France in November, away from Paris

Pleasant in November

Average high closest to 18–26 °C and fewest rain days (1991–2020 normals).

6h39 Coast · Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Menton The last town on the Riviera before Italy: a Baroque old quarter in ochre and pink, lemon groves, subtropical gardens and Cocteau. High 17 °C · Low 10 °C · 8 rain days 6h18 Coast · Occitanie Collioure A Catalan fishing port where the Pyrenees meet the Mediterranean, with a sea-washed church tower and the light that gave birth to Fauvism. High 16 °C · Low 8 °C · 5 rain days ✈ / ⛴ Coast · Corsica Bonifacio A Genoese citadel perched on white limestone cliffs at the southern tip of Corsica, staring across the strait at Sardinia. High 17 °C · Low 12 °C · 10 rain days ✈ / ⛴ Mountains · Corsica Corte The mountain capital of Corsica’s short-lived independent republic: an eagle’s-nest citadel, a student town, and wild gorges at its door. High 16 °C · Low 5 °C · 10 rain days 3h36 Town · Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Arles A Roman city on the Rhône where Van Gogh painted his brightest year, with an arena still in use and the Camargue at its gates. High 15 °C · Low 7 °C · 7 rain days 5h15 Mountains · Nouvelle-Aquitaine Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port A walled Basque town of red sandstone on the river Nive, where pilgrims to Santiago set off over the Pyrenees. High 15 °C · Low 6 °C · 13 rain days 5h24 Town · Occitanie Carcassonne A medieval fortress city with two rings of walls and dozens of towers on a hill above the Aude, rescued from demolition in the 1850s. High 14 °C · Low 7 °C · 9 rain days 6h02 City · Occitanie Albi A red-brick episcopal city on the Tarn: a fortress-cathedral painted inside from floor to vault, and the world’s largest Toulouse-Lautrec collection. High 14 °C · Low 5 °C · 10 rain days

Signature festivals

• Vente des vins des Hospices de Beaune — Beaune, Burgundy–Franche-Comté. The world’s best-known charity wine auction, held on the third Sunday of November since 1859, sells wines from the vineyards of Beaune’s old hospital. The whole weekend becomes a wine festival, with tastings and celebrations in the streets.
• Foire du livre de Brive — Brive-la-Gaillarde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. One of France’s biggest literary gatherings, usually on the first weekend of November: hundreds of authors sign books and talk to readers in the market town of Brive. First held in 1973, it was relaunched on a larger scale in 1982.

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All forty places in November

Wettest in November: Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port (170 mm), Annecy (164 mm), Quimper (148 mm), Corte (138 mm).