Climate averages 1991–2020
Franceville weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Franceville: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 197 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Moanda, Gabon (43 km away). In October its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Franceville, with 189 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Gabon, Franceville ranks 2nd of 6 for the warmest October highs and 3rd of 6 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 6 cities is 28.1°C; Franceville is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 197 mm to 207 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
Franceville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 146 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| February | 30.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 154 | 20.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 176 | 23.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 165 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 138 | 23.4 | 12.012 h |
| June | 28.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 40 | 9.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 29.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 26 | 6.8 | 12.012 h |
| August | 29.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 47 | 11.6 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 109 | 20.8 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 28.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 197 | 27.4 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 207 | 26.5 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 184 | 24.8 | 12.212 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
- Moanda, Gabon in OctoberGabon · 43 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 189 mm rain
- Nkayi in OctoberRepublic of the Congo · 286 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Dolisie in OctoberRepublic of the Congo · 303 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Brazzaville in OctoberRepublic of the Congo · 348 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Kinshasa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 356 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Masina in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 366 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 124 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in OctoberRepublic of the Congo · 398 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Inkisi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 422 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 116 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 Franceville) is explained once on the Franceville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.