diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index db82652..33de1cf 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ mod cast_to_variant;
 mod is_variant_null;
 mod json_to_variant;
 mod variant_get;
+mod variant_get_float;
 mod variant_get_int;
 mod variant_get_str;
 mod variant_list_construct;
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ pub use cast_to_variant::*;
 pub use is_variant_null::*;
 pub use json_to_variant::*;
 pub use variant_get::*;
+pub use variant_get_float::*;
 pub use variant_get_int::*;
 pub use variant_get_str::*;
 pub use variant_list_construct::*;
diff --git a/src/variant_get_float.rs b/src/variant_get_float.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed85021
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/variant_get_float.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use arrow::array::{ArrayRef, Float64Array};
+use arrow_schema::DataType;
+use datafusion::{
+    error::Result,
+    logical_expr::{
+        ColumnarValue, ScalarFunctionArgs, ScalarUDFImpl, Signature, TypeSignature, Volatility,
+    },
+    scalar::ScalarValue,
+};
+use parquet_variant::Variant;
+
+use crate::shared::invoke_variant_get_typed;
+
+/// Extracts a floating-point value from a Variant by path.
+///
+/// `variant_get_float(variant, path)` returns the value at `path` as a `FLOAT64`.
+/// - Float values are returned as-is
+/// - Integer values are returned as `FLOAT64` (large values may lose precision)
+/// - Non-numeric values return NULL
+/// - Returns NULL if the path does not exist
+#[derive(Debug, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct VariantGetFloatUdf {
+    signature: Signature,
+}
+
+impl Default for VariantGetFloatUdf {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            signature: Signature::new(TypeSignature::Any(2), Volatility::Immutable),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn scalar_from_float(value: Option<f64>) -> ScalarValue {
+    ScalarValue::Float64(value)
+}
+
+fn float_array_from_values(values: Vec<Option<f64>>) -> ArrayRef {
+    Arc::new(values.into_iter().collect::<Float64Array>())
+}
+
+fn extract_float(value: Variant<'_, '_>) -> Result<Option<f64>> {
+    Ok(value
+        .as_f64()
+        .or_else(|| value.as_int64().map(|int| int as f64)))
+}
+
+impl ScalarUDFImpl for VariantGetFloatUdf {
+    fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn std::any::Any {
+        self
+    }
+
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "variant_get_float"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> &Signature {
+        &self.signature
+    }
+
+    fn return_type(&self, _arg_types: &[DataType]) -> Result<DataType> {
+        Ok(DataType::Float64)
+    }
+
+    fn invoke_with_args(&self, args: ScalarFunctionArgs) -> Result<ColumnarValue> {
+        invoke_variant_get_typed(
+            args,
+            scalar_from_float,
+            float_array_from_values,
+            extract_float,
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use arrow::array::{Array, ArrayRef, Float64Array, StringViewArray};
+    use datafusion::logical_expr::ColumnarValue;
+    use datafusion::scalar::ScalarValue;
+
+    use crate::shared::{
+        build_variant_get_args, standard_variant_get_arg_fields, variant_array_from_json_rows,
+        variant_scalar_from_json,
+    };
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_scalar_float_value() {
+        let variant_input = variant_scalar_from_json(serde_json::json!({
+            "name": "norm",
+            "price": 50.5
+        }));
+
+        let udf = VariantGetFloatUdf::default();
+        let args = build_variant_get_args(
+            ColumnarValue::Scalar(variant_input),
+            ColumnarValue::Scalar(ScalarValue::Utf8(Some("price".to_string()))),
+            DataType::Float64,
+            standard_variant_get_arg_fields(),
+        );
+
+        let result = udf.invoke_with_args(args).unwrap();
+
+        let ColumnarValue::Scalar(ScalarValue::Float64(Some(v))) = result else {
+            panic!("expected Float64 scalar");
+        };
+
+        assert_eq!(v, 50.5);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_scalar_integer_value() {
+        let variant_input = variant_scalar_from_json(serde_json::json!({
+            "name": "norm",
+            "age": 50
+        }));
+
+        let udf = VariantGetFloatUdf::default();
+        let args = build_variant_get_args(
+            ColumnarValue::Scalar(variant_input),
+            ColumnarValue::Scalar(ScalarValue::Utf8(Some("age".to_string()))),
+            DataType::Float64,
+            standard_variant_get_arg_fields(),
+        );
+
+        let result = udf.invoke_with_args(args).unwrap();
+
+        let ColumnarValue::Scalar(ScalarValue::Float64(Some(v))) = result else {
+            panic!("expected Float64 scalar");
+        };
+
+        assert_eq!(v, 50.0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_scalar_large_integer_value() {
+        let variant_input = variant_scalar_from_json(serde_json::json!({
+            "n": 9007199254740993_i64
+        }));
+
+        let udf = VariantGetFloatUdf::default();
+        let args = build_variant_get_args(
+            ColumnarValue::Scalar(variant_input),
+            ColumnarValue::Scalar(ScalarValue::Utf8(Some("n".to_string()))),
+            DataType::Float64,
+            standard_variant_get_arg_fields(),
+        );
+
+        let result = udf.invoke_with_args(args).unwrap();
+
+        let ColumnarValue::Scalar(ScalarValue::Float64(Some(v))) = result else {
+            panic!("expected Float64 scalar");
+        };
+
+        // `f64` cannot exactly represent all i64 values; this mirrors json_get_float behavior.
+        assert_eq!(v, 9_007_199_254_740_992.0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_scalar_non_numeric_value_returns_null() {
+        let variant_input = variant_scalar_from_json(serde_json::json!({
+            "name": "norm",
+            "age": 50.5
+        }));
+
+        let udf = VariantGetFloatUdf::default();
+        let args = build_variant_get_args(
+            ColumnarValue::Scalar(variant_input),
+            ColumnarValue::Scalar(ScalarValue::Utf8(Some("name".to_string()))),
+            DataType::Float64,
+            standard_variant_get_arg_fields(),
+        );
+
+        let result = udf.invoke_with_args(args).unwrap();
+
+        let ColumnarValue::Scalar(ScalarValue::Float64(None)) = result else {
+            panic!("expected NULL Float64 scalar");
+        };
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_scalar_missing_path() {
+        let variant_input = variant_scalar_from_json(serde_json::json!({"name": "norm"}));
+
+        let udf = VariantGetFloatUdf::default();
+        let args = build_variant_get_args(
+            ColumnarValue::Scalar(variant_input),
+            ColumnarValue::Scalar(ScalarValue::Utf8(Some("missing".to_string()))),
+            DataType::Float64,
+            standard_variant_get_arg_fields(),
+        );
+
+        let result = udf.invoke_with_args(args).unwrap();
+
+        let ColumnarValue::Scalar(ScalarValue::Float64(None)) = result else {
+            panic!("expected NULL Float64 scalar");
+        };
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_array_variant_scalar_path() {
+        let json_rows = vec![
+            serde_json::json!({"name": "alice", "price": 30.25}),
+            serde_json::json!({"name": "bob", "price": 40}),
+            serde_json::json!({"name": "charlie"}),
+        ];
+
+        let variant_array = variant_array_from_json_rows(&json_rows);
+
+        let udf = VariantGetFloatUdf::default();
+        let args = build_variant_get_args(
+            ColumnarValue::Array(variant_array),
+            ColumnarValue::Scalar(ScalarValue::Utf8(Some("price".to_string()))),
+            DataType::Float64,
+            standard_variant_get_arg_fields(),
+        );
+
+        let result = udf.invoke_with_args(args).unwrap();
+
+        let ColumnarValue::Array(arr) = result else {
+            panic!("expected array output");
+        };
+
+        let float_arr = arr.as_any().downcast_ref::<Float64Array>().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(float_arr.len(), 3);
+        assert_eq!(float_arr.value(0), 30.25);
+        assert_eq!(float_arr.value(1), 40.0);
+        assert!(float_arr.is_null(2));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_array_variant_array_paths() {
+        let json_rows = vec![
+            serde_json::json!({"name": "alice", "price": 30.25}),
+            serde_json::json!({"name": "bob", "price": 40}),
+        ];
+
+        let variant_array = variant_array_from_json_rows(&json_rows);
+        let path_array: ArrayRef = Arc::new(StringViewArray::from(vec!["price", "name"]));
+
+        let udf = VariantGetFloatUdf::default();
+        let args = build_variant_get_args(
+            ColumnarValue::Array(variant_array),
+            ColumnarValue::Array(path_array),
+            DataType::Float64,
+            standard_variant_get_arg_fields(),
+        );
+
+        let result = udf.invoke_with_args(args).unwrap();
+
+        let ColumnarValue::Array(arr) = result else {
+            panic!("expected array output");
+        };
+
+        let float_arr = arr.as_any().downcast_ref::<Float64Array>().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(float_arr.len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(float_arr.value(0), 30.25);
+        assert!(float_arr.is_null(1));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_scalar_variant_array_paths() {
+        let variant_input = variant_scalar_from_json(serde_json::json!({
+            "name": "alice",
+            "price": 30.25,
+            "count": 3
+        }));
+
+        let path_array: ArrayRef = Arc::new(StringViewArray::from(vec![
+            "price", "count", "name", "missing",
+        ]));
+
+        let udf = VariantGetFloatUdf::default();
+        let args = build_variant_get_args(
+            ColumnarValue::Scalar(variant_input),
