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Do you really need AC in your hotel/ apt in Paris in August? |
Travel Info Do you really need AC in your hotel/ apt in Paris in August? Travel Tips If the meteorologists are correct, there's a 30% chance that this summer will be hotter than the 2003 heatwave, when we had 40c during the day and "only" 30c at night. You will want to go home early if you DON'T have A/C if it gets that hot, because the humidity gets high too. I live near Paris and in 2003 we had to stay inside all day with the windows and shutters closed (with no A/C...hellish), we didn't open the windows until nearly 10pm and closed them again around 9am. We have since invested in a portable A/C unit; it saved us last summer, which wasn't nearly as hot. Others You'll sleep much better with it. The average high temperature in Paris is August is about 76掳F and the average overnight low is 61掳F which means its considerably cooler than most places in the United States. You have to determine for yourself whether that is hot enough to warrant a requirement for air conditioning. Yes, it can sometimes get hot and while it is not very comfortable you can easily do without air conditioning. The only time I found myself seeking it out was the 2003 heat wave but other than that almost no one has A/C in Paris and you don't really miss it. Also, August is usually pretty stormy .. . it was freezing and raining during that month last year. Conclusion: I would not, personally, pick a hotel just on that one condition. Generally yes, but we'll never know what weather will be this august. Oh, yes, in September..... No. Many in Paris don't have AC. In France, the apartments usually have floor to ceiling windows that if you open lets in cool breezes. To the guy above me, floor to ceiling windows don't do anything when there is no wind and it's hotter outside than inside...the frogs need to learn about A/C to make their country slightly more bearable. |
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