Climate averages 1991–2020
Nancy weather
in October.
A mild, 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 mild month in Nancy: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Metz (48 km away). In October its highs average 14.8°C, about as warm as Nancy, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Nancy ranks joint 52nd of 57 for the warmest October highs and joint 27th of 57 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 57 cities is 16.8°C; Nancy is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 9.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 77 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
Nancy climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 71 | 12.8 | 8.89 h |
| February | 6.7°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 61 | 11.3 | 10.110 h |
| March | 10.6°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 66 | 11.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 59 | 11.1 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 74 | 12.5 | 15.215 h |
| June | 21.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 67 | 11.2 | 16.116 h |
| July | 24.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 63 | 11.2 | 15.716 h |
| August | 24.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 68 | 11.5 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.8°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 71 | 9.8 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 15.0°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 72 | 11.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 77 | 12.7 | 9.29 h |
| December | 5.9°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 87 | 14.2 | 8.48 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
- Metz in OctoberFrance · 48 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Saarbrücken in OctoberGermany · 86 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Luxembourg in OctoberLuxembourg · 103 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Strasbourg in OctoberFrance · 115 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Trier in OctoberGermany · 124 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Mulhouse in OctoberFrance · 134 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 83 mm rain
- Kaiserslautern in OctoberGermany · 143 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Freiburg in OctoberGermany · 145 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.0°C · 85 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 Nancy) is explained once on the Nancy year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.