Le Puy-en-Velay weather in October

In October, Le Puy-en-Velay sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 104 mm of precipitation across 11.8 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 Le Puy-en-Velay's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Le Puy-en-Velay's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 104 mm; 11.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 7:08 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 9th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 2.6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

Air quality: Excellent; PM10 12.8 µg/m³ · 2019

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 15°C in the first days to 12°C by the end.

A typical October day in Le Puy-en-Velay reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 5°C cooler than September and about 6°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)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4

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

How October really feels in Le Puy-en-Velay

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.

Le Puy-en-Velay weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	4° / -2°	70	11.9	7.7	9	0.0
Feb	5° / -2°	52	10.2	7.2	10.1	0.2
Mar	9° / 1°	59	11	4.5	11.6	1.9
Apr	12° / 3°	94	13.6	2.8	13.2	2.9
May	16° / 7°	99	13.3	0.7	14.6	4.5
Jun	20° / 10°	82	11.9	0	15.4	6.0
Jul	23° / 12°	67	9.7	0	15.1	7.0
Aug	23° / 12°	74	9.8	0	13.9	7.0
Sep	18° / 9°	92	9.4	0.1	12.3	5.9
Oct	14° / 6°	104	11.8	0.8	10.7	3.6
Nov	8° / 2°	106	13	3.8	9.3	1.2
Dec	5° / -1°	70	11.2	5.8	8.6	0.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 65%.

	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 (%)	37	37	37	36	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	35	36	35	36	35	35	36	36	36
Cloudier (%)	63	63	63	64	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	67	67	68	68	67	67	67	66	66	65	65	65	64	65	64	65	65	64	64	64

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	36	64
25	35	65
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	36	64
30	36	64
31	36	64

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Le Puy-en-Velay gets around 104 mm of rain and snow over 11.8 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	37	37	37	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40
Snow chance (%)	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	0
2	37	0
3	37	0
4	38	1
5	38	1
6	38	1
7	39	1
8	39	1
9	39	1
10	39	1
11	39	1
12	39	1
13	39	2
14	39	2
15	39	2
16	39	2
17	39	3
18	39	3
19	38	3
20	38	4
21	38	4
22	37	4
23	37	4
24	37	4
25	37	4
26	38	4
27	38	4
28	39	5
29	39	5
30	40	5
31	40	5

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 98% 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 (%)	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100
Comfortable (%)	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in October

Winds average 12 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	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 6:48 AM to 7:29 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 5:27 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	11.4	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	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:48	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:11	7:12	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:22	7:23	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:29
Sunset (PM)	6:19	6:17	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:09	6:07	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:00	5:58	5:56	5:54	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:47	5:46	5:44	5:42	5:41	5:39	5:38	5:36	5:35	5:33	5:32	5:30	5:29	5:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:48	6:19
2	11.4	6:50	6:17
3	11.4	6:51	6:15
4	11.3	6:52	6:13
5	11.3	6:54	6:11
6	11.2	6:55	6:09
7	11.2	6:56	6:07
8	11.1	6:57	6:05
9	11.1	6:59	6:03
10	11.0	7:00	6:02
11	11.0	7:01	6:00
12	10.9	7:03	5:58
13	10.9	7:04	5:56
14	10.8	7:05	5:54
15	10.8	7:07	5:53
16	10.7	7:08	5:51
17	10.7	7:09	5:49
18	10.6	7:11	5:47
19	10.6	7:12	5:46
20	10.5	7:14	5:44
21	10.5	7:15	5:42
22	10.4	7:16	5:41
23	10.4	7:18	5:39
24	10.3	7:19	5:38
25	10.3	7:20	5:36
26	10.2	7:22	5:35
27	10.2	7:23	5:33
28	10.1	7:25	5:32
29	10.1	7:26	5:30
30	10.0	7:27	5:29
31	10.0	7:29	5:27

