Guérande weather in October

In October, Guérande sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 80 mm of rain across 11.9 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 9 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Guérande's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Guérande's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 80 mm; 11.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 7:37 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 9th clearest
Wind: 20 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 2.39 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

Guérande is human settlement in France.

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 17°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical October day in Guérande reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 3°C cooler than September and about 3°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	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11

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

Guérande weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 6°	75	12.1	8.7	1.8
Feb	9° / 6°	56	9.8	9.9	1.9
Mar	11° / 8°	50	10	11.6	2.7
Apr	13° / 9°	50	10	13.3	3.7
May	16° / 12°	49	9.1	14.8	5.1
Jun	19° / 15°	38	7.8	15.7	6.3
Jul	20° / 17°	39	7.2	15.3	6.9
Aug	21° / 17°	43	7.6	14.1	6.9
Sep	19° / 15°	51	7.8	12.4	6.4
Oct	16° / 13°	80	11.9	10.6	4.7
Nov	13° / 10°	82	12.8	9.1	3.1
Dec	10° / 7°	85	13	8.3	2.1

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

	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 (%)	41	39	38	38	37	36	36	36	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	36	36	37	37	37	36
Cloudier (%)	59	61	62	62	63	64	64	64	65	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	64	64	63	63	63	64

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	39	61
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	37	63
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	36	64

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Guérande gets around 80 mm of rain over 11.9 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 39% and peaks near 42% 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 (%)	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	38
16	38
17	39
18	39
19	39
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	42
29	42
30	42
31	42

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 62% 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 (%)	50	51	51	52	52	53	55	56	56	57	58	59	60	61	61	62	62	64	64	65	67	67	68	69	71	72	73	74	75	77	78
Comfortable (%)	37	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	31	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	22	21
Humid (%)	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	50	37	13
2	51	36	13
3	51	36	13
4	52	36	12
5	52	36	12
6	53	36	11
7	55	35	10
8	56	35	9
9	56	35	9
10	57	35	8
11	58	35	7
12	59	34	7
13	60	34	6
14	61	34	5
15	61	34	5
16	62	34	4
17	62	34	4
18	64	33	3
19	64	33	3
20	65	32	3
21	67	31	2
22	67	31	2
23	68	30	2
24	69	29	2
25	71	28	1
26	72	27	1
27	73	26	1
28	74	25	1
29	75	24	1
30	77	22	1
31	78	21	1

Wind in October

Winds average 20 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 22 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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22
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	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of October to 9 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 102 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:15 AM to 7:59 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 5:47 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	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:15	7:16	7:18	7:19	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:25	7:26	7:28	7:29	7:31	7:32	7:34	7:35	7:37	7:38	7:40	7:41	7:43	7:44	7:46	7:47	7:49	7:50	7:52	7:53	7:55	7:56	7:58	7:59
Sunset (PM)	6:43	6:40	6:38	6:36	6:34	6:32	6:30	6:28	6:26	6:24	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:09	6:07	6:06	6:04	6:02	6:00	5:59	5:57	5:55	5:54	5:52	5:50	5:49	5:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	7:15	6:43
2	11.4	7:16	6:40
3	11.3	7:18	6:38
4	11.3	7:19	6:36
5	11.2	7:21	6:34
6	11.2	7:22	6:32
7	11.1	7:23	6:30
8	11.1	7:25	6:28
9	11.0	7:26	6:26
10	10.9	7:28	6:24
11	10.9	7:29	6:22
12	10.8	7:31	6:20
13	10.8	7:32	6:19
14	10.7	7:34	6:17
15	10.7	7:35	6:15
16	10.6	7:37	6:13
17	10.5	7:38	6:11
18	10.5	7:40	6:09
19	10.4	7:41	6:07
20	10.4	7:43	6:06
21	10.3	7:44	6:04
22	10.3	7:46	6:02
23	10.2	7:47	6:00
24	10.2	7:49	5:59
25	10.1	7:50	5:57
26	10.1	7:52	5:55
27	10.0	7:53	5:54
28	10.0	7:55	5:52
29	9.9	7:56	5:50
30	9.9	7:58	5:49
31	9.8	7:59	5:47

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 2.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 2.39 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)	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	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	1.9	1.9	1.9
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	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.1	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	2.9	Moderate
5	2.8	Moderate
6	2.8	Moderate
7	2.7	Moderate
8	2.7	Moderate
9	2.6	Moderate
10	2.6	Moderate
11	2.6	Moderate
12	2.5	Moderate
13	2.5	Moderate
14	2.5	Moderate
15	2.4	Moderate
16	2.4	Moderate
17	2.4	Moderate
18	2.3	Moderate
19	2.3	Moderate
20	2.3	Moderate
21	2.2	Moderate
22	2.2	Moderate
23	2.2	Moderate
24	2.1	Moderate
25	2.1	Moderate
26	2.1	Moderate
27	2.0	Moderate
28	2.0	Dim
29	1.9	Dim
30	1.9	Dim
31	1.9	Dim

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Guérande?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.6

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Guérande for sightseeing.

