Average Rainfall for France in October

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during October at cities in France. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.

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

The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches). The month's total rainfall is an average of weather data collected during 1991 to 2020.

Southeastern France

Average monthly precipitation in October
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
7	Ajaccio, Corsica	3.4	86
7	Bastia, Corsica	5.0	127
9	Bourg-Saint-Maurice	3.1	78
8	Cannes	5.3	134
7	Carcassonne	2.5	63
13	Chastreix	5.6	142
10	Grenoble	4.2	107
10	Lyon	4.0	101
14	Mont Aigoual	12.2	310
8	Montelimar	5.2	133
6	Montpellier	3.7	95
8	Nice	5.0	128
5	Perpignan	3.2	82
7	Toulon	4.2	106

Southwestern France

October averages for total rainfall
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
12	Biarritz	5.8	147
83	Bordeaux	3.3	83
11	Pau	3.6	92
10	Tarbes	3.2	83
8	Toulouse	2.1	52

Central France

Average amount of rain in October
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
8	Clermont-Ferrand	1.9	49
10	Dijon	2.9	74
11	La Rochelle	3.3	84
12	Limoges	3.7	94
10	Orléans	2.3	59
10	Paris	2.2	55
11	Poitiers	2.9	72
10	Tours	2.6	66

Northeastern France

Precipitation totals for October
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
12	Besançon	4.4	112
13	Calais	3.6	91
9	Colmar	2.2	55
11	Lille	2.5	64
10	Metz	2.6	65
11	Nancy	2.6	67
10	Strasbourg	2.3	60
10	Troyes	2.5	64
11	Angers	2.8	71

Northwestern France

Total precipitation during October
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
15	Brest	5.1	129
12	Caen	3.1	79
11	Le Mans	2.6	66
13	Lorient	4.1	104
12	Nantes	3.5	89
11	Rennes	2.9	73
13	Rouen	3.1	79
13	Saint-Brieuc	3.2	82