Climate averages 1991–2020
Dunkirk weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Dunkirk: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Calais (38 km away). In October its highs average 14.9°C, about as warm as Dunkirk, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Dunkirk ranks joint 54th of 57 for the warmest October highs and joint 10th of 57 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 57 cities is 16.8°C; Dunkirk is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 10.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 64 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
Dunkirk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 56 | 11.5 | 8.58 h |
| February | 7.6°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 48 | 10.0 | 10.010 h |
| March | 10.2°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 48 | 10.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.5°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 48 | 10.3 | 13.814 h |
| May | 16.6°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 59 | 11.0 | 15.516 h |
| June | 19.2°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 62 | 10.4 | 16.516 h |
| July | 21.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 57 | 11.0 | 16.116 h |
| August | 21.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 69 | 10.9 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 57 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 14.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 63 | 11.5 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.4°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 64 | 12.5 | 9.09 h |
| December | 7.4°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 68 | 12.3 | 8.08 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
- Calais in OctoberFrance · 38 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Brugge in OctoberBelgium · 62 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 9.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Lille in OctoberFrance · 65 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 8.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Kortrijk in OctoberBelgium · 66 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Roubaix in OctoberFrance · 68 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 8.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Saint Peters in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 76 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 10.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Gent in OctoberBelgium · 94 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 58 mm rain
- Aalst in OctoberBelgium · 117 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.9°C · 58 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 Dunkirk) is explained once on the Dunkirk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.