get a year?

Dijon gets about 1,921 hours of sunshine a year, at its best around September.

When is the best time to visit Dijon?

The sunniest time to visit Dijon is September, when the Sunshine Score peaks at 80/100 (with July and June close behind). Expect daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F.

What is the least sunny month in Dijon?

January is the least sunny month in Dijon, scoring 0/100 with about 64 mm of rain.

How strong is the sun in Dijon?

The typical midday UV index in Dijon peaks around 6 (high) in June, easing to about 0 (low) in December. Month-by-month midday UV values are in the UV column of the table on this page.

Put the Dijon sunshine badge on your site

A compact badge showing Dijon's sunshine at a glance — free to embed under CC BY 4.0. Paste this wherever you'd like it to appear:

Live preview — this is exactly what your readers see: