diff --git a/guests/python/src/conversion.rs b/guests/python/src/conversion.rs
index 15c70077..8b23504b 100644
--- a/guests/python/src/conversion.rs
+++ b/guests/python/src/conversion.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 use std::{ops::ControlFlow, sync::Arc};
 
 use arrow::{
-    array::{Array, ArrayRef, BooleanBuilder, Int64Builder},
+    array::{Array, ArrayRef, BooleanBuilder, Float64Builder, Int64Builder},
     datatypes::DataType,
 };
 use datafusion_common::{
-    cast::{as_boolean_array, as_int64_array},
+    cast::{as_boolean_array, as_float64_array, as_int64_array},
     error::Result as DataFusionResult,
     exec_datafusion_err, exec_err,
 };
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ impl PythonType {
     pub(crate) fn data_type(&self) -> DataType {
         match self {
             Self::Bool => DataType::Boolean,
+            Self::Float => DataType::Float64,
             Self::Int => DataType::Int64,
         }
     }
@@ -66,6 +67,23 @@ impl PythonType {
 
                 Ok(Box::new(it))
             }
+            Self::Float => {
+                let array = as_float64_array(array)?;
+
+                let it = array.into_iter().map(move |maybe_val| {
+                    maybe_val
+                        .map(|val| {
+                            val.into_bound_py_any(py).map_err(|e| {
+                                exec_datafusion_err!(
+                                    "cannot convert Rust `f64` value to Python: {e}"
+                                )
+                            })
+                        })
+                        .transpose()
+                });
+
+                Ok(Box::new(it))
+            }
             Self::Int => {
                 let array = as_int64_array(array)?;
 
@@ -92,6 +110,7 @@ impl PythonType {
     fn python_to_arrow<'py>(&self, num_rows: usize) -> Box<dyn ArrayBuilder<'py>> {
         match self {
             Self::Bool => Box::new(BooleanBuilder::with_capacity(num_rows)),
+            Self::Float => Box::new(Float64Builder::with_capacity(num_rows)),
             Self::Int => Box::new(Int64Builder::with_capacity(num_rows)),
         }
     }
@@ -218,6 +237,24 @@ impl<'py> ArrayBuilder<'py> for BooleanBuilder {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'py> ArrayBuilder<'py> for Float64Builder {
+    fn push(&mut self, val: Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> DataFusionResult<()> {
+        let val: f64 = val.extract().map_err(|_| {
+            exec_datafusion_err!("expected `f64` but got {}", py_representation(&val))
+        })?;
+        self.append_value(val);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn skip(&mut self) {
+        self.append_null();
+    }
+
+    fn finish(&mut self) -> ArrayRef {
+        Arc::new(self.finish())
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'py> ArrayBuilder<'py> for Int64Builder {
     fn push(&mut self, val: Bound<'py, PyAny>) -> DataFusionResult<()> {
         // in Python, `bool` is a sub-class of int we should probably not silently cast bools to integers
diff --git a/guests/python/src/inspect.rs b/guests/python/src/inspect.rs
index 4907e492..d7c2247e 100644
--- a/guests/python/src/inspect.rs
+++ b/guests/python/src/inspect.rs
@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@ impl<'py> FromPyObject<'py> for PythonType {
         // https://docs.python.org/3/library/builtins.html
         let mod_builtins = py.import(intern!(py, "builtins"))?;
         let type_bool = mod_builtins.getattr(intern!(py, "bool"))?;
+        let type_float = mod_builtins.getattr(intern!(py, "float"))?;
         let type_int = mod_builtins.getattr(intern!(py, "int"))?;
 
         if ob.is(type_bool) {
             Ok(Self::Bool)
+        } else if ob.is(type_float) {
+            Ok(Self::Float)
         } else if ob.is(type_int) {
             Ok(Self::Int)
         } else {
diff --git a/guests/python/src/signature.rs b/guests/python/src/signature.rs
index ed7637be..88d3e28b 100644
--- a/guests/python/src/signature.rs
+++ b/guests/python/src/signature.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,18 @@ pub(crate) enum PythonType {
     /// We map this to [`Boolean`](arrow::datatypes::DataType::Boolean).
     Bool,
 
