Climate averages 1991–2020
Nice weather
in October.
A mild, 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 Nice: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 03 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Monaco (13 km away). In October its highs average 19.2°C, about as warm as Nice, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Nice ranks joint 6th of 57 for the warmest October highs and 53rd of 57 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 57 cities is 16.8°C; Nice is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.3°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 113 mm to 133 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
Nice climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.5°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 67 | 7.2 | 9.39 h |
| February | 12.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 59 | 7.5 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.5°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 63 | 7.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 81 | 10.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 64 | 10.5 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 50 | 9.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 27.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 27 | 6.9 | 15.115 h |
| August | 27.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 31 | 6.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 76 | 8.5 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 19.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 113 | 9.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.2°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 133 | 10.3 | 9.710 h |
| December | 12.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 82 | 8.4 | 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
- Monaco in OctoberMonaco · 13 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 102 mm rain
- Antibes in OctoberFrance · 18 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Cannes in OctoberFrance · 26 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Toulon in OctoberFrance · 126 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in OctoberFrance · 148 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Asti in OctoberItaly · 153 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.2°C · 107 mm rain
- Genoa in OctoberItaly · 155 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 165 mm rain
- Turin in OctoberItaly · 156 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 8.8°C · 95 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 Nice) is explained once on the Nice year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.