Climate averages 1991–2020
Dijon weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Dijon: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 10th 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 Besançon (76 km away). In October its highs average 15.9°C, about as warm as Dijon, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Dijon ranks joint 32nd of 57 for the warmest October highs and 39th of 57 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 57 cities is 16.8°C; Dijon is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 10.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 91 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
Dijon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 73 | 12.5 | 8.99 h |
| February | 7.5°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 63 | 11.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 11.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 66 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.1°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 75 | 12.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 89 | 13.0 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 74 | 12.3 | 15.916 h |
| July | 25.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 71 | 11.3 | 15.516 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 70 | 10.7 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 75 | 10.1 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 16.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 89 | 12.3 | 10.911 h |
| November | 10.0°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 91 | 12.6 | 9.49 h |
| December | 6.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 84 | 13.6 | 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
- Besançon in OctoberFrance · 76 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 8.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Geneva in OctoberSwitzerland · 151 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Lausanne in OctoberSwitzerland · 152 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in OctoberFrance · 172 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 100 mm rain
- Lyon in OctoberFrance · 174 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 9.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Nancy in OctoberFrance · 176 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 8.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Mulhouse in OctoberFrance · 180 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 83 mm rain
- Bern in OctoberSwitzerland · 189 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.8°C · 84 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 Dijon) is explained once on the Dijon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.