Poitiers weather in October

In October, Poitiers sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 72 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°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 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Poitiers's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Poitiers's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 72 mm; 11.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 7:24 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 8th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 2.38 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

Poitiers is commune in Vienne, France.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 9.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 2,041/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 19°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical October day in Poitiers reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 22°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)	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	11	10	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	8	8	7

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

How October really feels in Poitiers

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.

Poitiers 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	8° / 3°	64	11.3	0.8	8.8	1.3
Feb	9° / 2°	51	9.6	0.8	10	1.9
Mar	13° / 4°	55	10.7	0.2	11.6	3.6
Apr	16° / 6°	63	11.7	0	13.3	4.6
May	19° / 10°	72	11.7	0	14.8	5.8
Jun	23° / 13°	59	9.5	0	15.6	6.7
Jul	25° / 15°	44	7.9	0	15.2	7.2
Aug	25° / 14°	49	7.6	0	14	7.2
Sep	22° / 12°	50	7.9	0	12.4	6.9
Oct	17° / 9°	72	11.5	0	10.7	5.2
Nov	12° / 5°	71	12.1	0.1	9.2	2.8
Dec	9° / 3°	71	11.3	0.4	8.4	1.6

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 13% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

	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 (%)	34	32	32	32	31	31	32	31	32	32	32	33	33	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	33
Cloudier (%)	66	68	68	68	69	69	68	69	68	68	68	67	67	68	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	35	65
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	33	67

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Poitiers gets around 72 mm of rain over 11.5 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 37% 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 (%)	35	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	38
22	38
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	39
30	39
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 80% 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 (%)	73	73	74	74	74	74	75	76	76	77	77	78	78	78	78	79	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	83	84	85	87	87	88	89	90
Comfortable (%)	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	10
Humid (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	22	5
2	73	22	5
3	74	21	5
4	74	21	5
5	74	21	5
6	74	21	5
7	75	21	4
8	76	20	4
9	76	20	4
10	77	20	3
11	77	20	3
12	78	20	2
13	78	20	2
14	78	20	2
15	78	20	2
16	79	20	1
17	79	20	1
18	80	19	1
19	80	19	1
20	81	18	1
21	81	18	1
22	82	17	1
23	82	17	1
24	83	16	1
25	84	15	1
26	85	14	1
27	87	13	0
28	87	13	0
29	88	12	0
30	89	11	0
31	90	10	0

Wind in October

Winds average 13 km/h in October.

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of October to 9 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 96 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:03 AM to 7:46 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 5:38 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	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	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	9.9	9.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:03	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:09	7:10	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:16	7:17	7:19	7:20	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:26	7:27	7:29	7:30	7:32	7:33	7:35	7:36	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:42	7:43	7:45	7:46
Sunset (PM)	6:32	6:30	6:28	6:26	6:24	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:14	6:12	6:10	6:08	6:07	6:05	6:03	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:56	5:54	5:52	5:51	5:49	5:47	5:46	5:44	5:43	5:41	5:39	5:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	7:03	6:32
2	11.4	7:05	6:30
3	11.4	7:06	6:28
4	11.3	7:07	6:26
5	11.2	7:09	6:24
6	11.2	7:10	6:22
7	11.1	7:12	6:20
8	11.1	7:13	6:18
9	11.0	7:14	6:16
10	11.0	7:16	6:14
11	10.9	7:17	6:12
12	10.9	7:19	6:10
13	10.8	7:20	6:08
14	10.8	7:22	6:07
15	10.7	7:23	6:05
16	10.6	7:24	6:03
17	10.6	7:26	6:01
18	10.5	7:27	5:59
19	10.5	7:29	5:58
20	10.4	7:30	5:56
21	10.4	7:32	5:54
22	10.3	7:33	5:52
23	10.3	7:35	5:51
24	10.2	7:36	5:49
25	10.2	7:38	5:47
26	10.1	7:39	5:46
27	10.1	7:40	5:44
28	10.0	7:42	5:43
29	10.0	7:43	5:41
30	9.9	7:45	5:39
31	9.9	7:46	5:38

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 2.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1 kWh/m² to a high of 5.91 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 2.38 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)	3.0	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	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	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	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.0	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	2.9	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	2.5	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	Moderate
29	2.0	Dim
30	1.9	Dim
31	1.9	Dim

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Poitiers?

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

5.2

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

1.4

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Poitiers for sightseeing.

What to pack for Poitiers in October

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

In October, Poitiers sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Poitiers 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 Poitiers peaks around July 20 at about 7 (very 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	2	4	5	6	7	7	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	6	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Poitiers?

Poitiers sits at 46.6°N, 0.3°E, 118 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Châtellerault, 30 km away.

Topography around Poitiers

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Poitiers has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m around an average of 109 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 119 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 495 m.

The land around Poitiers is covered by artificial surfaces (56%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (51%), grassland (24%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

70 m

artificial surfaces 56%

16 km

119 m

cropland 45%

80 km

495 m

cropland 51%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

October weather nearby: Châtellerault 30 km · Niort 68 km · Bressuire 70 km · Saumur 82 km · Joué-lès-Tours 89 km · Fontenay-le-Comte 89 km · Saint-Avertin 92 km · Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 94 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 Poitiers (46.5826°, 0.3435°, elevation 118 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	20	11
2	19	10
3	19	10
4	19	10
5	19	10
6	19	10
7	19	10
8	18	10
9	18	10
10	18	10
11	18	10
12	18	10
13	18	10
14	18	10
15	17	9
16	17	9
17	17	9
18	17	9
19	17	9
20	17	9
21	16	9
22	16	9
23	16	8
24	16	8
25	16	8
26	16	8
27	15	8
28	15	8
29	15	8
30	15	8
31	15	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	35	65
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	33	67

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	22	5
2	73	22	5
3	74	21	5
4	74	21	5
5	74	21	5
6	74	21	5
7	75	21	4
8	76	20	4
9	76	20	4
10	77	20	3
11	77	20	3
12	78	20	2
13	78	20	2
14	78	20	2
15	78	20	2
16	79	20	1
17	79	20	1
18	80	19	1
19	80	19	1
20	81	18	1
21	81	18	1
22	82	17	1
23	82	17	1
24	83	16	1
25	84	15	1
26	85	14	1
27	87	13	0
28	87	13	0
29	88	12	0
30	89	11	0
31	90	10	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	35	65
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	33	67

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	22	5
2	73	22	5
3	74	21	5
4	74	21	5
5	74	21	5
6	74	21	5
7	75	21	4
8	76	20	4
9	76	20	4
10	77	20	3
11	77	20	3
12	78	20	2
13	78	20	2
14	78	20	2
15	78	20	2
16	79	20	1
17	79	20	1
18	80	19	1
19	80	19	1
20	81	18	1
21	81	18	1
22	82	17	1
23	82	17	1
24	83	16	1
25	84	15	1
26	85	14	1
27	87	13	0
28	87	13	0
29	88	12	0
30	89	11	0
31	90	10	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	35	65
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	33	67

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	22	5
2	73	22	5
3	74	21	5
4	74	21	5
5	74	21	5
6	74	21	5
7	75	21	4
8	76	20	4
9	76	20	4
10	77	20	3
11	77	20	3
12	78	20	2
13	78	20	2
14	78	20	2
15	78	20	2
16	79	20	1
17	79	20	1
18	80	19	1
19	80	19	1
20	81	18	1
21	81	18	1
22	82	17	1
23	82	17	1
24	83	16	1
25	84	15	1
26	85	14	1
27	87	13	0
28	87	13	0
29	88	12	0
30	89	11	0
31	90	10	0