ClimateExplore the planning map
Climate · New Orleans

New Orleans in October

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in New Orleans is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 68°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 37 minutes from the first week to the last.October in New Orleans is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 20°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 37 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
68°F20°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 29% of days
Daylight
11h 22mon average

Is October a good time to visit New Orleans?

A good month, just outside New Orleans's best months, which run in two parts: March to April, or November.

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 82°F in October, against 65°F to 91°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in October, against 18°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

29% of days in October, against 26% to 65% through the year.

Cloud cover

33% cover in October, against 33% to 58% through the year.

Daylight

11h 22m in October, against 10h 15m to 14h 02m 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. September88°31°low 75°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. October82°28°low 68°low 20°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. November74°23°low 59°low 15°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where New Orleans sits, in October

America/Chicago
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:01 AMsets 6:31 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
30.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Houston510 km west

The land around New Orleans, 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 United States in October

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest New Orleans. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.