Climate averages 1991–2020
Marseille 15 weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Marseille 15: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marseille (9 km away). In October its highs average 19.6°C, about as warm as Marseille 15, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Marseille 15 ranks joint 6th of 57 for the warmest October highs and 33rd of 57 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 57 cities is 16.8°C; Marseille 15 is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 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
Marseille 15 climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 59 | 7.3 | 9.49 h |
| February | 11.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 41 | 5.6 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 37 | 5.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 58 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 42 | 5.7 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 21 | 3.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 29.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 9.8 | 1.8 | 15.115 h |
| August | 29.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 14 | 2.4 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 64 | 5.6 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 19.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 82 | 8.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.2°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 92 | 9.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | 11.0°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 58 | 7.8 | 9.09 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
- Marseille in OctoberFrance · 9 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in OctoberFrance · 19 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Toulon in OctoberFrance · 54 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Avignon in OctoberFrance · 78 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Nîmes in OctoberFrance · 95 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Montpellier in OctoberFrance · 122 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Cannes in OctoberFrance · 135 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Antibes in OctoberFrance · 145 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 108 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 Marseille 15) is explained once on the Marseille 15 year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.