Pau weather in October

In October, Pau sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 123 mm of precipitation across 13.7 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Pau's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pau's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 123 mm; 13.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 7:23 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 4th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 2.85 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.4; out of 10

Pau is city and commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

Air quality: Good; PM10 17.4 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 2,624/km²; people per km²

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 20°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical October day in Pau reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 24°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)	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

Pau weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 5th-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°	112	13.8	2.4	9.2	2.0
Feb	11° / 3°	97	12.3	3.2	10.2	2.4
Mar	14° / 5°	107	13.7	1.6	11.6	3.7
Apr	16° / 7°	145	16.4	0.4	13.2	4.1
May	19° / 10°	159	16.3	0.1	14.5	5.1
Jun	22° / 13°	128	14	0	15.1	6.0
Jul	24° / 15°	105	12.1	0	14.9	6.7
Aug	25° / 15°	104	12.5	0	13.8	6.7
Sep	22° / 12°	98	11.9	0	12.3	6.3
Oct	18° / 9°	123	13.7	0.1	10.8	5.4
Nov	13° / 5°	138	14.2	0.6	9.5	3.3
Dec	10° / 3°	108	13.3	1.1	8.8	2.3

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%.

	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 (%)	48	47	47	45	45	44	44	43	43	43	41	42	42	42	43	42	42	44	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	43	43	42	42	42
Cloudier (%)	52	53	53	55	55	56	56	57	57	57	59	58	58	58	57	58	58	56	55	55	55	55	55	56	56	56	57	57	58	58	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	41	59
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	44	56
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	43	57
28	43	57
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Pau gets around 123 mm of rain and snow over 13.7 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 44% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 0 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 (%)	43	43	43	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	44
5	44
6	45
7	45
8	45
9	45
10	45
11	45
12	45
13	45
14	45
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	44
19	44
20	44
21	43
22	43
23	43
24	43
25	43
26	43
27	43
28	43
29	43
30	44
31	44

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 85% 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	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	80	81	82	83	84	86	86	87	88	89	89	90	91	92	92	93	94	94	95	95	96	96
Comfortable (%)	27	26	25	24	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	11	10	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	4
Humid (%)	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	70	27	3
2	71	26	3
3	72	25	3
4	73	24	3
5	74	24	2
6	75	23	2
7	76	22	2
8	77	21	2
9	78	20	2
10	80	19	1
11	81	18	1
12	82	17	1
13	83	16	1
14	84	15	1
15	86	14	0
16	86	14	0
17	87	13	0
18	88	12	0
19	89	11	0
20	89	11	0
21	90	10	0
22	91	9	0
23	92	8	0
24	92	8	0
25	93	7	0
26	94	6	0
27	94	6	0
28	95	5	0
29	95	5	0
30	96	4	0
31	96	4	0

Wind in October

Winds average 6 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of October to 10 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 84 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:04 AM to 7:42 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 5:48 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	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:04	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:41	7:42
Sunset (PM)	6:36	6:35	6:33	6:31	6:29	6:27	6:26	6:24	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:15	6:13	6:12	6:10	6:09	6:07	6:05	6:04	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:56	5:55	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:49	5:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	7:04	6:36
2	11.5	7:06	6:35
3	11.4	7:07	6:33
4	11.4	7:08	6:31
5	11.3	7:09	6:29
6	11.3	7:10	6:27
7	11.2	7:12	6:26
8	11.2	7:13	6:24
9	11.1	7:14	6:22
10	11.1	7:15	6:20
11	11.0	7:17	6:19
12	11.0	7:18	6:17
13	10.9	7:19	6:15
14	10.9	7:20	6:13
15	10.8	7:22	6:12
16	10.8	7:23	6:10
17	10.7	7:24	6:09
18	10.7	7:25	6:07
19	10.6	7:27	6:05
20	10.6	7:28	6:04
21	10.6	7:29	6:02
22	10.5	7:30	6:01
23	10.5	7:32	5:59
24	10.4	7:33	5:58
25	10.4	7:34	5:56
26	10.3	7:36	5:55
27	10.3	7:37	5:53
28	10.2	7:38	5:52
29	10.2	7:39	5:51
30	10.1	7:41	5:49
31	10.1	7:42	5:48

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 2.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.46 kWh/m² to a high of 5.82 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 2.85 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	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3
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	3.4	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.2	Moderate
7	3.2	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	2.9	Moderate
14	2.9	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	2.8	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.8	Moderate
19	2.7	Moderate
20	2.7	Moderate
21	2.7	Moderate
22	2.6	Moderate
23	2.6	Moderate
24	2.6	Moderate
25	2.6	Moderate
26	2.5	Moderate
27	2.5	Moderate
28	2.5	Moderate
29	2.4	Moderate
30	2.4	Moderate
31	2.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Pau?

