Soissons weather in October

In October, Soissons sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 60 mm of rain across 10.8 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 13°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Soissons's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Soissons's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 60 mm; 10.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 7:17 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 8th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 2.01 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

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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 13°C by the end.

A typical October day in Soissons reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 20°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)	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

How October really feels in Soissons

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.

Soissons 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	6° / 2°	59	11.8	1	8.4	0.6
Feb	7° / 2°	53	10.9	1.2	9.8	1.0
Mar	11° / 4°	55	11.4	0.7	11.5	2.7
Apr	15° / 6°	52	11.1	0	13.4	4.2
May	18° / 9°	64	11.3	0	15.1	5.5
Jun	21° / 12°	57	10.5	0	16	6.3
Jul	24° / 14°	55	9.7	0	15.6	6.9
Aug	24° / 14°	63	10.1	0	14.2	6.8
Sep	20° / 11°	47	8.7	0	12.4	6.3
Oct	15° / 8°	60	10.8	0	10.5	4.5
Nov	10° / 5°	61	11.6	0.3	8.9	2.1
Dec	7° / 2°	76	13.1	1.3	8	0.8

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 71%.

	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 (%)	30	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	28	27	27	27	27	27
Cloudier (%)	70	71	71	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	72	72	73	73	72	73	73	73	73	73

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	28	72
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	27	73

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Soissons gets around 60 mm of rain over 10.8 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 35% and peaks near 37% 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	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	36
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	37
31	37

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 88% 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 (%)	80	80	81	81	82	82	83	84	84	85	85	87	88	88	89	89	90	90	91	91	91	92	92	93	93	94	94	95	95	95	96
Comfortable (%)	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	80	19	1
2	80	19	1
3	81	18	1
4	81	18	1
5	82	17	1
6	82	17	1
7	83	16	1
8	84	15	1
9	84	15	1
10	85	14	1
11	85	14	1
12	87	13	0
13	88	12	0
14	88	12	0
15	89	11	0
16	89	11	0
17	90	10	0
18	90	10	0
19	91	9	0
20	91	9	0
21	91	9	0
22	92	8	0
23	92	8	0
24	93	7	0
25	93	7	0
26	94	6	0
27	94	6	0
28	95	5	0
29	95	5	0
30	95	5	0
31	96	4	0

Wind in October

Winds average 14 km/h in October.

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 108 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:53 AM to 7:41 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 5:19 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	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:53	6:55	6:56	6:58	6:59	7:01	7:02	7:04	7:06	7:07	7:09	7:10	7:12	7:14	7:15	7:17	7:18	7:20	7:22	7:23	7:25	7:27	7:28	7:30	7:31	7:33	7:35	7:36	7:38	7:40	7:41
Sunset (PM)	6:18	6:16	6:14	6:12	6:10	6:07	6:05	6:03	6:01	5:59	5:57	5:55	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:47	5:45	5:43	5:41	5:39	5:37	5:35	5:33	5:31	5:30	5:28	5:26	5:24	5:23	5:21	5:19

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:53	6:18
2	11.4	6:55	6:16
3	11.3	6:56	6:14
4	11.2	6:58	6:12
5	11.2	6:59	6:10
6	11.1	7:01	6:07
7	11.0	7:02	6:05
8	11.0	7:04	6:03
9	10.9	7:06	6:01
10	10.9	7:07	5:59
11	10.8	7:09	5:57
12	10.7	7:10	5:55
13	10.7	7:12	5:53
14	10.6	7:14	5:51
15	10.6	7:15	5:49
16	10.5	7:17	5:47
17	10.4	7:18	5:45
18	10.4	7:20	5:43
19	10.3	7:22	5:41
20	10.3	7:23	5:39
21	10.2	7:25	5:37
22	10.1	7:27	5:35
23	10.1	7:28	5:33
24	10.0	7:30	5:31
25	10.0	7:31	5:30
26	9.9	7:33	5:28
27	9.9	7:35	5:26
28	9.8	7:36	5:24
29	9.7	7:38	5:23
30	9.7	7:40	5:21
31	9.6	7:41	5:19