+    /// Float.
+    ///
+    /// # Python
+    /// The type is called `float`, documentation can be found here:
+    ///
+    /// - <https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#numeric-types-int-float-complex>
+    /// - <https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float>
+    ///
+    /// # Arrow
+    /// We map this to [`Float64`](arrow::datatypes::DataType::Float64).
+    Float,
+
     /// Signed integer.
     ///
     /// # Python
diff --git a/host/tests/integration_tests/python/types/float.rs b/host/tests/integration_tests/python/types/float.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c278f9ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/tests/integration_tests/python/types/float.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use arrow::{
+    array::{Array, Float64Array},
+    datatypes::{DataType, Field},
+};
+use datafusion_common::cast::as_float64_array;
+use datafusion_expr::{ColumnarValue, ScalarFunctionArgs, ScalarUDFImpl, Signature, Volatility};
+
+use crate::integration_tests::{
+    python::test_utils::python_scalar_udf, test_utils::ColumnarValueExt,
+};
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+async fn test_roundtrip() {
+    const CODE: &str = "
+def foo(x: float) -> float:
+    return x
+";
+    let udf = python_scalar_udf(CODE).await.unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        udf.signature(),
+        &Signature::exact(vec![DataType::Float64], Volatility::Volatile),
+    );
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        udf.return_type(&[DataType::Float64]).unwrap(),
+        DataType::Float64,
+    );
+
+    let values = &[
+        Some(13.37),
+        Some(f64::NAN),
+        Some(f64::NEG_INFINITY),
+        Some(f64::MIN_POSITIVE),
+        Some(f64::INFINITY),
+        Some(f64::MAX),
+        Some(f64::MIN),
+        Some(0.0),
+        Some(-0.0),
+    ];
+
+    let array = udf
+        .invoke_with_args(ScalarFunctionArgs {
+            args: vec![ColumnarValue::Array(Arc::new(Float64Array::from_iter(
+                values.iter().copied(),
+            )))],
+            arg_fields: vec![Arc::new(Field::new("a1", DataType::Float64, true))],
+            number_rows: values.len(),
+            return_field: Arc::new(Field::new("r", DataType::Float64, true)),
+        })
+        .unwrap()
+        .unwrap_array();
+    assert_float_total_eq(&array, values);
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[should_panic(expected = "Not equal")]
+fn test_assert_float_total_eq_uses_total_eq() {
+    let array = Float64Array::from_iter(&[Some(-0.0)]);
+    assert_float_total_eq(&array, &[Some(0.0)]);
+}
+
+#[track_caller]
+fn assert_float_total_eq(array: &dyn Array, expected: &[Option<f64>]) {
+    assert_eq!(array.len(), expected.len());
+
+    let array = as_float64_array(array).unwrap();
+    let actual = array.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+    let is_eq = actual
+        .iter()
+        .zip(expected)
+        .map(|(actual, expected)| match (actual, expected) {
+            (None, None) => true,
+            (Some(actual), Some(expected)) => actual.total_cmp(expected).is_eq(),
+            _ => false,
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+    if !is_eq.iter().all(|eq| *eq) {
+        panic!("Not equal:\n\nActual:\n{actual:?}\n\nExpected:\n{expected:?}\n\nEq:\n{is_eq:?}");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/host/tests/integration_tests/python/types/mod.rs b/host/tests/integration_tests/python/types/mod.rs
index 802437d0..ceae0ff2 100644
--- a/host/tests/integration_tests/python/types/mod.rs
+++ b/host/tests/integration_tests/python/types/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 mod bool;
+mod float;
 mod int;