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Paris

Art, cafés and the Seine

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Best time to visit: Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
Currency: EUR
Time zone: UTC+1
Country: France

Photo: Yann Caradec, CC BY-SA 2.0

Great museums, walkable neighbourhoods and café terraces along the Seine.

Largest cities

Paris
Marseille
Lyon
Toulouse
Nice

Quick facts

Figures are rounded recent official estimates.

Country: France
Capital: Paris
City population: 2.1M
Population of France: 68.6M
Country area: 551,695 km²
Official language: French
Currency: Euro (EUR) · 1 USD ≈ 0.8929 EUR
Time zone: UTC+1
Calling code: +33
Drives on the: Right
Elevation: 35 m
Plugs: C / E · 230V
Emergency numbers: 112
Best time to visit: Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct

Temperatures through the year

Average daily high and low for each month in °C. Months marked with a drop are often rainy.

Temperatures through the year

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
High	7°	9°	13°	16°	20°	23°	26°	25°	21°	16°	11°	8°
Low	3°	3°	5°	7°	11°	14°	16°	16°	13°	10°	6°	4°

Best time to visitOther months

Approximate daily cost

Per adult per day: food, local transport and half a double room, without activities or flights.

ConservativeSimple stays, free and low-cost sights first.$71
HighComfortable hotels, a balanced mix of sights and trips.$169
LuxuryLuxury hotels, more paid experiences and day trips.$420

Plan a trip to Paris

Top things to do

≈ $40
Eiffel Tower
Book a timed ticket online; the tower sparkles for five minutes every hour after dark.
- Half day
- Eiffel Tower and Trocadéro
- Good for kids
- Good in the evening
≈ $37
Louvre Museum
Timed booking is required. Visitors from outside the EEA pay a higher ticket price since 2026. Closed on Tuesdays.
- Half day
- Louvre and the Tuileries
- Indoors
- Closed: Tuesday
Free
Notre-Dame and the Latin Quarter
The restored cathedral (free, reservation recommended), then bookshops and lanes on the Left Bank.
- Half day
- Île de la Cité and the Latin Quarter
≈ $22
Sainte-Chapelle
Walls of 13th-century stained glass; best on a sunny morning.
- Half day
- Île de la Cité and the Latin Quarter
- Indoors
≈ $19
Musée d'Orsay
Impressionist masterpieces in a former railway station. Closed on Mondays.
- Half day
- Louvre and the Tuileries
- Indoors
- Closed: Monday
Free
Montmartre and Sacré-Cœur
Village lanes, painters on Place du Tertre and the city view from the basilica steps.
- Half day
- Montmartre
- Good in the evening
≈ $20
Seine river cruise
An hour on the river past the Louvre, Notre-Dame and the Eiffel Tower.
- Half day
- Eiffel Tower and Trocadéro
- Good for kids
- Good in the evening
≈ $19
Champs-Élysées and the Arc de Triomphe
Walk the avenue and climb the arch's 284 steps for the view down its twelve avenues.
- Half day
- Champs-Élysées
- Good in the evening
Free
Le Marais and Place des Vosges
Mansions, falafel on Rue des Rosiers and the free Carnavalet museum of Paris history.
- Half day
- Le Marais
- Good for kids
≈ $40
Day trip: Palace of Versailles
The Hall of Mirrors and the gardens, 40 minutes by RER C. Closed on Mondays; book a time slot.
- Full day
- Versailles
- Good for kids
- Closed: Monday
≈ $110
Day trip: Disneyland Paris
Two parks 40 minutes east by RER A. Dated tickets are cheaper when bought early.
- Full day
- Marne-la-Vallée
- Good for kids

Before you go

Entry and visas

France is in the Schengen area: stays of up to 90 days in any 180-day period. Many nationalities need a Schengen visa (france-visas.gouv.fr). Visa-exempt visitors are registered at the border in the EU Entry/Exit System (EES).

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