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Cannes in October

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Cannes is warm: highs near 72°F, lows near 57°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 1 minute from the first week to the last.October in Cannes is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 1 minute from the first week to the last.

High
72°F22°Caverage
Low
57°F14°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 31% of days
Daylight
10h 53mon average

Is October a good time to visit Cannes?

Yes. October is one of Cannes's best months (May to June, or September to October).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 72°F in October, against 56°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in October, against 13°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

31% of days in October, against 21% to 38% through the year.

Cloud cover

51% cover in October, against 30% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

10h 53m in October, against 9h 00m to 15h 22m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with October shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. September79°26°low 62°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. October72°22°low 57°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. November64°18°low 48°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Cannes sits, in October

Europe/Paris
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:44 AMsets 6:51 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Vence21 km north-east

The land around Cannes, shaded by its typical high in October, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in France in October

high · low · wet days
See October on the planning mapThe whole year in Cannes

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Cannes. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (126 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (126 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.