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Cité des sciences et de l'industrie

Cité des sciences et de l'industrie is a science museum. Paris 19e is where it stands. Our list has 2,153 more places within 15 km; first among them is Musée du Louvre, at 5.3 km.

Where

In Paris 19e

inside the commune

How well known

Top 1%

#95 of 37,318 French places we list

Warmest months

Apr–Oct

highs of 18–27°C

In brief

Museum in Paris 19e

One of the best-known places to visit in France

#95 of the 37,318 museums, châteaux, gardens and other attractions we list in France, by how widely it is covered (38 Wikipedia and sister-site articles). About ↓

In Paris 19e

Cité des sciences et de l'industrie is in the commune of Paris 19e, with 742 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Weather through the year

Aim for April to October, when Paris 19e reaches 18–27°C.

Jan8° / 3°51 mm

Feb10° / 4°45 mm

Mar14° / 6°46 mm

Apr18° / 8°49 mm

May21° / 11°75 mm

Jun24° / 14°55 mm

Jul27° / 16°57 mm

Aug27° / 16°59 mm

Sep23° / 13°49 mm

Oct18° / 10°57 mm

Nov12° / 6°58 mm

Dec9° / 4°67 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Paris 19e, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Luxembourg station, 5.5 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Paris 19e’s full climate →

About

Cité des sciences et de l'industrie

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 38 languages.

Cité des sciences et de l'industrie on Wikipedia ↗

Type: Museum
Covered in: 38 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune: Paris 19e, Paris
Official site: cite-sciences.fr

Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Plan your visit

How to visit

HoursTue–Sat 10:00–18:00 · Sun 10:00–19:00

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

The way to Cité des sciences et de l'industrie

Cité des sciences et de l'industrie is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Home to 183,127 people, Paris 18e is the largest of these 8. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in this commune

Paris 19e

178,691 people

2 · 1.5 km east of it

Pantin

61,929 people

3 · 1.9 km southeast of it

Le Pré-Saint-Gervais

16,993 people

4 · 2 km north of it

Aubervilliers

88,365 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Cité des sciences et de l'industrie is	People
Paris 19e	It’s in this commune	178,691
Pantin	1.5 km east of it	61,929
Le Pré-Saint-Gervais	1.9 km southeast of it	16,993
Aubervilliers	2 km north of it	88,365
Les Lilas	2.9 km southeast of it	23,843
Paris 10e	2.9 km southwest of it	83,873
Paris 18e	3.1 km west of it	183,127
La Courneuve	3.4 km north of it	47,167

Make a day of it

Next door to Cité des sciences et de l'industrie

Our list has 2,153 more within 15 km, among them 4 attractions, 2 museums and a church.

1MuseumMuseumMusée du Louvre5.3 km southwest, in Paris 1er 2

AttractionTour Eiffel8 km southwest, in Paris 7e 3

AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris5.5 km southwest, in Paris 4e 4

MuseumMusée d'Orsay6 km southwest, in Paris 7e 5

AttractionCimetière du Père-Lachaise3.9 km south, in Paris 20e 6

AttractionAvenue des Champs-Élysées6.7 km southwest, in Paris 8e 7

ChurchBasilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre3.4 km west, in Paris 18e 8

GardenParc de la Villette400 m southeast, in Paris 19e

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Cité des sciences et de l'industrie: what to know

Where is Cité des sciences et de l'industrie?

Cité des sciences et de l'industrie is in Paris 19e, in Paris (Île-de-France).

What is Cité des sciences et de l'industrie?

Science museum in Paris.

How well known is Cité des sciences et de l'industrie?

Cité des sciences et de l'industrie has 38 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #95 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Cité des sciences et de l'industrie?

April to October are the warmest months in Paris 19e, with afternoon highs of 18–27°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Cité des sciences et de l'industrie?

Within 15 km: Musée du Louvre (5.3 km), Tour Eiffel (8 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris (5.5 km) and Musée d'Orsay (6 km).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (7)

Tour Eiffel: Benh LIEU SONG, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris: P e z i, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée d'Orsay: Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cimetière du Père-Lachaise: Connie Ma from Chicago, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Avenue des Champs-Élysées: SoWhat, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre: Tonchino, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Parc de la Villette: Jean-Marie Hullot from France, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.