Climate averages 1991–2020
Vienna weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Vienna: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bratislava (55 km away). In October its highs average 15.0°C, about as warm as Vienna, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Austria, Vienna ranks 3rd of 6 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 6 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 6 cities is 14.6°C; Vienna is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 8.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Vienna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 35 | 8.3 | 8.89 h |
| February | 5.5°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 32 | 7.6 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 47 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 45 | 9.0 | 13.614 h |
| May | 19.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 72 | 11.9 | 15.215 h |
| June | 23.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 76 | 11.8 | 16.016 h |
| July | 25.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 79 | 12.3 | 15.616 h |
| August | 25.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 71 | 10.1 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 71 | 9.4 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 14.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 47 | 8.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 43 | 9.1 | 9.39 h |
| December | 3.8°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 38 | 8.8 | 8.48 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Bratislava in OctoberSlovakia · 55 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Szombathely in OctoberHungary · 110 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Győr in OctoberHungary · 111 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Brno in OctoberCzechia · 111 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Nitra in OctoberSlovakia · 127 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Graz in OctoberAustria · 145 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Zlín in OctoberCzechia · 148 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 6.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Linz in OctoberAustria · 155 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.7°C · 62 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Vienna) is explained once on the Vienna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.