Climate averages 1991–2020
Lille weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Lille: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 8.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 46 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Roubaix (11 km away). In October its highs average 15.0°C, about as warm as Lille, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Lille ranks joint 49th of 57 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 57 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 57 cities is 16.8°C; Lille is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 10.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 61 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
Lille climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.6°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 60 | 11.8 | 8.59 h |
| February | 7.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 51 | 10.7 | 10.010 h |
| March | 10.8°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 51 | 10.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.3°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 48 | 10.8 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.6°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 62 | 11.9 | 15.515 h |
| June | 20.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 60 | 10.4 | 16.416 h |
| July | 22.5°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 61 | 11.0 | 16.016 h |
| August | 22.5°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 70 | 11.0 | 14.515 h |
| September | 19.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 53 | 9.9 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 15.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 60 | 11.2 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.3°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 61 | 12.2 | 9.09 h |
| December | 7.0°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 70 | 12.5 | 8.18 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
- Roubaix in OctoberFrance · 11 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 8.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Kortrijk in OctoberBelgium · 26 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Brugge in OctoberBelgium · 65 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 9.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Dunkirk in OctoberFrance · 65 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Gent in OctoberBelgium · 66 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 58 mm rain
- Mons in OctoberBelgium · 66 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Aalst in OctoberBelgium · 77 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.9°C · 58 mm rain
- La Louvière in OctoberBelgium · 82 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 8.2°C · 60 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 Lille) is explained once on the Lille year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.