Climate averages 1991–2020
Poitiers weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Poitiers: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 57 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tours (94 km away). In October its highs average 17.0°C, about as warm as Poitiers, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Poitiers ranks 19th 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; Poitiers is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 11.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 71 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
Poitiers climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 64 | 11.3 | 9.09 h |
| February | 9.1°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 51 | 9.7 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.6°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 55 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 62 | 11.6 | 13.514 h |
| May | 19.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 72 | 11.7 | 15.015 h |
| June | 22.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 59 | 9.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 24.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 44 | 7.8 | 15.415 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 49 | 7.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 50 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 17.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 72 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 11.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 71 | 12.1 | 9.59 h |
| December | 8.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 71 | 11.3 | 8.69 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
- Tours in OctoberFrance · 94 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Limoges in OctoberFrance · 109 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Angers in OctoberFrance · 120 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 10.0°C · 68 mm rain
- La Rochelle in OctoberFrance · 124 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Le Mans in OctoberFrance · 158 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.5°C · 69 mm rain
- Nantes in OctoberFrance · 160 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Orléans, France in OctoberFrance · 188 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Bordeaux in OctoberFrance · 206 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 67 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 Poitiers) is explained once on the Poitiers year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.