Climate averages 1991–2020
Grenoble weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Grenoble: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villeurbanne (92 km away). In October its highs average 17.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Grenoble, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Grenoble ranks joint 16th of 57 for the warmest October highs and 55th of 57 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 57 cities is 16.8°C; Grenoble is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.1°C to 11.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 118 mm to 141 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
Grenoble climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 119 | 13.1 | 9.29 h |
| February | 8.5°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 102 | 11.3 | 10.410 h |
| March | 12.8°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 109 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.3°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 120 | 14.3 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 147 | 16.8 | 14.815 h |
| June | 23.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 127 | 15.3 | 15.616 h |
| July | 26.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 113 | 12.8 | 15.315 h |
| August | 26.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 107 | 12.0 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 111 | 11.6 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 17.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 118 | 12.7 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 141 | 13.5 | 9.610 h |
| December | 7.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 133 | 13.4 | 8.89 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
- Villeurbanne in OctoberFrance · 92 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 100 mm rain
- Lyon in OctoberFrance · 93 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 9.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in OctoberFrance · 107 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 8.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Geneva in OctoberSwitzerland · 119 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Avignon in OctoberFrance · 154 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Turin in OctoberItaly · 155 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 8.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Lausanne in OctoberSwitzerland · 165 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Nîmes in OctoberFrance · 184 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 106 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 Grenoble) is explained once on the Grenoble year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.