Weekly note

France in October

5 of the 5 destinations in France are in season in October: 0 a sweet spot, 2 good, 3 ok.

None of these has October as a sweet spot; the 2 labelled good are the best of the month: Corsica and Chamonix.

Ranked for October

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Fare Why
1 Corsica good 22° 10d — 22C max, 10 rainy days
2 Chamonix good 15° cool 11d — 15C max, 11 rainy days
3 Mont-Saint-Michel ok 17° cool 12d — 17C max, 12 rainy days
4 Strasbourg ok 17° cool 10d — 17C max, 10 rainy days
5 Paris ok 17° cool 10d £143 17C max, 10 rainy days

Fares are the typical return from London for October departures, in GBP; a dash means none has been seen yet for October departures.

Other months for France

October elsewhere

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about France as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.