Rennes
City in France: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Vue sud-ouest de la place du parlement de Bretagne, Rennes, France: Édouard Hue (User:EdouardHue), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Rennes is a city in France, in Brittany. About 227,830 people live in the city proper, making it the 13th largest city of France in our atlas.
It lies at 48.11° N, 1.67° W, about 39 m (128 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Paris time zone.
Location
Red dot: Rennes. Green dots: other major cities of France. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Rennes has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 24°C (76°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 2°C (35°F). Around 707 mm (28 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in FranceNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Nantes · 100 km
- Le Havre · 202 km
- Paris 15 Vaugirard · 306 km
- Paris · 309 km
- Marne La Vallée · 330 km
- Bordeaux · 372 km
- Reims · 442 km
- Lille · 449 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2983990 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q647 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Vue sud-ouest de la place du parlement de Bretagne, Rennes, France: Édouard Hue (User:EdouardHue), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)