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Typical October weather

New Orleans

Louisiana · October

The first cool front lands and the whole city relocates outside.

79° days
67° nights

about 5 rainy days · 11½ hours of daylight

What to pack

What October feels like

October is the month this place has been waiting for — the humidity finally lets go and every neighborhood seems to run a festival. Halloween is taken seriously here; the Krewe of Boo rolls through the Quarter and the costumes are not store-bought.

Expect about 5 days with real rain — enough to notice, not enough to plan around. There’s a little humidity in the air, but nothing that changes your plans.

The numbers

Typical high79°
Typical low67°
Days with real rain5
Total rain3.6 in
Humiditya touch humid
Sunrise / sunset (mid-month)7:02 am / 6:29 pm

How October compares

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