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 2.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.44 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 2.6 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)	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	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	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1
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	3.2	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.1	Moderate
4	3.1	Moderate
5	3.0	Moderate
6	3.0	Moderate
7	3.0	Moderate
8	2.9	Moderate
9	2.9	Moderate
10	2.8	Moderate
11	2.8	Moderate
12	2.7	Moderate
13	2.7	Moderate
14	2.6	Moderate
15	2.6	Moderate
16	2.6	Moderate
17	2.5	Moderate
18	2.5	Moderate
19	2.5	Moderate
20	2.4	Moderate
21	2.4	Moderate
22	2.4	Moderate
23	2.3	Moderate
24	2.3	Moderate
25	2.3	Moderate
26	2.3	Moderate
27	2.2	Moderate
28	2.2	Moderate
29	2.1	Moderate
30	2.1	Moderate
31	2.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Le Puy-en-Velay?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Le Puy-en-Velay.

What to pack for Le Puy-en-Velay in October

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

In October, Le Puy-en-Velay sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Le Puy-en-Velay in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	6	7	8	9	7	5	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Le Puy-en-Velay?

Le Puy-en-Velay sits at 45.0°N, 3.9°E, 640 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Firminy, 50 km away.

Topography around Le Puy-en-Velay

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Le Puy-en-Velay.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Le Puy-en-Velay has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 301 m around an average of 702 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 900 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,659 m.

The land around Le Puy-en-Velay is covered by grassland (38%), trees (30%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, grassland (47%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and grassland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km

301 m

grassland 38%

16 km

900 m

grassland 47%

80 km

1,659 m

trees 54%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

← September Le Puy-en-Velay year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Firminy 50 km · Saint-Étienne 59 km · Montbrison 64 km · Annonay 65 km · Saint-Chamond 69 km · Issoire 75 km · Bourg-lès-Valence 80 km · Valence 82 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 Le Puy-en-Velay (45.0437°, 3.8852°, elevation 640 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	16	7
2	16	7
3	16	7
4	15	7
5	15	7
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
10	14	7
11	14	7
12	14	7
13	14	6
14	14	6
15	14	6
16	13	6
17	13	6
18	13	6
19	13	6
20	13	6
21	13	6
22	13	5
23	13	5
24	12	5
25	12	5
26	12	5
27	12	5
28	12	5
29	12	4
30	11	4
31	11	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	36	64
25	35	65
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	36	64
30	36	64
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	0
2	37	0
3	37	0
4	38	1
5	38	1
6	38	1
7	39	1
8	39	1
9	39	1
10	39	1
11	39	1
12	39	1
13	39	2
14	39	2
15	39	2
16	39	2
17	39	3
18	39	3
19	38	3
20	38	4
21	38	4
22	37	4
23	37	4
24	37	4
25	37	4
26	38	4
27	38	4
28	39	5
29	39	5
30	40	5
31	40	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	36	64
25	35	65
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	36	64
30	36	64
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	0
2	37	0
3	37	0
4	38	1
5	38	1
6	38	1
7	39	1
8	39	1
9	39	1
10	39	1
11	39	1
12	39	1
13	39	2
14	39	2
15	39	2
16	39	2
17	39	3
18	39	3
19	38	3
20	38	4
21	38	4
22	37	4
23	37	4
24	37	4
25	37	4
26	38	4
27	38	4
28	39	5
29	39	5
30	40	5
31	40	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	36	64
25	35	65
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	36	64
30	36	64
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	0
2	37	0
3	37	0
4	38	1
5	38	1
6	38	1
7	39	1
8	39	1
9	39	1
10	39	1
11	39	1
12	39	1
13	39	2
14	39	2
15	39	2
16	39	2
17	39	3
18	39	3
19	38	3
20	38	4
21	38	4
22	37	4
23	37	4
24	37	4
25	37	4
26	38	4
27	38	4
28	39	5
29	39	5
30	40	5
31	40	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0