What to pack for Guérande in October

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

In October, Guérande sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Guérande in October

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in October — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 16 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 9°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	10	9	10	12	14	16	18	18	17	16	14	11
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	10	Bracing
Feb	9	Bracing
Mar	10	Bracing
Apr	12	Bracing
May	14	Bracing
Jun	16	Cool
Jul	18	Cool
Aug	18	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	11	Bracing

UV index in Guérande 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 Guérande peaks around August 10 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 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	2	3	5	6	7	7	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	6	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Guérande?

Guérande sits at 47.3°N, 2.4°W, 55 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is La Baule-Escoublac, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Guérande

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guérande has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m around an average of 30 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 328 m.

The land around Guérande is covered by grassland (29%), trees (28%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, water (48%) within 16 km, and water (39%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

67 m

grassland 29%

16 km

75 m

water 48%

80 km

328 m

water 39%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

October weather nearby: La Baule-Escoublac 6.0 km · Saint-Nazaire 17 km · Vannes 44 km · Couëron 55 km · Saint-Herblain 60 km · Orvault 61 km · Bouguenais 63 km · La Chapelle-sur-Erdre 66 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 Guérande (47.3283°, -2.4293°, elevation 55 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	17	14
2	17	14
3	17	14
4	17	14
5	17	14
6	17	14
7	17	14
8	17	13
9	17	13
10	17	13
11	16	13
12	16	13
13	16	13
14	16	13
15	16	13
16	16	13
17	16	13
18	16	13
19	16	12
20	16	12
21	15	12
22	15	12
23	15	12
24	15	12
25	15	12
26	15	12
27	15	12
28	15	12
29	15	12
30	15	11
31	14	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	39	61
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	37	63
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	38
16	38
17	39
18	39
19	39
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	42
29	42
30	42
31	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	50	37	13
2	51	36	13
3	51	36	13
4	52	36	12
5	52	36	12
6	53	36	11
7	55	35	10
8	56	35	9
9	56	35	9
10	57	35	8
11	58	35	7
12	59	34	7
13	60	34	6
14	61	34	5
15	61	34	5
16	62	34	4
17	62	34	4
18	64	33	3
19	64	33	3
20	65	32	3
21	67	31	2
22	67	31	2
23	68	30	2
24	69	29	2
25	71	28	1
26	72	27	1
27	73	26	1
28	74	25	1
29	75	24	1
30	77	22	1
31	78	21	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	39	61
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	37	63
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	38
16	38
17	39
18	39
19	39
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	42
29	42
30	42
31	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	50	37	13
2	51	36	13
3	51	36	13
4	52	36	12
5	52	36	12
6	53	36	11
7	55	35	10
8	56	35	9
9	56	35	9
10	57	35	8
11	58	35	7
12	59	34	7
13	60	34	6
14	61	34	5
15	61	34	5
16	62	34	4
17	62	34	4
18	64	33	3
19	64	33	3
20	65	32	3
21	67	31	2
22	67	31	2
23	68	30	2
24	69	29	2
25	71	28	1
26	72	27	1
27	73	26	1
28	74	25	1
29	75	24	1
30	77	22	1
31	78	21	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	39	61
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	37	63
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	38
16	38
17	39
18	39
19	39
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	41
28	42
29	42
30	42
31	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	50	37	13
2	51	36	13
3	51	36	13
4	52	36	12
5	52	36	12
6	53	36	11
7	55	35	10
8	56	35	9
9	56	35	9
10	57	35	8
11	58	35	7
12	59	34	7
13	60	34	6
14	61	34	5
15	61	34	5
16	62	34	4
17	62	34	4
18	64	33	3
19	64	33	3
20	65	32	3
21	67	31	2
22	67	31	2
23	68	30	2
24	69	29	2
25	71	28	1
26	72	27	1
27	73	26	1
28	74	25	1
29	75	24	1
30	77	22	1
31	78	21	1