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 2.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.73 kWh/m² to a high of 5.54 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 2.01 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)	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	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	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5
Level	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	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.6	Moderate
2	2.5	Moderate
3	2.5	Moderate
4	2.5	Moderate
5	2.4	Moderate
6	2.4	Moderate
7	2.3	Moderate
8	2.3	Moderate
9	2.3	Moderate
10	2.2	Moderate
11	2.2	Moderate
12	2.2	Moderate
13	2.1	Moderate
14	2.1	Moderate
15	2.1	Moderate
16	2.0	Moderate
17	2.0	Moderate
18	2.0	Dim
19	1.9	Dim
20	1.9	Dim
21	1.9	Dim
22	1.8	Dim
23	1.8	Dim
24	1.8	Dim
25	1.7	Dim
26	1.7	Dim
27	1.6	Dim
28	1.6	Dim
29	1.6	Dim
30	1.5	Dim
31	1.5	Dim

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Soissons?

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

4.5

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.5

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Soissons for sightseeing.

What to pack for Soissons in October

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

In October, Soissons sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Soissons 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 Soissons peaks around July 14 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	4	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	7	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Soissons?

Soissons sits at 49.4°N, 3.3°E, 50 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Laon, 30 km away.

Topography around Soissons

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Soissons has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m around an average of 64 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 195 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 282 m.

The land around Soissons is covered by trees (37%), artificial surfaces (29%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (55%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and cropland (63%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

115 m

trees 37%

16 km

195 m

cropland 55%

80 km

282 m

cropland 63%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

October weather nearby: Laon 30 km · Tergnier 31 km · Noyon 32 km · Crépy-en-Valois 36 km · Compiègne 36 km · Château-Thierry 38 km · Saint-Quentin 52 km · Reims 53 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 Soissons (49.3817°, 3.3236°, elevation 50 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	18	10
2	18	10
3	17	10
4	17	10
5	17	10
6	17	10
7	17	9
8	17	9
9	16	9
10	16	9
11	16	9
12	16	9
13	16	9
14	16	9
15	16	8
16	15	8
17	15	8
18	15	8
19	15	8
20	15	8
21	15	8
22	14	8
23	14	8
24	14	8
25	14	7
26	14	7
27	14	7
28	13	7
29	13	7
30	13	7
31	13	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	28	72
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	36
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	37
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	80	19	1
2	80	19	1
3	81	18	1
4	81	18	1
5	82	17	1
6	82	17	1
7	83	16	1
8	84	15	1
9	84	15	1
10	85	14	1
11	85	14	1
12	87	13	0
13	88	12	0
14	88	12	0
15	89	11	0
16	89	11	0
17	90	10	0
18	90	10	0
19	91	9	0
20	91	9	0
21	91	9	0
22	92	8	0
23	92	8	0
24	93	7	0
25	93	7	0
26	94	6	0
27	94	6	0
28	95	5	0
29	95	5	0
30	95	5	0
31	96	4	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	28	72
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	36
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	37
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	80	19	1
2	80	19	1
3	81	18	1
4	81	18	1
5	82	17	1
6	82	17	1
7	83	16	1
8	84	15	1
9	84	15	1
10	85	14	1
11	85	14	1
12	87	13	0
13	88	12	0
14	88	12	0
15	89	11	0
16	89	11	0
17	90	10	0
18	90	10	0
19	91	9	0
20	91	9	0
21	91	9	0
22	92	8	0
23	92	8	0
24	93	7	0
25	93	7	0
26	94	6	0
27	94	6	0
28	95	5	0
29	95	5	0
30	95	5	0
31	96	4	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	28	72
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	36
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	37
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	80	19	1
2	80	19	1
3	81	18	1
4	81	18	1
5	82	17	1
6	82	17	1
7	83	16	1
8	84	15	1
9	84	15	1
10	85	14	1
11	85	14	1
12	87	13	0
13	88	12	0
14	88	12	0
15	89	11	0
16	89	11	0
17	90	10	0
18	90	10	0
19	91	9	0
20	91	9	0
21	91	9	0
22	92	8	0
23	92	8	0
24	93	7	0
25	93	7	0
26	94	6	0
27	94	6	0
28	95	5	0
29	95	5	0
30	95	5	0
31	96	4	0