Climate averages 1991–2020
Orléans, France weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Orléans, France: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (97 km away). In October its highs average 15.4°C, 0.9°C cooler than Orléans, France, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Orléans, France ranks joint 24th of 57 for the warmest October highs and joint 16th of 57 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 57 cities is 16.8°C; Orléans, France is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 10.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 64 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
Orléans, France climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 57 | 11.8 | 8.99 h |
| February | 8.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 50 | 10.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 11.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 52 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 51 | 10.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.5°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 69 | 11.3 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 51 | 8.9 | 16.016 h |
| July | 24.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 54 | 8.7 | 15.616 h |
| August | 24.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 51 | 8.5 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 50 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 16.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 65 | 11.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 10.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 64 | 11.6 | 9.39 h |
| December | 7.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 69 | 12.8 | 8.58 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
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in OctoberFrance · 97 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Versailles in OctoberFrance · 102 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Tours in OctoberFrance · 106 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Boulogne-Billancourt in OctoberFrance · 107 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Créteil in OctoberFrance · 107 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Paris 15 Vaugirard in OctoberFrance · 108 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Paris 13 Gobelins in OctoberFrance · 109 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 9.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Paris in OctoberFrance · 111 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.0°C · 62 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 Orléans) is explained once on the Orléans, France year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.