Toulouse weather by month
The best time to visit Toulouse is May, June and September — 93/100 in September, 26°C and 6 rainy days. The best season is summer, June to August (85/100 on average).
The worst month is January at 63/100 — cold, a little rain, clean air. See January →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
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Best season: June to August (85/100 on average) · worst January (63/100)
- Days
- 26°C
- Nights
- 15°C
- Wet days
- 6
- Sun
- 9.7 h
- Humidity
- 67%
- Daylight
- 13 h

Toulouse, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Toulouse is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Toulouse through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
Crowds in Toulouse in September
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Busyschool holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Good to know before you go to Toulouse
Real experiences from travellers' own write-ups, quoted with a link to the original.
Visas & entry
A practical guide to Toulouse notes the airport is genuinely easy to reach from the center via the T2 tram line, which stops at both Arenes and Palais de Justice, making a taxi unnecessary for most arrivals. Their money-saving tip was to pick up a Toulouse City Pass if staying more than a day, since it bundles free public transport with entry to several attractions and usually pays for itself once you've visited two or three sights.
Traveller notes on Toulouse
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Toulouse takes its weather off the Pyrenees, and the forum's warning is about how fast it turns: locals describe leaving the house wrapped up on an overcast morning and the sun arriving an hour later. May averages near 21°C by day and 12 overnight, with rain on about a dozen days, and a French May at large can swing from 5°C to the mid-20s. Layers, and check the forecast a day or two out rather than packing on the month. If the Pyrenees are the point, regulars call May iffy for high walking — long stretches of path are clear, but sheltered sections can still hold real snow.
Forum posters describe November in Toulouse as not very cold, typically 10-15C with real wind, and daytime temperatures often cited around 50-55F even as nights turn properly cold - rain is a genuine part of the picture too. Posters are consistent that conditions stay unpredictable and one poster specifically pushed back on the idea that Toulouse in November feels like grim northern France, describing it as not always gloomy or dull despite the cooler, wetter season. Posters generally recommend the city as a worthwhile November destination for museums and cultural sites, provided visitors come prepared with appropriate layers for the wind and occasional rain. Posters generally rate November as a viable, if unglamorous weather-wise, time to visit Toulouse.
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