Climate averages 1991–2020
Reims weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Reims: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 50 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marne La Vallée (112 km away). In October its highs average 15.7°C, about as warm as Reims, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Reims ranks joint 46th of 57 for the warmest October highs and joint 10th of 57 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 57 cities is 16.8°C; Reims is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 10.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 63 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
Reims climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 60 | 12.0 | 8.79 h |
| February | 7.5°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 55 | 10.6 | 10.110 h |
| March | 11.1°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 55 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 54 | 11.0 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 67 | 11.9 | 15.315 h |
| June | 21.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 59 | 10.7 | 16.216 h |
| July | 23.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 57 | 9.9 | 15.816 h |
| August | 23.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 64 | 10.0 | 14.414 h |
| September | 20.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 53 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 15.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 63 | 10.9 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 63 | 12.2 | 9.29 h |
| December | 6.7°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 78 | 13.2 | 8.38 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
- Marne La Vallée in OctoberFrance · 112 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 9.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Aulnay-sous-Bois in OctoberFrance · 117 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 9.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Créteil in OctoberFrance · 125 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Paris 20 Ménilmontant in OctoberFrance · 127 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 8.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Paris in OctoberFrance · 131 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Charleroi in OctoberBelgium · 131 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 8.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Paris 13 Gobelins in OctoberFrance · 131 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 9.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Mons in OctoberBelgium · 132 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.7°C · 60 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 Reims) is explained once on the Reims year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.