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About
Le Havre is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the English Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very close to the Prime Meridian. Le Havre is the busiest port on the northern French Coast and largest container port in France. it is the second largest city in the Normandy region of France with total population of the greater Le Havre conurbation being smaller than that of Rouen.It is also the second largest subprefecture in France, after only Reims. The name Le Havre means 'the harbour' or 'the port'. Its inhabitants are known as havrais or havraises.
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The next week in Le Havre
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
12° / 6°
UV Moderate
Sat
Thunderstorm
13° / 10°
3.6 mm
UV Moderate
Sun
Showers
14° / 11°
2.3 mm
UV Moderate
Mon
Showers
15° / 10°
1.6 mm
UV Moderate
Tue
Rain
19° / 12°
14.1 mm
UV High
Wed
Rain
16° / 14°
1.5 mm
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
24° / 5°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
15.3h
06:16 – 21:34local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Le Havre
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Deauville Normandie airport (DOL) at 15 km.
Getting around Le Havre
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
VectareLEXFlixBus-euTER BreizhGoNeckar-DonauBlaBlaCar BusFlixbusLiA (Le Havre Seine Métropole)Nomad Train (SNCF, Région Normandie)Nomad Car (Région Normandie)SNCF VoyageursB MetroNS IntBrittany Ferries
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
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Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
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