+            ColumnarValue::Array(path_array),
+            DataType::Float64,
+            standard_variant_get_arg_fields(),
+        );
+
+        let result = udf.invoke_with_args(args).unwrap();
+
+        let ColumnarValue::Array(arr) = result else {
+            panic!("expected array output");
+        };
+
+        let float_arr = arr.as_any().downcast_ref::<Float64Array>().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(float_arr.len(), 4);
+        assert_eq!(float_arr.value(0), 30.25);
+        assert_eq!(float_arr.value(1), 3.0);
+        assert!(float_arr.is_null(2));
+        assert!(float_arr.is_null(3));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/sqllogictests.rs b/tests/sqllogictests.rs
index 61ce4cb..e48431f 100644
--- a/tests/sqllogictests.rs
+++ b/tests/sqllogictests.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 use datafusion::{logical_expr::ScalarUDF, prelude::*};
 use datafusion_sqllogictest::{DataFusion, TestContext};
 use datafusion_variant::{
-    CastToVariantUdf, IsVariantNullUdf, JsonToVariantUdf, VariantGetFieldUdf, VariantGetIntUdf,
-    VariantGetStrUdf, VariantGetUdf, VariantListConstruct, VariantListDelete, VariantListInsert,
-    VariantObjectConstruct, VariantObjectDelete, VariantObjectInsert, VariantObjectKeys,
-    VariantPretty, VariantToJsonUdf,
+    CastToVariantUdf, IsVariantNullUdf, JsonToVariantUdf, VariantGetFieldUdf, VariantGetFloatUdf,
+    VariantGetIntUdf, VariantGetStrUdf, VariantGetUdf, VariantListConstruct, VariantListDelete,
+    VariantListInsert, VariantObjectConstruct, VariantObjectDelete, VariantObjectInsert,
+    VariantObjectKeys, VariantPretty, VariantToJsonUdf,
 };
 use indicatif::ProgressBar;
 use sqllogictest::strict_column_validator;
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ async fn run_sqllogictests() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         ctx.register_udf(ScalarUDF::new_from_impl(IsVariantNullUdf::default()));
         ctx.register_udf(ScalarUDF::new_from_impl(VariantGetUdf::default()));
         ctx.register_udf(ScalarUDF::new_from_impl(VariantGetStrUdf::default()));
+        ctx.register_udf(ScalarUDF::new_from_impl(VariantGetFloatUdf::default()));
         ctx.register_udf(ScalarUDF::new_from_impl(VariantGetIntUdf::default()));
         ctx.register_udf(ScalarUDF::new_from_impl(VariantGetFieldUdf::default()));
         ctx.register_udf(ScalarUDF::new_from_impl(VariantPretty::default()));
diff --git a/tests/test_files/variant_get_float.slt b/tests/test_files/variant_get_float.slt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b76d4eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_files/variant_get_float.slt
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+statement ok
+CREATE TABLE json_data (id INT, json_str TEXT) AS VALUES
+  (1, '{"name": "Alice", "age": 30}'),
+  (2, '{"name": "Bob", "age": 25}'),
+  (3, '{"items": [1, 2, 3], "count": 3}'),
+  (4, 'null'),
+  (5, '"simple string"'),
+  (6, '123'),
+  (7, 'true'),
+  (8, '{"pi": 3.14}');
+
+# Numeric values are returned as Float64
+query R
+select variant_get_float(json_to_variant(json_str), 'age') from json_data;
+----
+30
+25
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+
+# Missing paths return NULL
+query R
+select variant_get_float(json_to_variant(json_str), 'nonexistent') from json_data;
+----
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+
+# Non-numeric values return NULL
+query R
+select variant_get_float(json_to_variant(json_str), 'name') from json_data;
+----
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+
+# Float values are returned as Float64
+query R
+select variant_get_float(json_to_variant(json_str), 'pi') from json_data;
+----
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+NULL
+3.14
+
+# Scalar variant with integer value
+query R
+select variant_get_float(json_to_variant('{"count": 42}'), 'count');
+----
+42
+
+# Scalar variant with string value returns NULL
+query R
+select variant_get_float(json_to_variant('{"greeting": "hello world"}'), 'greeting');
+----
+NULL
+
+# Nested numeric path
+query R
+select variant_get_float(json_to_variant('{"obj": {"a": 1}}'), 'obj.a');
+----
+1
+
+# Large integers are coerced to Float64 (with potential precision loss)
+query R
+select variant_get_float(json_to_variant('{"n": 9007199254740993}'), 'n');
+----
+9007199254740992