Climate averages 1991–2020
Caen weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Caen: daytime highs average 15.9°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 50 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Le Havre (48 km away). In October its highs average 15.6°C, about as warm as Caen, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Caen ranks joint 37th of 57 for the warmest October highs and joint 16th of 57 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 57 cities is 16.8°C; Caen is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 11.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 66 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
Caen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 59 | 11.5 | 8.79 h |
| February | 8.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 51 | 11.2 | 10.110 h |
| March | 11.6°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 54 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 56 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| May | 17.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 58 | 11.4 | 15.315 h |
| June | 20.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 62 | 10.5 | 16.216 h |
| July | 22.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 55 | 10.8 | 15.816 h |
| August | 22.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 60 | 10.1 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 53 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 15.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 65 | 12.3 | 10.811 h |
| November | 11.4°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 66 | 12.8 | 9.29 h |
| December | 8.5°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 74 | 13.3 | 8.38 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
- Le Havre in OctoberFrance · 48 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 104 mm rain
- Rouen in OctoberFrance · 110 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Saint Helier in OctoberJersey · 127 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Le Mans in OctoberFrance · 138 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.5°C · 69 mm rain
- Rennes in OctoberFrance · 154 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Cergy-Pontoise in OctoberFrance · 178 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 9.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in OctoberFrance · 180 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Worthing in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 181 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 105 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 Caen) is explained once on the Caen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.