Climate averages 1991–2020
Pau weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Pau: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pamplona (118 km away). In October its highs average 17.7°C, about as warm as Pau, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Pau ranks 15th of 57 for the warmest October highs and 57th of 57 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 57 cities is 16.8°C; Pau is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 12.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 123 mm to 138 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
Pau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 112 | 13.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 10.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 98 | 12.4 | 10.510 h |
| March | 13.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 107 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 145 | 16.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 159 | 16.3 | 14.715 h |
| June | 22.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 128 | 14.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 24.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 105 | 12.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 24.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 104 | 12.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 98 | 11.9 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 18.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 123 | 13.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.7°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 138 | 14.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 10.1°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 108 | 13.2 | 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
- Pamplona in OctoberSpain · 118 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Donostia / San Sebastián in OctoberSpain · 131 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 13.3°C · 128 mm rain
- Toulouse in OctoberFrance · 149 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 11.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Bordeaux in OctoberFrance · 171 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Andorra la Vella in OctoberAndorra · 177 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 7.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Zaragoza in OctoberSpain · 189 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Logroño in OctoberSpain · 195 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in OctoberSpain · 195 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.0°C · 71 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 Pau) is explained once on the Pau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.