Climate averages 1991–2020
Metz 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 Metz: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 50 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nancy (48 km away). In October its highs average 15.0°C, about as warm as Metz, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Metz ranks 57th of 57 for the warmest October highs and joint 24th of 57 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 57 cities is 16.8°C; Metz is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.6°C to 9.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 72 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
Metz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.1°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 67 | 12.2 | 8.79 h |
| February | 6.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 58 | 10.8 | 10.110 h |
| March | 10.5°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 60 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 55 | 11.0 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.2°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 70 | 12.2 | 15.315 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 64 | 10.9 | 16.116 h |
| July | 24.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 60 | 10.9 | 15.816 h |
| August | 24.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 64 | 11.0 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 68 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 14.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 69 | 11.4 | 10.811 h |
| November | 9.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 72 | 12.7 | 9.29 h |
| December | 5.7°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 84 | 14.0 | 8.38 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
- Nancy in OctoberFrance · 48 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 8.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Luxembourg in OctoberLuxembourg · 55 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Saarbrücken in OctoberGermany · 62 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Trier in OctoberGermany · 78 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Kaiserslautern in OctoberGermany · 121 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Strasbourg in OctoberFrance · 130 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Reims in OctoberFrance · 157 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Karlsruhe in OctoberGermany · 163 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 8.1°C · 66 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 Metz) is explained once on the Metz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.