Climate averages 1991–2020
Besançon weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Besançon: daytime highs average 15.9°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dijon (76 km away). In October its highs average 16.0°C, about as warm as Besançon, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Besançon ranks joint 37th of 57 for the warmest October highs and 49th of 57 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 57 cities is 16.8°C; Besançon is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 10.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 105 mm to 115 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
Besançon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 108 | 13.6 | 8.99 h |
| February | 7.3°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 96 | 12.5 | 10.210 h |
| March | 11.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 95 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 88 | 12.8 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 110 | 14.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.2°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 85 | 12.6 | 15.916 h |
| July | 24.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 76 | 11.9 | 15.516 h |
| August | 24.7°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 78 | 10.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 20.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 93 | 11.2 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 15.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 105 | 12.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 10.0°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 115 | 13.7 | 9.49 h |
| December | 6.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 124 | 15.2 | 8.69 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
- Dijon in OctoberFrance · 76 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Lausanne in OctoberSwitzerland · 94 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Bern in OctoberSwitzerland · 113 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Mulhouse in OctoberFrance · 113 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 83 mm rain
- Geneva in OctoberSwitzerland · 117 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Basel in OctoberSwitzerland · 122 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Nancy in OctoberFrance · 160 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 8.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Freiburg in OctoberGermany · 161 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.0°C · 85 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 Besançon) is explained once on the Besançon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.