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
Reference

Météo France. Climatologie. Normales et records. Données publiques. Fiche climatologique.

France Sunshine
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