Paris in Autumn: The Best Season Nobody Talks About
By Hafid Assaoui · 2026-06-28
A licensed Paris guide explains why autumn — September to early November — is the best season to visit Paris: mild weather, cultural season, fewer crowds.
Ask any licensed Paris guide what their favourite season is, and they will say autumn. Here is why — and how to make the most of it. The light changes everything By late September, the harsh summer sun softens. Paris turns amber. The limestone facades — Haussmann''s cream stone — glow at golden hour in a way they do not in July. Photographers know this. Painters have known it for a century. The tourists leave Peak season ends the last week of…