Average Sunshine in France for October

The tables below give October averages for the number of sunny days and hours of sunshine at dozens of cities throughout France.

There's a separate table for each corner of the country: Southeast, Southwest, Northeast and Northwest, plus Central France.

For most places the total number of hours in the month with sunshine is an average of data collected from 1991 to 2020, while the rest are averages of 1991 to 2010. The numbers of days with strong and weak sunshine are based on measurements made from 1991 to 2000.

Southeastern France

Total October sunshine

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
207	Ajaccio (Corsica)	11	7
182	Bastia (Corsica)	7	7
143	Bourg-Saint-Maurice	0	11
193	Cannes	–	–
152	Carcassonne	6	11
140	Grenoble	5	12
124	Lyon	4	14
187	Marseille	10	8
156	Montelimar	–	–
176	Montpellier	9	9
191	Nice	10	9
175	Perpignan	7	9
182	Toulon	10	8

Southwestern France

Average amount of sun in October

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
145	Biarritz	6	13
150	Bordeaux	5	12
150	Pau	–	–
156	Tarbes	–	–
149	Toulouse	5	11

Central France

Average October sun

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
136	Clermont-Ferrand	5	13
118	Dijon	4	16
155	La Rochelle	5	11
135	Limoges	6	14
121	Orléans	4	14
119	Paris	4	14
131	Poitiers	5	13
123	Tours	5	15

Northeastern France

Number of sunny hours and days in October on average

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
132	Besançon	6	14
117	Colmar	4	15
115	Lille	4	13
98	Metz	3	16
105	Nancy	3	16
–	Reims	4	14
100	Strasbourg	3	18
125	Troyes	4	13

Northwestern France

Average total sunshine in October

Hours	Place	Days of Strong Sun	Days of Weak Sun
120	Angers	4	14
109	Brest	2	14
117	Caen	3	13
118	Le Mans	5	14
120	Lorient	3	14
123	Nantes	3	14
117	Rennes	4	13
108	Rouen	4	15
110	Saint-Brieuc	3	14