Climate averages 1991–2020
Avignon weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Avignon: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 03 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nîmes (38 km away). In October its highs average 19.8°C, about as warm as Avignon, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Avignon ranks 2nd of 57 for the warmest October highs and 45th of 57 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 57 cities is 16.8°C; Avignon is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 97 mm to 100 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
Avignon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.3°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 59 | 7.5 | 9.39 h |
| February | 11.6°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 42 | 5.8 | 10.410 h |
| March | 15.6°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 44 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.8°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 66 | 8.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 23.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 62 | 8.0 | 14.715 h |
| June | 28.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 38 | 5.1 | 15.415 h |
| July | 31.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 26 | 4.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 30.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 42 | 4.1 | 14.014 h |
| September | 25.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 93 | 6.6 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 20.0°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 97 | 8.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 14.2°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 100 | 9.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | 10.8°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 55 | 8.1 | 9.09 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
- Nîmes in OctoberFrance · 38 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in OctoberFrance · 70 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Marseille 15 in OctoberFrance · 78 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.9°C · 82 mm rain
- Montpellier in OctoberFrance · 84 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Marseille in OctoberFrance · 86 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Toulon in OctoberFrance · 129 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Béziers in OctoberFrance · 145 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 119 mm rain
- Grenoble in OctoberFrance · 154 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 118 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 Avignon) is explained once on the Avignon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.