The sun is present at the end of 2024, but temperatures will quickly drop and clouds accompanied by rain will appear from the start of 2025.
2025 is not going to start off under the best auspices. The first days of the year promise to be rainy and cool. While the end of 2024 is sunny with rather high temperatures for the season, coolness will reappear from the first days of 2025, accompanied by clouds and rain, according to Meteo France. New Year’s Eve, like the New Year, is not looking bright.
The weather forecasting organization has already started to deliver trends for the coming week and, whether in the south of the country, in the north of France, at the edge of the ocean or in the is in the country, almost everyone will be in the same boat.
Friday December 27, the sun will shine across all of France, with the exception of La Rochelle, Cherbourg and Strasbourg. Temperature-wise, it will be between 3°C (Strasbourg and Chalon-sur-Saône) and 10°C (Brest) in the northern half. The mercury will rise to 16°C in Nice in the southern half. It will be 13°C in Ajaccio, Perpignan and Aurillac.
Saturday December 28, there will be frost in the morning, with -2°C in Metz, Chaumont and Auxerre, -1°C in Strasbourg, Belfort and Limoges and 0°C in Bourges, Vichy and Lyon. The sun will be out across the entire region with temperatures rising in the afternoon. It will be 6°C in La Rochelle and Nantes, 12°C in Perpignan and still 16°C in Nice. On Sunday, clouds will appear in the north and the sky will be hazy from Alsace to the Pyrenees. In terms of temperatures, it will be 7°C in Lille, 8°C in Tarbes, 9°C in Brest, 10°C in Gap and the maximum will be 15°C for Nice and Ajaccio.
Monday 30, clouds will reach a large part of the territory, but without rain for the moment. The sun should still persist under the Loire. Temperatures will also drop. It will be 3°C in Belfort and Limoges, 4°C in Chaumont and Lyon, 5°C in La Rochelle and Montélimar, 9°C in Paris and the maximum will be 17°C for Ajaccio.
On Tuesday, rain will appear for this last day of 2024. The west of France will be affected, from Cherbourg to La Rochelle. The southern half of France will remain spared and there will even be sunshine. It will be 5°C in Reims, 6°C in Vichy, 7°C in Alençon, 8°C in Paris and the maximum will be for Ajaccio with 16°C.
The next day, for the first day of the year, rain will be present in part of northern France, from La Rochelle to Reims, from the morning. This will gain a large part of the territory during the day, going as far as Marseille. Temperatures will be rather high for the season, with 14°C in Cherbourg, 13°C in Nantes, 12°C in Tarbes, and 11°C in Lyon. The maximum will still be for Ajaccio with 16°C.
Thursday and Friday, the sun will be rare. In turn, it will only shine in a small part of the south-east of France, then in the north. Rain is expected in major cities (Lille, Brest, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Lyon) and the mercury will vary from 2 to 16°C. The forecasts will be refined in the coming days.