Paris in February: Weather, Valentine’s Day and What to Book

Yes, if you want museums, food, and a city that is still on winter prices, and if you will dress for damp cold. No, if the trip only works with long warm evenings or a guaranteed climb to the top of the Eiffel Tower. Summit maintenance dates for 2027 are TBC. In 2026 the summit was closed from January 5 through February 6, so do not buy a summit ticket on the hope that early February will be open.

The month splits in two. Monday, February 1 through Friday, February 5 is after the holidays and before the school break. On the standing sales rule the January guide explains, the winter sales run through Tuesday, February 2. The economy ministry had not posted a separate 2027 calendar when that rule was checked on October 25, 2026. Treat February 2 as what the rule produces, and check the shop if your plan depends on the last morning.

From Saturday, February 6, zone C schools are on holiday, and they stay out until the morning of Monday, February 22. Valentine’s week is the busy half of the month, not the quiet half. If you can move a museum morning to the first week, do it. If you are coming for February 14, book the timed entries before you book the restaurant.

February is still low season at Versailles, and the palace is closed Mondays. The day itself is in the Versailles guide. For the wider question of whether the city is worth a winter trip at all, the comparison of seasons is on is Paris worth visiting.

Valentine’s Day 2027 is a Sunday. We did not find an official city program for that date when we checked on October 25, 2026, so this section does not invent a light show or a municipal dinner. What you can book now is a meal with a known meeting point, or a dinner boat from the comparison we already keep.

Sunday is a museum day. The Louvre is closed on Tuesdays, not Sundays, so February 14 is an open day for the big museums unless a one-off closure is posted later. It is also the middle of the school holiday, so a Sunday afternoon at the Mona Lisa will not feel like a private appointment. Book the time slot. A private visit is a different product, covered in private Louvre tours.

A full meal on foot, instead of a fixed menu you have not read

Devour meets and ends at 111 Rue de Turenne. The walk covers the Marais, Île Saint-Louis, and the Jewish quarter: ten tastings, two wines, and a full meal rather than a string of snacks. The group caps at 12. The listing is not vegan, not for celiac disease, and not recommended if you are lactose intolerant. It can adapt for vegetarian, pescatarian, and non-alcoholic guests, and for pregnancy, but not every stop has a substitute. Serious allergies need a waiver, and you email after booking. Cancel free until 24 hours before. The listing does not pin a single minute count.

Secret Food Tours is the flexible one. Notre-Dame and the Latin Quarter meet at Pont Marie, Montmartre meets at Anvers, and a shorter center walk meets at 21 Rue des Petits Carreaux. Groups cap at 12, or 16 on the short option. The listing cannot do vegan, gluten-free, or dairy-free, and it is not wheelchair accessible. Cancel free until 24 hours before. Pick the route that starts near where you are staying, not the one that sounds most romantic on a map.

If the point of the day is the hill, Do Eat Better starts at 82 Boulevard de Clichy and ends on the parvis of Sacré-Cœur. It is a full meal across at least four stops, with wine for guests 18 and older, water, a non-alcoholic option, and a vegetarian option. Severe allergies are refused. The hill is real. The guide may speak English and French. The option we list runs about 3.5 hours; another option on the same listing is described as 3 hours, so read the one you select. Cancel free until 24 hours before. The neighborhood comparison, including a smaller Montmartre group, is on Paris food tours.

A search for February 10–16, 2027 still returned these three listings on October 25, 2026. That week is past the window we could hold, so the price on the card is the lowest listed option on the check date, not a fare locked to February 14. Confirm the departure when you book.

Dinner on the river

For a table on a boat, use the Seine dinner cruise guide. The boats are compared there, not on this page. Read the menu and the drinks package on the option you select. A Sunday departure is not automatically the same service as a Friday, and Valentine’s Day menus, where an operator publishes one, are a separate product from the ordinary dinner.

Paris is zone C. On the education ministry’s open data, checked October 25, 2026, the winter holiday starts after class on the date given and classes resume the morning of the end date. For 2026–27 that is after class on Saturday, February 6, 2027, with classes back on the morning of Monday, February 22, 2027.

Valentine’s Day sits in the middle of that window, not at the edge of it. The museums, the river boats, and the trains to Versailles are sharing the city with families who live here, not only with visitors. The first week of February, before the 6th, is the quieter one. The last weekend, February 20 and 21, is still holiday; Monday the 22nd is a school morning.

The Louvre asks visitors to book a time in busy periods, and school holidays are one of those periods. A Tuesday is not a Louvre day. Put Orsay on Tuesday and the Louvre on another morning, and do not assume a walk-up will work on February 14. The ticket rules are in the Louvre tickets guide.

2027 public-transport fares were not posted when we checked. Do not budget from a 2026 ticket price for a February ride. The Eiffel Tower’s own attendance calendar for the winter school holiday in 2027 was not a date we could confirm either. Plan the tower as a timed visit once 2027 summit dates exist, and use the Eiffel Tower ticket guide for what a ticket currently includes.

Book the things that do not need a blue sky: a museum with the ticket in the reservation, and one food tour. Leave the summit until the tower publishes 2027 maintenance dates. Nine rainy days is a normal February, and five nights in a typical February reach freezing, so an outdoor-only itinerary is a gamble.

Orsay when the Louvre is shut, or when it is simply wet

The semi-private Orsay tour meets at 5 Rue de la Légion d’Honneur and includes the permanent-collection ticket. Temporary exhibitions are extra. The small option caps at six, there is a private family option, and a larger option runs to 12. It is not set up for wheelchairs. The listing’s duration is about 2 to 2.5 hours. Cancel free until 24 hours before. Tuesday is the obvious day, because the Louvre is closed. Any other wet morning works too.

One daylight route, with the museum on the option that includes it

The shared day tour runs four, five, or nine hours. The long option meets at 72 Boulevard Marguerite de Rochechouart and lists a Louvre ticket, with Orsay on Tuesday if that is the option you select. Metro tickets are on the full-day option. The Eiffel stop is outside the tower, Notre-Dame is exterior, and the shared group runs to 20. A four-hour option meets at the Benjamin Franklin statue and does not include the cruise. A five-hour option skips the museum. The cruise is only on the option that lists it. Do not treat the listing’s own Louvre figure as the official museum price. It is not a step-free day.

That is the indoor pair we would book, plus one of the food tours above. The neighborhood-by-neighborhood food comparison, if you want a Marais tasting that is not the Devour route, stays on the food-tours page rather than being repeated here.

February is a common month to add a park day, because the zone C break covers February 6 through the morning of February 22. A visit in that window shares the parks with Paris school holidays. A visit in the first five days of the month does not.

We did not confirm February 2027 hours or a seasonal event from an official park calendar on October 25, 2026, so this page does not list showtimes, ticket prices, or a parade. This page does not sell park tickets; dated tickets and transport bundles are compared in our Disneyland Paris tickets guide. If a day at the parks is the reason for the trip, check the operator’s own calendar for your date before you book the train.