Climate averages 1991–2020
Mons 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 Mons: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 8.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 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 (17 km away). In October its highs average 14.4°C, about as warm as Mons, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belgium, Mons ranks joint 7th of 18 for the warmest October highs and joint 9th of 18 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 18 cities is 14.7°C; Mons is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 9.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 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
Mons climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 67 | 12.6 | 8.59 h |
| February | 7.2°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 61 | 11.4 | 10.010 h |
| March | 10.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 58 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.2°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 49 | 11.6 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.6°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 65 | 12.6 | 15.415 h |
| June | 20.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 63 | 11.4 | 16.416 h |
| July | 22.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 67 | 11.4 | 16.016 h |
| August | 22.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 70 | 11.3 | 14.515 h |
| September | 19.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 52 | 10.1 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 14.8°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 60 | 11.5 | 10.811 h |
| November | 9.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 64 | 11.7 | 9.19 h |
| December | 6.6°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 78 | 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 · 17 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 8.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Charleroi in OctoberBelgium · 35 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 8.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Anderlecht in OctoberBelgium · 50 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Ixelles in OctoberBelgium · 51 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 8.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Brussels in OctoberBelgium · 52 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Aalst in OctoberBelgium · 54 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.9°C · 58 mm rain
- Schaerbeek in OctoberBelgium · 55 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Roubaix in OctoberFrance · 61 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 8.7°C · 62 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 Mons) is explained once on the Mons year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.