Saint-Malo weather in October

In October, Saint-Malo sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 107 mm of rain across 15.3 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Saint-Malo's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saint-Malo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 107 mm; 15.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 7:37 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 8th clearest
Wind: 25 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 2.23 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

Air quality: Good; PM10 19.5 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 17°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical October day in Saint-Malo 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 2°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	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Saint-Malo weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 5th-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° / 7°	91	14.8	8.5	1.6
Feb	9° / 6°	73	13	9.8	1.5
Mar	10° / 7°	66	12.2	11.6	2.1
Apr	11° / 9°	58	10.4	13.4	2.9
May	14° / 11°	57	9.8	15	4.0
Jun	16° / 14°	50	8.8	15.8	5.2
Jul	18° / 16°	48	9.3	15.5	6.2
Aug	19° / 17°	59	10.2	14.2	6.1
Sep	18° / 16°	76	10.7	12.4	5.7
Oct	16° / 13°	107	15.3	10.5	4.2
Nov	12° / 10°	117	16.3	9	2.8
Dec	10° / 8°	119	16.1	8.1	1.9

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% 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 (%)	39	37	37	36	36	35	34	34	34	34	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	33	33	33	33	33	33
Cloudier (%)	61	63	63	64	64	65	66	66	66	66	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	66	67	67	67	67	67	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	35	65
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	34	66
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Saint-Malo gets around 107 mm of rain over 15.3 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 49% and peaks near 52% 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 (%)	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	49
3	49
4	49
5	49
6	49
7	49
8	49
9	49
10	49
11	48
12	48
13	48
14	48
15	49
16	49
17	49
18	49
19	49
20	49
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	50
25	50
26	50
27	50
28	51
29	51
30	51
31	52

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 (%)	61	61	62	62	64	65	65	66	66	68	69	70	70	71	72	73	74	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89
Comfortable (%)	36	36	35	35	34	33	33	32	32	31	30	29	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11
Humid (%)	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	61	36	3
2	61	36	3
3	62	35	3
4	62	35	3
5	64	34	2
6	65	33	2
7	65	33	2
8	66	32	2
9	66	32	2
10	68	31	1
11	69	30	1
12	70	29	1
13	70	29	1
14	71	28	1
15	72	27	1
16	73	26	1
17	74	25	1
18	76	24	0
19	77	23	0
20	78	22	0
21	79	21	0
22	80	20	0
23	81	19	0
24	82	18	0
25	83	17	0
26	84	16	0
27	85	15	0
28	86	14	0
29	87	13	0
30	88	12	0
31	89	11	0

Wind in October

Winds average 25 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 24 km/h on the calmest days to 27 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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 42 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 7:14 AM to 8:01 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 5:42 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)	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.7	9.7
Sunrise (AM)	7:14	7:15	7:17	7:18	7:20	7:21	7:23	7:25	7:26	7:28	7:29	7:31	7:32	7:34	7:35	7:37	7:38	7:40	7:42	7:43	7:45	7:46	7:48	7:50	7:51	7:53	7:54	7:56	7:58	7:59	8:01
Sunset (PM)	6:40	6:38	6:36	6:34	6:32	6:29	6:27	6:25	6:23	6:21	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

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	7:14	6:40
2	11.4	7:15	6:38
3	11.3	7:17	6:36
4	11.3	7:18	6:34
5	11.2	7:20	6:32
6	11.1	7:21	6:29
7	11.1	7:23	6:27
8	11.0	7:25	6:25
9	11.0	7:26	6:23
10	10.9	7:28	6:21
11	10.8	7:29	6:19
12	10.8	7:31	6:17
13	10.7	7:32	6:15
14	10.7	7:34	6:13
15	10.6	7:35	6:11
16	10.5	7:37	6:09
17	10.5	7:38	6:07
18	10.4	7:40	6:05
19	10.4	7:42	6:03
20	10.3	7:43	6:02
21	10.2	7:45	6:00
22	10.2	7:46	5:58
23	10.1	7:48	5:56
24	10.1	7:50	5:54
25	10.0	7:51	5:53
26	10.0	7:53	5:51
27	9.9	7:54	5:49
28	9.9	7:56	5:47
29	9.8	7:58	5:46
30	9.7	7:59	5:44
31	9.7	8:01	5:42

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 2.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.88 kWh/m² to a high of 6.22 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 2.23 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)	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	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	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7
Level	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	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.9	Moderate
2	2.8	Moderate
3	2.8	Moderate
4	2.7	Moderate
5	2.7	Moderate
6	2.6	Moderate
7	2.6	Moderate
8	2.5	Moderate
9	2.5	Moderate
10	2.5	Moderate
11	2.4	Moderate
12	2.4	Moderate
13	2.4	Moderate
14	2.3	Moderate
15	2.3	Moderate
16	2.3	Moderate
17	2.2	Moderate
18	2.2	Moderate
19	2.1	Moderate
20	2.1	Moderate
21	2.1	Moderate
22	2.0	Moderate
23	2.0	Dim
24	1.9	Dim
25	1.9	Dim
26	1.9	Dim
27	1.8	Dim
28	1.8	Dim
29	1.8	Dim
30	1.7	Dim
31	1.7	Dim

