Climate averages 1991–2020
La Rochelle 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 La Rochelle: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 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 58 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nantes (121 km away). In October its highs average 16.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than La Rochelle, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, La Rochelle ranks joint 16th of 57 for the warmest October highs and joint 35th of 57 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 57 cities is 16.8°C; La Rochelle is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 12.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 92 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
La Rochelle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 77 | 11.9 | 9.19 h |
| February | 10.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 58 | 9.8 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 54 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 57 | 9.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 18.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 57 | 10.2 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 47 | 8.4 | 15.716 h |
| July | 23.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 36 | 7.1 | 15.415 h |
| August | 24.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 42 | 7.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 55 | 8.0 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 17.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 87 | 12.3 | 11.011 h |
| November | 12.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 92 | 12.8 | 9.59 h |
| December | 9.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 87 | 12.8 | 8.79 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
- Nantes in OctoberFrance · 121 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Poitiers in OctoberFrance · 124 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Angers in OctoberFrance · 152 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 10.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Bordeaux in OctoberFrance · 154 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Limoges in OctoberFrance · 189 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Tours in OctoberFrance · 197 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Rennes in OctoberFrance · 220 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Le Mans in OctoberFrance · 229 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.5°C · 69 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 La Rochelle) is explained once on the La Rochelle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.