Climate averages 1991–2020
Rouen weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Rouen: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 11th 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 Le Havre (72 km away). In October its highs average 15.6°C, about as warm as Rouen, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Rouen ranks joint 43rd 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; Rouen is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 10.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 69 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
Rouen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 63 | 11.8 | 8.79 h |
| February | 8.3°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 56 | 11.1 | 10.110 h |
| March | 11.3°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 60 | 11.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 62 | 11.3 | 13.714 h |
| May | 17.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 66 | 12.0 | 15.315 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 65 | 11.0 | 16.216 h |
| July | 22.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 59 | 10.9 | 15.816 h |
| August | 22.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 65 | 10.6 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 52 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 15.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 72 | 12.3 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 69 | 12.7 | 9.29 h |
| December | 7.7°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 81 | 13.3 | 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
- Le Havre in OctoberFrance · 72 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 104 mm rain
- Cergy-Pontoise in OctoberFrance · 84 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 9.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Argenteuil in OctoberFrance · 100 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 9.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Amiens in OctoberFrance · 100 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in OctoberFrance · 100 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Versailles in OctoberFrance · 104 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Boulogne-Billancourt in OctoberFrance · 107 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Caen in OctoberFrance · 110 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 9.9°C · 65 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 Rouen) is explained once on the Rouen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.