Climate averages 1991–2020
Charleroi weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Charleroi: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 47 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Louvière (20 km away). In October its highs average 14.4°C, about as warm as Charleroi, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belgium, Charleroi ranks joint 17th of 18 for the warmest October highs and joint 13th of 18 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 18 cities is 14.7°C; Charleroi is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 9.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 64 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Charleroi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 66 | 12.7 | 8.69 h |
| February | 6.7°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 62 | 11.7 | 10.010 h |
| March | 10.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 60 | 12.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 53 | 11.7 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 65 | 12.7 | 15.415 h |
| June | 20.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 69 | 12.1 | 16.416 h |
| July | 22.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 73 | 12.5 | 16.016 h |
| August | 22.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 76 | 12.1 | 14.515 h |
| September | 18.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 57 | 10.7 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 14.4°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 61 | 11.5 | 10.811 h |
| November | 9.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 64 | 11.9 | 9.19 h |
| December | 6.1°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 79 | 13.5 | 8.18 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- La Louvière in OctoberBelgium · 20 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 8.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Namur in OctoberBelgium · 31 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 8.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Mons in OctoberBelgium · 35 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Ixelles in OctoberBelgium · 47 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 8.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Anderlecht in OctoberBelgium · 48 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Brussels in OctoberBelgium · 49 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Schaerbeek in OctoberBelgium · 51 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Leuven in OctoberBelgium · 55 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.6°C · 58 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Charleroi) is explained once on the Charleroi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.