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We have a flat booked for the 2nd week in August in Central Paris. Said flat is on the 6th floor (a lift is there) but has no air conditioning. The owner will provide fans, but will that be sufficient to keep the place reasonably cool?
Being from Texas we don't mind it getting warm indoors during the day & early evening (won't be there anyway), but find it difficult to sleep well late at night if the indoor temperature gets above 75F.
We are both in our early 70s.
We have read that on occasion it can get very hot in Paris - up to 40C - but generally is pretty mild compared to Central Texas at that time of the year.
Any informative feedback is welcome, and thanks in advance.
Be prepared for a lot of things to be closed then, traditionally Parisians head en masse to the seaside for that entire month shutting a lot of businesses, etc. Just a heads up....
Be prepared for a lot of things to be closed then, traditionally Parisians head en
masse to the seaside for that entire month shutting a lot of businesses, etc. Just a heads up....
True...many Europeans do this each August.
Just saw an average of 77 degrees F for Aug. high, on one website....sounds a little low to me.
Be prepared for a lot of things to be closed then, traditionally Parisians head en masse to the seaside for that entire month shutting a lot of businesses, etc. Just a heads up....
We just plan on seeing some of the major tourist highlights, and have a friend who will be driving us around. Hope they don't close the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, etc.
But yes, I've already heard about the Parisians fleeing to the beaches - probably what the owner of this flat is doing.
August in Paris:
Less local pop, but potentially more tourists as other Euro countries are on their 4-6 vacay, also and they plus US people do visit Paris in August. I have been there in August and most of the usual stuff is available to see/do.
An unconditioned room is not my choice, anywhere in August in the Northern Hemisphere, but maybe your comfort zone is more higher temps acceptable.
The weather is unpredictable more than a few days out...when I was there in August, it was hot even for walking around sight seeing. Hope that 6th floor room is not too hot, and the elevator is working!
Maybe rent a car/get your friend to drive you to Normandy Beach and area for a day trip: it is remarkable and emotional.
We have a flat booked for the 2nd week in August in Central Paris. Said flat is on the 6th floor (a lift is there) but has no air conditioning. The owner will provide fans, but will that be sufficient to keep the place reasonably cool?
Being from Texas we don't mind it getting warm indoors during the day & early evening (won't be there anyway), but find it difficult to sleep well late at night if the indoor temperature gets above 75F.
We are both in our early 70s.
We have read that on occasion it can get very hot in Paris - up to 40C - but generally is pretty mild compared to Central Texas at that time of the year.
Any informative feedback is welcome, and thanks in advance.
I haven't been to Paris in August, but I've been there in July, and I won't ever go back in the summer. It was terribly hot, and although we had an air conditioned hotel room, it was too hot and humid outside to do much of what we like best in Paris -- walking around and sitting outside in cafes. I'm a Floridian, and I don't spend time outside in the hot weather if I can help it. Trying to sleep in the heat, even with fans, sounds like a nightmare to me.
I recall one terrible night at the beginning of that trip. We had booked a room in a non-air conditioned, but very historical, hotel very near the Notre Dame. It was really hot in the room, so we opened the large windows that faced directly onto the Notre Dame. We hadn't planned on the fact that crowds of people like to gather outside the cathedral on hot nights, playing guitars, revving motorcycles, general crowd noise. If we closed the windows of our room, it was quiet enough, but then it was beastly hot. The next morning we moved out of that hotel and into a nearby one that had air-conditioning.
If I were you, I'd opt for a different flat, one with A/C.
Is the 6th floor the top floor of the building? Does the flat have windows that face west or south? Sometimes a room will be cool enough to sleep in if it's not on the top floor (hot air rises) or get the afternoon sun. Keep the curtains and windows closed in the afternoons and at night have the fans in front of the windows blowing cooler air into the flat, not just recirculating the air inside the flat. Or have a fan blowing directly on the bed.
Paris isn't a particularly warm European city, like most other Northern European cities the weather can be changeable, I would say the weather is (on average) rather pleasant in August, average 'high' of 24 Centigrade:-
We just plan on seeing some of the major tourist highlights, and have a friend who will be driving us around. Hope they don't close the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, etc.
But yes, I've already heard about the Parisians fleeing to the beaches - probably what the owner of this flat is doing.
Yeah, for most first time or stereotypical sightseeing visitors it won't matter really, the biggies are open. If you are more interested in specific smaller businesses, restaurants in local neighborhoods or local specialties it would probably be more obvious.
When I lived in Austin, it was hot but because it was a dry heat, it felt cooler.
Paris has a higher humidity than Central Texas. The heat will be harder to take.
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