Parisians and tourists tried to beat the heat on Monday by seeking shade and flocking to air-conditioned museums, as temperatures in the French capital reached 44 degrees Celsius (111.2 Fahrenheit). France is gritting its teeth for a week of record-busting temperatures, sweltering under a heat wave that combines daytime highs above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) and sleep-robbing sweaty nights. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Associated Press.
In Rennes, western France, a drugstore sign showed 43 degrees Celsius (109.4 Fahrenheit). Families cooled off at water sprays near the Eiffel Tower in Paris. A man shielded himself from the sun with a scarf in the garden of the Palace of Versailles. The heat wave gripped the country, as seen in photos taken on June 21-22, 2026.