Maya: Good morning, Monte Carlo, and happy Saturday. It's October third, twenty twenty-six, and this is your Monte Carlo Morning Briefing.
Devon: I'm Devon.
Maya: And I'm Maya. Coming up: your week-ahead weather, Mediterranean conditions, tonight's sky, a culture-packed weekend, and three stories from the Principality.
Devon: Let's start with the weather — warm now, changing midweek.
Maya: Sunday: a high of twenty-six degrees, a low of twenty-two, zero chance of rain. Monday: twenty-four and twenty, twenty-eight percent chance of a shower. Tuesday: twenty-three degrees, just seven percent.
Devon: Then it turns. Wednesday: twenty-one degrees with a seventy-four percent chance of rain showers. Thursday: twenty-two and eighteen, sixty-nine percent. Friday: twenty-two degrees, thirty-eight percent. Saturday next: twenty-two and seventeen, fourteen percent.
Maya: So enjoy the warm, dry start — umbrellas by Wednesday.
Devon: Now the Mediterranean. Waves are gentle at about two-thirds of a meter, water temperature a lovely twenty-four and a half degrees. Calm conditions for anything on the water.
Maya: And the night skies. Sunset tonight is at seven oh-six, and it's dark by eight forty-one.
Devon: The moon is in its last quarter, forty-five percent lit, rising at one sixteen in the morning. So the evening is moonless — dark skies over the harbor.
Maya: Saturn is up in the southeast after dark, about twenty-nine degrees above the horizon. No space station passes tonight.
Devon: It's a huge culture weekend in Monaco. The European Heritage Days run today and tomorrow, with the theme "Heritage in Danger" — normally closed spaces open up, with tours, exhibitions, and concerts across the Principality. The Oceanographic Museum has reduced admission tomorrow, nine euros for adults.
Maya: Tonight: KALEÏDO's free rock concert at the Auditorium Rainier III — DJ set and food trucks from six, live concerts at eight thirty. Free, but book ahead.
Devon: Tomorrow evening at six, Marek Janowski conducts Bruckner with the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic at the Grimaldi Forum — the big symphonic opening of the season.
Maya: And looking ahead: Monday brings STAND UP MONACO comedy at the Grimaldi Forum, and Friday the ninth is the Global Gift Gala at the Hôtel de Paris, with Lara Fabian performing live.
Devon: Now the news. First: a state visit. Italian President Sergio Mattarella is in Monaco, welcomed at the Prince's Palace with military honors. Last night he joined Prince Albert and Princess Charlene at the Monte Carlo Opera for a performance by Cecilia Bartoli, followed by an official lunch in the Throne Room. Today he visits the Oceanographic Museum with the Prince.
Maya: Second: motorsport with a heart. The Jules Bianchi Karting Marathon is running this weekend at Circuit Paul Ricard — forty-two hours, nineteen minutes and fifty seconds of continuous racing, translating the marathon distance into time. A Monaco team is back defending their 2025 category win, raising money for the association supporting people with severe brain injuries.
Devon: Third: rally news. Sébastien Ogier — ten-time winner of the Rallye Monte-Carlo, a record — says he will skip the 2027 edition. Family first: his wife has an important professional commitment, and after years of her supporting his career, he says it's his turn to return the favor. He also admits a full championship campaign in 2027 is very unlikely.
Maya: That's your briefing for this Saturday, Monte Carlo. Warm and glamorous now, rain by Wednesday, and culture everywhere in between.
Devon: We'll be back tomorrow morning at five with a fresh briefing.
Maya: Bonne journée.