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Saint-Malo?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

0.4

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Saint-Malo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Saint-Malo in October

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

In October, Saint-Malo sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and a windbreaker. About 15 days see rain.

rain geara warm layera windbreaker

Sea temperature near Saint-Malo 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 offshore 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)	9	9	9	10	12	15	17	18	18	16	13	11
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	9	Bracing
Feb	9	Bracing
Mar	9	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	12	Bracing
Jun	15	Bracing
Jul	17	Cool
Aug	18	Cool
Sep	18	Cool
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	11	Bracing

UV index in Saint-Malo 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 Saint-Malo peaks around June 17 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 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	6	7	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

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

Location & terrain

Where is Saint-Malo?

Saint-Malo sits at 48.6°N, 2.0°W, 10 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Saint-Brieuc, 58 km away.

Topography around Saint-Malo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saint-Malo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 10 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 375 m.

The land around Saint-Malo is covered by water (47%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, water (54%) within 16 km, and water (35%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

52 m

water 47%

16 km

144 m

water 54%

80 km

375 m

water 35%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

October weather nearby: Saint-Brieuc 58 km · Saint Helier 61 km · Rennes 65 km · Cesson-Sévigné 66 km · Fougères 68 km · Vitré 83 km · Saint-Lô 85 km · Pontivy 96 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 Saint-Malo (48.6474°, -2.0088°, elevation 10 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	15
2	17	14
3	17	14
4	17	14
5	17	14
6	17	14
7	16	14
8	16	14
9	16	14
10	16	14
11	16	14
12	16	14
13	16	13
14	16	13
15	16	13
16	16	13
17	16	13
18	15	13
19	15	13
20	15	13
21	15	13
22	15	13
23	15	12
24	15	12
25	15	12
26	15	12
27	15	12
28	15	12
29	14	12
30	14	12
31	14	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	35	65
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	34	66
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	49
3	49
4	49
5	49
6	49
7	49
8	49
9	49
10	49
11	48
12	48
13	48
14	48
15	49
16	49
17	49
18	49
19	49
20	49
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	50
25	50
26	50
27	50
28	51
29	51
30	51
31	52

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	61	36	3
2	61	36	3
3	62	35	3
4	62	35	3
5	64	34	2
6	65	33	2
7	65	33	2
8	66	32	2
9	66	32	2
10	68	31	1
11	69	30	1
12	70	29	1
13	70	29	1
14	71	28	1
15	72	27	1
16	73	26	1
17	74	25	1
18	76	24	0
19	77	23	0
20	78	22	0
21	79	21	0
22	80	20	0
23	81	19	0
24	82	18	0
25	83	17	0
26	84	16	0
27	85	15	0
28	86	14	0
29	87	13	0
30	88	12	0
31	89	11	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	35	65
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	34	66
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	49
3	49
4	49
5	49
6	49
7	49
8	49
9	49
10	49
11	48
12	48
13	48
14	48
15	49
16	49
17	49
18	49
19	49
20	49
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	50
25	50
26	50
27	50
28	51
29	51
30	51
31	52

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	61	36	3
2	61	36	3
3	62	35	3
4	62	35	3
5	64	34	2
6	65	33	2
7	65	33	2
8	66	32	2
9	66	32	2
10	68	31	1
11	69	30	1
12	70	29	1
13	70	29	1
14	71	28	1
15	72	27	1
16	73	26	1
17	74	25	1
18	76	24	0
19	77	23	0
20	78	22	0
21	79	21	0
22	80	20	0
23	81	19	0
24	82	18	0
25	83	17	0
26	84	16	0
27	85	15	0
28	86	14	0
29	87	13	0
30	88	12	0
31	89	11	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	35	65
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	34	66
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	49
3	49
4	49
5	49
6	49
7	49
8	49
9	49
10	49
11	48
12	48
13	48
14	48
15	49
16	49
17	49
18	49
19	49
20	49
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	50
25	50
26	50
27	50
28	51
29	51
30	51
31	52

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	61	36	3
2	61	36	3
3	62	35	3
4	62	35	3
5	64	34	2
6	65	33	2
7	65	33	2
8	66	32	2
9	66	32	2
10	68	31	1
11	69	30	1
12	70	29	1
13	70	29	1
14	71	28	1
15	72	27	1
16	73	26	1
17	74	25	1
18	76	24	0
19	77	23	0
20	78	22	0
21	79	21	0
22	80	20	0
23	81	19	0
24	82	18	0
25	83	17	0
26	84	16	0
27	85	15	0
28	86	14	0
29	87	13	0
30	88	12	0
31	89	11	0