Climate averages 1991–2020
Bordeaux weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Bordeaux: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 01 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Rochelle (154 km away). In October its highs average 17.5°C, 1.8°C cooler than Bordeaux, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Bordeaux ranks joint 9th of 57 for the warmest October highs and 21st of 57 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 57 cities is 16.8°C; Bordeaux is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 13.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 79 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
Bordeaux climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.1°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 71 | 10.8 | 9.29 h |
| February | 11.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 50 | 9.2 | 10.410 h |
| March | 14.8°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 53 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 69 | 11.9 | 13.513 h |
| May | 21.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 75 | 11.5 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.4°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 64 | 9.5 | 15.516 h |
| July | 26.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 48 | 7.9 | 15.215 h |
| August | 27.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 57 | 8.0 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 58 | 8.6 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 19.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 67 | 10.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | 13.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 79 | 11.6 | 9.610 h |
| December | 10.7°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 73 | 11.4 | 8.99 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 Rochelle in OctoberFrance · 154 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Pau in OctoberFrance · 171 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Limoges in OctoberFrance · 181 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Donostia / San Sebastián in OctoberSpain · 203 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 13.3°C · 128 mm rain
- Poitiers in OctoberFrance · 206 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Toulouse in OctoberFrance · 212 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 11.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Pamplona in OctoberSpain · 241 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Bilbao in OctoberSpain · 257 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 13.7°C · 97 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 Bordeaux) is explained once on the Bordeaux year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.