My husband and I will be visiting Paris the first week of July. We were wondering if we would need a hotel with air Conditioning or is the weather cool enough to have a room with out air conditioning. Thank you for all responses!
Posted by
victoria, Canada
11507 posts
Well I have been in the summer and roasted, and I have been in the summer and encountered rain and cool weather.
Personally I get a/c ,, a few reasons,, first if its hot,, it can be very hot, secondly I am not used to alot of heat to begin with, thirdly, if hotel window faces a noisey street, leaving the windows open for ventilation is not an option for me, I am a light sleeper. Lastly, when its hot in Paris I really like a cool room to come home to,, the heat in Paris isn't moderated by cooling breezes like they are where I live(by the ocean) , and all the pavement and stone buildings radiates the heat.
Posted by
Northamptonshire, England
33864 posts
Nobody knows what this summer will bring. Prior advice right on.
Posted by
Austin
976 posts
Third the above remarks, with the caveat that the AC in your room may not be as cool as you wish. on last trip we had a lovely view from our 5th floor room under the eaves with AC- evidently not much insulation between the metal roof and our ceiling. Windows on both the boulevard and the alley so you'd think there would be cross breezes.
Very warm still, and I'm used to "warm"... the outside temps were fine for stroilling in the morning and evening, but the room was never cool. If we had a lower floor it would have been better.
Posted by
Vernon, Canada
32355 posts
Tara, As the others noted, there are no guarantees on what the weather will be like this July, but generally speaking I'd suggest A/C for Paris in July. It can be warm even in the shoulder seasons. Cheers!
Posted by
Mission Viejo, Calif., USA
1010 posts
We were in Paris in June of 2009 and 2010. You will definitely need air-conditiong. French air-conditioning is not as good as it is in the U.S. That is putting it mildly. We stayed at the Hotel Le Littre in the 6th arron. It had a/c in the rooms, but the lobby was always too hot. Paris is unbearable in the summer. Paris hardly has any a/c, PERIOD.