Soignies weather in October

In October, Soignies sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 60 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 13°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Soignies's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Soignies's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 60 mm; 11.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 7:16 AM – 5:42 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 8th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 1.91 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Soignies is town in Soignies municipality, Belgium.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical October day in Soignies reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 4°C cooler than September and about 5°C warmer than November.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	10
2	17	10
3	17	10
4	16	10
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	16	9
8	16	9
9	16	9
10	15	9
11	15	9
12	15	9
13	15	8
14	15	8
15	15	8
16	15	8
17	14	8
18	14	8
19	14	8
20	14	8
21	14	8
22	14	8
23	14	8
24	13	7
25	13	7
26	13	7
27	13	7
28	13	7
29	13	7
30	13	7
31	12	7

How October really feels in Soignies

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

October sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Soignies weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	6° / 2°	67	12.6	1.1	8.3	0.3
Feb	7° / 2°	60	11.3	1.8	9.7	0.7
Mar	10° / 4°	58	11.7	0.8	11.5	2.3
Apr	14° / 6°	49	11.7	0	13.5	3.9
May	18° / 9°	65	12.6	0	15.2	5.2
Jun	20° / 12°	63	11.4	0	16.1	5.9
Jul	23° / 14°	67	11.4	0	15.8	6.5
Aug	22° / 14°	70	11.3	0	14.3	6.4
Sep	19° / 11°	52	10.1	0	12.4	5.9
Oct	15° / 8°	60	11.5	0	10.4	4.1
Nov	10° / 5°	64	11.8	0.4	8.7	1.9
Dec	6° / 2°	78	13.5	1.5	7.8	0.6

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	28	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	30	30	30	31	31	32	31	31	31	29	29	29	29	28	27	26	26	26	25	25	25
Cloudier (%)	72	72	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	71	70	70	70	69	69	68	69	69	69	71	71	71	71	72	73	74	74	74	75	75	75

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	29	71
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	32	68
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	28	72
25	27	73
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Soignies gets around 60 mm of rain over 11.5 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 38% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	39
4	39
5	39
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 90% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	82	82	83	83	84	84	85	85	86	87	87	88	89	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	94	94	95	95	96	96	96	97	97
Comfortable (%)	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	86	14
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	88	12
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	97	3
31	97	3

Wind in October

Winds average 15 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	16	light breeze
26	16	light breeze
27	16	light breeze
28	16	light breeze
29	16	light breeze
30	16	light breeze
31	16	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 114 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:51 AM to 7:41 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 5:13 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:51	6:52	6:54	6:56	6:57	6:59	7:01	7:02	7:04	7:06	7:07	7:09	7:11	7:12	7:14	7:16	7:17	7:19	7:21	7:23	7:24	7:26	7:28	7:29	7:31	7:33	7:35	7:36	7:38	7:40	7:41
Sunset (PM)	6:15	6:12	6:10	6:08	6:06	6:03	6:01	5:59	5:57	5:55	5:52	5:50	5:48	5:46	5:44	5:42	5:40	5:38	5:36	5:34	5:32	5:30	5:28	5:26	5:24	5:22	5:20	5:18	5:17	5:15	5:13

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:51	6:15
2	11.3	6:52	6:12
3	11.3	6:54	6:10
4	11.2	6:56	6:08
5	11.1	6:57	6:06
6	11.1	6:59	6:03
7	11.0	7:01	6:01
8	10.9	7:02	5:59
9	10.9	7:04	5:57
10	10.8	7:06	5:55
11	10.8	7:07	5:52
12	10.7	7:09	5:50
13	10.6	7:11	5:48
14	10.6	7:12	5:46
15	10.5	7:14	5:44
16	10.4	7:16	5:42
17	10.4	7:17	5:40
18	10.3	7:19	5:38
19	10.2	7:21	5:36
20	10.2	7:23	5:34
21	10.1	7:24	5:32
22	10.1	7:26	5:30
23	10.0	7:28	5:28
24	9.9	7:29	5:26
25	9.9	7:31	5:24
26	9.8	7:33	5:22
27	9.8	7:35	5:20
28	9.7	7:36	5:18
29	9.6	7:38	5:17
30	9.6	7:40	5:15
31	9.5	7:41	5:13

