Climate averages 1991–2020
Aalst weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Aalst: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Anderlecht (23 km away). In October its highs average 15.0°C, about as warm as Aalst, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belgium, Aalst ranks joint 3rd of 18 for the warmest October highs and joint 2nd of 18 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 18 cities is 14.7°C; Aalst is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 10.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 62 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
Aalst climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 62 | 12.0 | 8.58 h |
| February | 7.3°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 55 | 11.1 | 10.010 h |
| March | 10.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 53 | 11.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.4°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 48 | 11.9 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.8°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 60 | 11.8 | 15.516 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 63 | 11.1 | 16.416 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 70 | 12.2 | 16.016 h |
| August | 22.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 74 | 12.0 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.2°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 55 | 10.9 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 14.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 58 | 11.1 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 62 | 11.7 | 9.09 h |
| December | 6.7°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 71 | 12.8 | 8.08 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
- Anderlecht in OctoberBelgium · 23 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Brussels in OctoberBelgium · 24 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Schaerbeek in OctoberBelgium · 25 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Gent in OctoberBelgium · 26 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 58 mm rain
- Ixelles in OctoberBelgium · 26 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 8.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Mechelen in OctoberBelgium · 33 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 8.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Antwerp in OctoberBelgium · 41 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Deurne in OctoberBelgium · 44 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 8.7°C · 60 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 Aalst) is explained once on the Aalst year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.