Climate averages 1991–2020
Montpellier weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Montpellier: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nîmes (46 km away). In October its highs average 19.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Montpellier, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Montpellier ranks 13th of 57 for the warmest October highs and 54th of 57 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 57 cities is 16.8°C; Montpellier is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 114 mm to 108 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
Montpellier climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 71 | 8.2 | 9.39 h |
| February | 11.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 42 | 5.8 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.6°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 46 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 60 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 48 | 6.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 25.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 25 | 3.8 | 15.415 h |
| July | 28.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 14 | 2.2 | 15.115 h |
| August | 28.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 26 | 4.0 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 96 | 6.3 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 19.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 114 | 10.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 108 | 10.5 | 9.710 h |
| December | 11.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 63 | 9.1 | 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
- Nîmes in OctoberFrance · 46 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Béziers in OctoberFrance · 61 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 119 mm rain
- Avignon in OctoberFrance · 84 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Marseille 15 in OctoberFrance · 122 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.9°C · 82 mm rain
- Marseille in OctoberFrance · 126 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in OctoberFrance · 127 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Perpignan in OctoberFrance · 129 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Toulon in OctoberFrance · 174 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 91 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 Montpellier) is explained once on the Montpellier year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.