Weather in Paris in October

A good month. October is a solid month to be in Paris. Highs average 17.1 °C, lows 8 °C, and rain falls on 12 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

October ranks 7 of 12 in Paris: past the worst of the year but short of September, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 12 days, 1 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 17.1 °C days and 8 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

The averages here are honest — no hidden extremes worth planning around. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest October day reached 27.9 °C and the coldest night fell to -3.4 °C.

October is statistically steady but not small: the year-to-year variation is modest in relative terms, yet the wettest October on record still delivered 103 mm against 29 mm in the driest. In a month this wet, even a tame spread is a lot of rain in absolute terms — the 57 mm average is a reasonable planning figure, not a promise.

Wind is light at 10.4 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 84%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How October sits in the year

The month is on the way down: 4.6 °C cooler than September, with November dropping another 6.1 °C. The first week and the last are not the same trip.

Daylight in October

10.9 hours of daylight, losing 1.7 hours across the month. That is between Paris's extremes of 16.1 and 8.3 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

An inland climate

Despite being inland, the year stays fairly even: 24.4 °C between the year's warmest afternoons and coldest nights.

How busy it gets

Busy. Popular without being frantic; book the things you care about, improvise the rest.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

October in Paris versus nearby

If Paris is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Le Havre is the weaker option in October — within a degree on temperature, 4 days more rain. Lille is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day more rain.

So: October works, with September the better month by 14 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

Every month in Paris

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