Alès weather in October

In October, Alès sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 174 mm of rain across 11.7 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of October to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Alès's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alès's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 174 mm; 11.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 7:06 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 12th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 2.78 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.9; out of 10

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical October day in Alès reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 5°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)	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8

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

How October really feels in Alès

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.

Alès weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 2°	90	9.1	1.2	9.1	2.4
Feb	12° / 2°	57	6.6	0.6	10.2	3.3
Mar	15° / 5°	72	7	0.2	11.6	5.2
Apr	18° / 7°	99	9.5	0	13.2	6.0
May	22° / 11°	82	8.9	0	14.5	6.9
Jun	27° / 14°	49	6.7	0	15.2	7.2
Jul	30° / 17°	35	4.7	0	15	6.1
Aug	29° / 16°	56	6.2	0	13.8	6.3
Sep	24° / 13°	128	7.4	0	12.3	7.4
Oct	19° / 10°	174	11.7	0	10.8	5.9
Nov	14° / 6°	155	10.7	0.1	9.4	4.0
Dec	11° / 3°	96	9.1	0.4	8.8	2.6

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in October, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

	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 (%)	57	57	56	55	54	54	54	53	52	51	50	49	48	48	47	47	46	46	47	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	46
Cloudier (%)	43	43	44	45	46	46	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	52	53	53	54	54	53	55	55	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	53	53	54

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	55	45
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	47	53
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	46	54

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Alès gets around 174 mm of rain over 11.7 wet days in October, the wettest month. 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 41% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	32
3	32
4	33
5	33
6	34
7	34
8	35
9	36
10	36
11	37
12	37
13	38
14	38
15	39
16	40
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	41
25	40
26	40
27	40
28	40
29	40
30	40
31	39

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 74% 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 (%)	70	71	71	71	71	71	71	70	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	72	73	74	74	75	77	78	79	81	81	83	84	85
Comfortable (%)	20	19	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	19	18	17	16	16	15	14	13
Humid (%)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2
Muggy (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	70	20	9	1
2	71	19	9	1
3	71	19	9	1
4	71	19	9	1
5	71	19	9	1
6	71	20	8	1
7	71	20	8	1
8	70	21	8	1
9	72	21	7	0
10	72	21	7	0
11	71	22	7	0
12	71	22	7	0
13	71	23	6	0
14	71	23	6	0
15	71	23	6	0
16	71	23	6	0
17	71	23	6	0
18	71	23	6	0
19	72	22	6	0
20	73	22	5	0
21	74	21	5	0
22	74	21	5	0
23	75	20	5	0
24	77	19	4	0
25	78	18	4	0
26	79	17	4	0
27	81	16	3	0
28	81	16	3	0
29	83	15	2	0
30	84	14	2	0
31	85	13	2	0

Wind in October

Winds average 9 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of October to 10 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 90 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:47 AM to 7:26 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 5:28 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)	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:47	6:48	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:25	7:26
Sunset (PM)	6:18	6:16	6:14	6:13	6:11	6:09	6:07	6:05	6:04	6:02	6:00	5:58	5:56	5:55	5:53	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:46	5:45	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:31	5:30	5:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:47	6:18
2	11.5	6:48	6:16
3	11.4	6:50	6:14
4	11.4	6:51	6:13
5	11.3	6:52	6:11
6	11.3	6:53	6:09
7	11.2	6:55	6:07
8	11.2	6:56	6:05
9	11.1	6:57	6:04
10	11.1	6:58	6:02
11	11.0	7:00	6:00
12	11.0	7:01	5:58
13	10.9	7:02	5:56
14	10.9	7:03	5:55
15	10.8	7:05	5:53
16	10.8	7:06	5:51
17	10.7	7:07	5:50
18	10.7	7:09	5:48
19	10.6	7:10	5:46
20	10.6	7:11	5:45
21	10.5	7:13	5:43
22	10.5	7:14	5:42
23	10.4	7:15	5:40
24	10.4	7:17	5:38
25	10.3	7:18	5:37
26	10.3	7:19	5:36
27	10.2	7:21	5:34
28	10.2	7:22	5:33
29	10.1	7:23	5:31
30	10.1	7:25	5:30
31	10.0	7:26	5:28

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 2.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.45 kWh/m² to a high of 7.02 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 2.78 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)	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.3	Moderate
7	3.2	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	2.9	Moderate
13	2.9	Moderate
14	2.8	Moderate
15	2.8	Moderate
16	2.7	Moderate
17	2.7	Moderate
18	2.6	Moderate
19	2.6	Moderate
20	2.5	Moderate
21	2.5	Moderate
22	2.5	Moderate
23	2.5	Moderate
24	2.4	Moderate
25	2.4	Moderate
26	2.4	Moderate
27	2.3	Moderate
28	2.3	Moderate
29	2.3	Moderate
30	2.3	Moderate
31	2.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Alès

In seasonPeak

In October, Alès sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Alès's rainy season runs September–January, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Alès?

