Climate averages 1991–2020
Tours 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 Tours: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Le Mans (77 km away). In October its highs average 16.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Tours, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Tours ranks joint 20th of 57 for the warmest October highs and joint 22nd of 57 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 57 cities is 16.8°C; Tours is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 11.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 mm to 65 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
Tours climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 62 | 11.2 | 8.99 h |
| February | 9.1°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 52 | 9.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | 12.6°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 52 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.5°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 55 | 10.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 19.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 66 | 11.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 47 | 8.6 | 15.916 h |
| July | 24.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 44 | 7.6 | 15.516 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 48 | 7.6 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 49 | 7.5 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 17.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 68 | 10.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 11.6°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 65 | 11.6 | 9.49 h |
| December | 8.4°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 71 | 11.8 | 8.59 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 Mans in OctoberFrance · 77 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.5°C · 69 mm rain
- Poitiers in OctoberFrance · 94 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Angers in OctoberFrance · 95 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 10.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Orléans, France in OctoberFrance · 106 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Nantes in OctoberFrance · 171 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Limoges in OctoberFrance · 178 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 9.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in OctoberFrance · 182 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Versailles in OctoberFrance · 189 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 62 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 Tours) is explained once on the Tours year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.