Climate averages 1991–2020
Perpignan weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Perpignan: daytime highs average 20.1°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Béziers (76 km away). In October its highs average 18.7°C, 1.4°C cooler than Perpignan, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Perpignan ranks 1st of 57 for the warmest October highs and joint 35th of 57 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 57 cities is 16.8°C; Perpignan is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 14.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 67 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
Perpignan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 58 | 6.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 12.1°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 43 | 5.2 | 10.511 h |
| March | 15.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 50 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 62 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 50 | 6.9 | 14.615 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 26 | 4.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 29.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 19 | 3.6 | 15.015 h |
| August | 28.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 30 | 4.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 55 | 5.9 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 20.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 87 | 7.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 67 | 7.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 11.6°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 56 | 6.2 | 9.19 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
- Béziers in OctoberFrance · 76 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 119 mm rain
- Girona in OctoberSpain · 80 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 114 mm rain
- Andorra la Vella in OctoberAndorra · 114 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 7.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Montpellier in OctoberFrance · 129 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Mataró in OctoberSpain · 134 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 106 mm rain
- Manresa in OctoberSpain · 139 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Sabadell in OctoberSpain · 144 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Terrassa in OctoberSpain · 145 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 90 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 Perpignan) is explained once on the Perpignan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.