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 1.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 1.91 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.5	Moderate
2	2.4	Moderate
3	2.4	Moderate
4	2.3	Moderate
5	2.3	Moderate
6	2.3	Moderate
7	2.2	Moderate
8	2.2	Moderate
9	2.2	Moderate
10	2.1	Moderate
11	2.1	Moderate
12	2.1	Moderate
13	2.0	Moderate
14	2.0	Moderate
15	2.0	Dim
16	2.0	Dim
17	1.9	Dim
18	1.9	Dim
19	1.9	Dim
20	1.8	Dim
21	1.8	Dim
22	1.7	Dim
23	1.7	Dim
24	1.7	Dim
25	1.6	Dim
26	1.6	Dim
27	1.6	Dim
28	1.5	Dim
29	1.5	Dim
30	1.4	Dim
31	1.4	Dim

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Soignies?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.3

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Soignies for sightseeing.

What to pack for Soignies in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Soignies sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Soignies in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Soignies peaks around July 13 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	4	6	7	7	6	4	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Soignies in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Soignies is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	12	12	15	16	14	14	12	13	12	11	10	10
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	12	Good
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	12	Good
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	12	Moderate
Oct	11	Good
Nov	10	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Soignies?

Soignies sits at 50.6°N, 4.1°E, 89 m above sea level, in Belgium. The nearest listed city is Braine-le-Comte, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Soignies

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Soignies.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Soignies has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 146 m around an average of 92 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 259 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 516 m.

The land around Soignies is covered by cropland (45%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (45%), trees (24%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (38%), trees (28%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

146 m

cropland 45%

16 km

259 m

cropland 45%

80 km

516 m

cropland 38%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← September Soignies year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Braine-le-Comte 6.0 km · La Louvière 13 km · Manage 14 km · Tubize 15 km · Mons 16 km · Nivelles 18 km · Morlanwelz-Mariemont 18 km · Binche 20 km

Belgium travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 81% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $60,750; 2025
Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.1; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 5.8; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 608
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Soignies (50.579°, 4.0713°, elevation 89 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	10
2	17	10
3	17	10
4	16	10
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	16	9
8	16	9
9	16	9
10	15	9
11	15	9
12	15	9
13	15	8
14	15	8
15	15	8
16	15	8
17	14	8
18	14	8
19	14	8
20	14	8
21	14	8
22	14	8
23	14	8
24	13	7
25	13	7
26	13	7
27	13	7
28	13	7
29	13	7
30	13	7
31	12	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	29	71
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	32	68
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	28	72
25	27	73
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	39
4	39
5	39
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	86	14
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	88	12
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	97	3
31	97	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	10
2	17	10
3	17	10
4	16	10
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	16	9
8	16	9
9	16	9
10	15	9
11	15	9
12	15	9
13	15	8
14	15	8
15	15	8
16	15	8
17	14	8
18	14	8
19	14	8
20	14	8
21	14	8
22	14	8
23	14	8
24	13	7
25	13	7
26	13	7
27	13	7
28	13	7
29	13	7
30	13	7
31	12	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	29	71
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	32	68
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	28	72
25	27	73
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	39
4	39
5	39
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	86	14
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	88	12
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	97	3
31	97	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	10
2	17	10
3	17	10
4	16	10
5	16	9
6	16	9
7	16	9
8	16	9
9	16	9
10	15	9
11	15	9
12	15	9
13	15	8
14	15	8
15	15	8
16	15	8
17	14	8
18	14	8
19	14	8
20	14	8
21	14	8
22	14	8
23	14	8
24	13	7
25	13	7
26	13	7
27	13	7
28	13	7
29	13	7
30	13	7
31	12	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	29	71
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	32	68
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	28	72
25	27	73
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	39
4	39
5	39
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	86	14
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	88	12
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	97	3
31	97	3