Climate averages 1991–2020

Mechelen weather
in October.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 15.0°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 8.7°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 57 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a mild month in Mechelen: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 8.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 57 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 Schaerbeek (19 km away). In October its highs average 14.9°C, about as warm as Mechelen, with 58 mm of rain.

Among the 18 cities listed in Belgium, Mechelen ranks joint 1st of 18 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 18 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 18 cities is 14.7°C; Mechelen is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 10.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 60 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Mechelen climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Mechelen, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	6.2°C1.4°C	1.4°C	61	11.6	8.58 h
February	7.3°C1.4°C	1.4°C	55	11.0	10.010 h
March	10.7°C3.1°C	3.1°C	53	11.3	11.812 h
April	14.6°C5.5°C	5.5°C	45	10.8	13.814 h
May	18.1°C9.3°C	9.3°C	59	11.7	15.516 h
June	20.9°C12.2°C	12.2°C	65	11.3	16.516 h
July	22.8°C14.5°C	14.5°C	71	12.3	16.116 h
August	22.6°C14.3°C	14.3°C	72	12.0	14.615 h
September	19.3°C11.8°C	11.8°C	52	10.2	12.713 h
October, selected	15.0°C8.7°C	8.7°C	57	11.0	10.811 h
November	10.0°C5.0°C	5.0°C	60	11.7	9.09 h
December	6.6°C2.3°C	2.3°C	70	12.9	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

Distance from Mechelen

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mechelen) is explained once on the Mechelen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.