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

5.4

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Pau for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pau in October

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

In October, Pau sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Pau 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 Pau peaks around July 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (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)	2	2	5	6	7	8	9	8	6	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

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

Air quality in Pau 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 Pau is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 9 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	14	15	14	11	12	10	10	10	10	9	10
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	11	Good
Jun	12	Good
Jul	10	Good
Aug	10	Good
Sep	10	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	9	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Pau?

Pau sits at 43.3°N, 0.4°W, 219 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Lourdes, 35 km away.

Topography around Pau

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pau has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 210 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 342 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,323 m.

The land around Pau is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and trees (38%) within 3 km, trees (41%), cropland (30%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (45%), grassland (30%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

73 m

artificial surfaces 47%

16 km

342 m

trees 41%

80 km

3,323 m

trees 45%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

October weather nearby: Lourdes 35 km · Tarbes 36 km · Mont-de-Marsan 65 km · Dax 72 km · Auch 85 km · Bayonne 92 km · Anglet 96 km · Biarritz 99 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 Pau (43.3112°, -0.3558°, elevation 219 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	20	11
2	20	11
3	20	11
4	20	11
5	20	11
6	19	10
7	19	10
8	19	10
9	19	10
10	19	10
11	19	10
12	19	10
13	19	10
14	19	10
15	18	10
16	18	10
17	18	10
18	18	9
19	18	9
20	18	9
21	18	9
22	18	9
23	18	9
24	17	9
25	17	9
26	17	8
27	17	8
28	17	8
29	17	8
30	16	8
31	16	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	41	59
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	44	56
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	43	57
28	43	57
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	44
5	44
6	45
7	45
8	45
9	45
10	45
11	45
12	45
13	45
14	45
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	44
19	44
20	44
21	43
22	43
23	43
24	43
25	43
26	43
27	43
28	43
29	43
30	44
31	44

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	70	27	3
2	71	26	3
3	72	25	3
4	73	24	3
5	74	24	2
6	75	23	2
7	76	22	2
8	77	21	2
9	78	20	2
10	80	19	1
11	81	18	1
12	82	17	1
13	83	16	1
14	84	15	1
15	86	14	0
16	86	14	0
17	87	13	0
18	88	12	0
19	89	11	0
20	89	11	0
21	90	10	0
22	91	9	0
23	92	8	0
24	92	8	0
25	93	7	0
26	94	6	0
27	94	6	0
28	95	5	0
29	95	5	0
30	96	4	0
31	96	4	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	41	59
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	44	56
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	43	57
28	43	57
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	44
5	44
6	45
7	45
8	45
9	45
10	45
11	45
12	45
13	45
14	45
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	44
19	44
20	44
21	43
22	43
23	43
24	43
25	43
26	43
27	43
28	43
29	43
30	44
31	44

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	70	27	3
2	71	26	3
3	72	25	3
4	73	24	3
5	74	24	2
6	75	23	2
7	76	22	2
8	77	21	2
9	78	20	2
10	80	19	1
11	81	18	1
12	82	17	1
13	83	16	1
14	84	15	1
15	86	14	0
16	86	14	0
17	87	13	0
18	88	12	0
19	89	11	0
20	89	11	0
21	90	10	0
22	91	9	0
23	92	8	0
24	92	8	0
25	93	7	0
26	94	6	0
27	94	6	0
28	95	5	0
29	95	5	0
30	96	4	0
31	96	4	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	41	59
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	44	56
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	43	57
28	43	57
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	44
5	44
6	45
7	45
8	45
9	45
10	45
11	45
12	45
13	45
14	45
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	44
19	44
20	44
21	43
22	43
23	43
24	43
25	43
26	43
27	43
28	43
29	43
30	44
31	44

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	70	27	3
2	71	26	3
3	72	25	3
4	73	24	3
5	74	24	2
6	75	23	2
7	76	22	2
8	77	21	2
9	78	20	2
10	80	19	1
11	81	18	1
12	82	17	1
13	83	16	1
14	84	15	1
15	86	14	0
16	86	14	0
17	87	13	0
18	88	12	0
19	89	11	0
20	89	11	0
21	90	10	0
22	91	9	0
23	92	8	0
24	92	8	0
25	93	7	0
26	94	6	0
27	94	6	0
28	95	5	0
29	95	5	0
30	96	4	0
31	96	4	0