Climate and average weather in Argenteuil

In Argenteuil, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: mid May to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Argenteuil typically varies from 2°C to 24°C, and is rarely below -4°C or above 31°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Argenteuil for warm-weather activities is from mid May to late September.

Hottest
Jul
24°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Dec
71 mm
Driest
Sep
44 mm
Rain / yr
670 mm
126 wet days
Daylight
8.0–16.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
37 m
48.9°N
Clearest
Aug
61% cloud

Argenteuil weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid May to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Argenteuil, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.5 months, from June 2 to September 15, with daily high temperatures above 20°C. The hottest month of the year in Argenteuil is July, with an average high of 24°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 3.6 months, from November 15 to March 5, with daily high temperatures below 10°C. The coldest month of the year in Argenteuil is January, with an average low of 2°C and high of 7°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 10°C) in August.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan72
Feb82
Mar124
Apr156
May189
Jun2212
Jul2414
Aug2414
Sep2011
Oct169
Nov105
Dec73

How hot and cold Argenteuil really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -2°C (around January 30), with roughly 98 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-5°10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan77-22
Feb88-22
Mar121214
Apr151536
May181889
Jun22221212
Jul24241414
Aug24241414
Sep20201111
Oct161669
Nov101025
Dec77-13

Average hourly temperature in Argenteuil

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 24°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Argenteuil weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5511.70.98.50.7
Feb / 4910.11.29.81.2
Mar12° / 5110.30.611.62.9
Apr15° / 5110.80.113.44.4
May18° / 6411.10155.6
Jun22° / 12°569.9015.96.4
Jul24° / 14°529.2015.67.0
Aug24° / 14°579.4014.26.9
Sep20° / 11°448.6012.46.4
Oct16° / 6211010.54.6
Nov10° / 5911.40.38.92.2
Dec / 7112.60.98.10.9

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Argenteuil gets about 670 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.6 months, from around Oct 20 to Mar 7, peaking in December at about 41% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Sep 4.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 71 mm over about 13 wet days; September is the driest, with 44 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetDec 23 · 41%Sep 4 · 26%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3812
Feb3710
Mar3310
Apr3511
May3711
Jun3310
Jul309
Aug309
Sep309
Oct3511
Nov3811
Dec4013

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Argenteuil collects about 670 mm of rain across 126 wet days — roughly 56 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 71 mm, while September is the driest at just 44 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 29% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec554951516456525744625971
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan55121
Feb49101
Mar51101
Apr51110
May64110
Jun56100
Jul5290
Aug5790
Sep4490
Oct62110
Nov59110
Dec71131

Snow in Argenteuil

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Argenteuil averages about 4 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 23 to Mar 14 — about 3.7 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 1.3 day of snow and an estimated 4 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 13 cm of snow.

01234JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonFeb 6
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan13
Feb14
Mar12
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov01
Dec14

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Argenteuil, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 14 and lasts for 4.6 months, ending around October 1. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 42% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 2 and lasts for 5.4 months, ending around March 14. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 77% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 4 · 45%Nov 26 · 21%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2377
Feb2674
Mar3169
Apr3565
May3268
Jun3565
Jul4159
Aug4258
Sep3862
Oct3169
Nov2377
Dec2476

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 16, brings about 16 hours of light; the shortest, around December 16, only 8 hours — a swing of roughly 8 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.58:475:14
Feb9.88:116:01
Mar11.67:146:47
Apr13.46:087:35
May15.05:168:19
Jun15.94:538:50
Jul15.65:098:44
Aug14.25:498:01
Sep12.46:356:56
Oct10.57:205:52
Nov8.98:105:03
Dec8.18:464:49

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Argenteuil averages about 5 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 8 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.6 months, from around Jun 15 to Oct 2. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 7 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is November, down near 4 sunny days — about 48% fewer than the August peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedAug 38 daysNov 253 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan4Gloomy
Feb4Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr6Gloomy
May5Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug7Gloomy
Sep7Gloomy
Oct5Gloomy
Nov4Gloomy
Dec4Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Argenteuil, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.7 months, from around May 27 to September 16. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 19% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 17 to May 26, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 15 · 100%Jul 28 · 79%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr99100
May861220
Jun6227101
Jul4339172
Aug4338172
Sep702460
Oct861410
Nov98200
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Argenteuil is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Oct 13 to Apr 9. The windiest month is January, averaging about 15 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 10 to Oct 12, with August the calmest month at about 11 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 1 · 15 km/hAug 3 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan15light breeze
Feb14light breeze
Mar13light breeze
Apr12light breeze
May12calm
Jun11calm
Jul11calm
Aug11calm
Sep12calm
Oct13light breeze
Nov13light breeze
Dec14light breeze

Best time to visit Argenteuil

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Argenteuil throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late September, Argenteuil is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Argenteuil for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to late September, with a peak score in the third week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 20 · 7.1

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.8poor
Feb1.2poor
Mar2.9poor
Apr4.4fair
May5.6good
Jun6.4good
Jul7.0good
Aug6.9good
Sep6.4good
Oct4.6fair
Nov2.3poor
Dec1.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Argenteuil for hot-weather activities is from late June to late August, with a peak score in the last week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 26 · 6.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Argenteuil, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 24°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 7°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Argenteuil sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Argenteuil by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Argenteuil peaks around June 23 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Argenteuil

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 7.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 3 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar20
Apr5.50
May70
Jun7.53
Jul7.53
Aug72.5
Sep4.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Argenteuil by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Argenteuil is worst in April — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 1020 µg/m³Jul 2014 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayReliably frost-free (≥90%)

Argenteuil is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about March 19 to November 14 (241 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecreliably frost-freeMar 1990%Nov 1490%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan6931
Feb6928
Mar8716
Apr960
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct990
Nov9016
Dec7531

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Argenteuil banks about 1,148 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

05001,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr20
May120
Jun209
Jul284
Aug279
Sep173
Oct64
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Argenteuil receives about 3.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.7 and 5.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 22 to Sep 20. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.5 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.8 kWh/m² — roughly 86% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 225.6 kWhDec 240.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.9Dim
Feb1.7Dim
Mar2.9Moderate
Apr4.5Bright
May5.2Bright
Jun5.5Bright
Jul5.4Bright
Aug4.7Bright
Sep3.4Moderate
Oct2.0Moderate
Nov1.1Dim
Dec0.8Dim

Where is Argenteuil?

Argenteuil sits at 48.9°N, 2.2°E, 37 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Sannois, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Argenteuil

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Argenteuil.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Argenteuil has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m around an average of 52 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 258 m.

The land around Argenteuil is covered by artificial surfaces (69%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (48%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and cropland (52%) and trees (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
149 m
16 km
209 m
80 km
258 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Sannois 2.0 km · Colombes 3.0 km · Bezons 4.0 km · Bois-Colombes 4.0 km · Cormeilles-en-Parisis 4.0 km · Sartrouville 4.0 km · Franconville 4.0 km · Saint-Gratien 4.0 km

France travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 77% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$48,986
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 539
Religion
Roman Catholic 47%none 33%Muslim 4%Protestant 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Argenteuil (48.9479°, 2.2474°, elevation 37 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).