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

5.9

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

2.6

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Alès for sightseeing.

What to pack for Alès in October

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

In October, Alès sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Alès in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Alès peaks around July 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. 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 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	5	7	7	9	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	7	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Alès?

Alès sits at 44.1°N, 4.1°E, 135 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Nîmes, 39 km away.

Topography around Alès

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alès has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 237 m around an average of 172 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 818 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,702 m.

The land around Alès is covered by trees (53%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 3 km, trees (72%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) within 80 km.

3 km

237 m

trees 53%

16 km

818 m

trees 72%

80 km

1,702 m

trees 58%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

October weather nearby: Nîmes 39 km · Bagnols-sur-Cèze 43 km · Lunel 50 km · Castelnau-le-Lez 56 km · Mauguio 57 km · Orange 58 km · Montpellier 59 km · Avignon 61 km

France travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 77% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $48,986; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 539
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 Alès (44.1249°, 4.0808°, elevation 135 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. 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	22	11
2	21	11
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	20	11
9	20	11
10	20	11
11	20	11
12	20	10
13	19	10
14	19	10
15	19	10
16	19	10
17	19	10
18	19	10
19	18	10
20	18	10
21	18	9
22	18	9
23	18	9
24	18	9
25	18	9
26	17	9
27	17	9
28	17	8
29	17	8
30	17	8
31	17	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	55	45
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	47	53
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	32
3	32
4	33
5	33
6	34
7	34
8	35
9	36
10	36
11	37
12	37
13	38
14	38
15	39
16	40
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	41
25	40
26	40
27	40
28	40
29	40
30	40
31	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	70	20	9	1
2	71	19	9	1
3	71	19	9	1
4	71	19	9	1
5	71	19	9	1
6	71	20	8	1
7	71	20	8	1
8	70	21	8	1
9	72	21	7	0
10	72	21	7	0
11	71	22	7	0
12	71	22	7	0
13	71	23	6	0
14	71	23	6	0
15	71	23	6	0
16	71	23	6	0
17	71	23	6	0
18	71	23	6	0
19	72	22	6	0
20	73	22	5	0
21	74	21	5	0
22	74	21	5	0
23	75	20	5	0
24	77	19	4	0
25	78	18	4	0
26	79	17	4	0
27	81	16	3	0
28	81	16	3	0
29	83	15	2	0
30	84	14	2	0
31	85	13	2	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	55	45
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	47	53
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	32
3	32
4	33
5	33
6	34
7	34
8	35
9	36
10	36
11	37
12	37
13	38
14	38
15	39
16	40
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	41
25	40
26	40
27	40
28	40
29	40
30	40
31	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	70	20	9	1
2	71	19	9	1
3	71	19	9	1
4	71	19	9	1
5	71	19	9	1
6	71	20	8	1
7	71	20	8	1
8	70	21	8	1
9	72	21	7	0
10	72	21	7	0
11	71	22	7	0
12	71	22	7	0
13	71	23	6	0
14	71	23	6	0
15	71	23	6	0
16	71	23	6	0
17	71	23	6	0
18	71	23	6	0
19	72	22	6	0
20	73	22	5	0
21	74	21	5	0
22	74	21	5	0
23	75	20	5	0
24	77	19	4	0
25	78	18	4	0
26	79	17	4	0
27	81	16	3	0
28	81	16	3	0
29	83	15	2	0
30	84	14	2	0
31	85	13	2	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	55	45
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	53	47
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	47	53
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	32
3	32
4	33
5	33
6	34
7	34
8	35
9	36
10	36
11	37
12	37
13	38
14	38
15	39
16	40
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	41
25	40
26	40
27	40
28	40
29	40
30	40
31	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	70	20	9	1
2	71	19	9	1
3	71	19	9	1
4	71	19	9	1
5	71	19	9	1
6	71	20	8	1
7	71	20	8	1
8	70	21	8	1
9	72	21	7	0
10	72	21	7	0
11	71	22	7	0
12	71	22	7	0
13	71	23	6	0
14	71	23	6	0
15	71	23	6	0
16	71	23	6	0
17	71	23	6	0
18	71	23	6	0
19	72	22	6	0
20	73	22	5	0
21	74	21	5	0
22	74	21	5	0
23	75	20	5	0
24	77	19	4	0
25	78	18	4	0
26	79	17	4	0
27	81	16	3	0
28	81	16	3	0
29	83	15	2	0
30	84	14	2	0
31	85	13	2	0