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Average Daily Hours of Sunshine
Hours Hours
10 10
8 8
Sunshine Hours
6 6 The northerly position
of Paris gives it long
4 4 and light summer
evenings, but in
2 2 winter the daylight
recedes with few
0 0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec truly bright days.

Summer
Summer begins with the French
Tennis Open, and there are
many events and festivities until
July. Thereafter, the French
begin thinking of their own
annual holiday, but there are big
celebrations on Bastille Day (14
July) with military displays for
the president and his guests.

Final lap of the Champs-Elysées during the Tour de France
Fête de la Musique (21 Jun), all Paris Air and Space
over Paris. Nightlong summer Technology Show (Jun,
solstice musical celebrations. alternate years, next show
Fête du Cinéma (late Jun–early 2017), Le Bourget Airport.
Jul). Films shown all over Paris
for a nominal entry fee (p348). July
Fête des Jardins à Bagatelle, Festival du Cinéma en Plein
Bois de Boulogne (p247). Air (mid-Jul–Aug), Parc de la
Jardin du Luxembourg in summer Celebrating rose season. Villette (pp238–9).
Paris Jazz Festival (Jun –Jul), Parc Paris Quartier d’Eté
June Floral de Paris. Jazz musicians (mid-Jul–mid-Aug). Dance,
Festival St-Denis, Basilique- come to play in Paris (pp341–2). music, theatre, ballet.
Cathédrale de St-Denis. Les Grandes Eaux Nocturnes Paris Plages (mid-Jul–mid-
Concerts emphasize large- (mid-Jun–mid-Sep), Versailles Aug). Sand and palm trees
scale choral works (p338). (pp250–55). Lights and fountains deposited on the Right Bank
Prix de Diane-Longines in the gardens, with music, of the Seine create a beach.
(mid-Jun), Chantilly. French dance and theatre. Tour de France (late Jul). The
equivalent of the British Ascot Gay Pride (end Jun). Lively world’s greatest cycle race
high society horse-racing event. parade around the Bastille. ends on the Champs-Elysées.

March past of troops on Bastille Day (14 July)

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