Climate averages 1991–2020
Banja Luka weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Banja Luka: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 01 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zenica (85 km away). In October its highs average 17.3°C, about as warm as Banja Luka, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Banja Luka ranks 3rd of 7 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 7 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 7 cities is 17.3°C; Banja Luka is level with that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 11.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 85 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
Banja Luka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 70 | 10.4 | 9.29 h |
| February | 7.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 70 | 10.4 | 10.410 h |
| March | 12.3°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 79 | 11.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 92 | 12.7 | 13.513 h |
| May | 21.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 112 | 13.5 | 14.815 h |
| June | 25.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 97 | 11.9 | 15.516 h |
| July | 27.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 87 | 10.4 | 15.215 h |
| August | 27.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 72 | 8.8 | 14.114 h |
| September | 22.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 95 | 10.9 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 17.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 72 | 9.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 85 | 10.2 | 9.610 h |
| December | 6.0°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 82 | 11.5 | 8.99 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
- Zenica in OctoberBosnia and Herzegovina · 85 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 82 mm rain
- Bihać in OctoberBosnia and Herzegovina · 105 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.6°C · 121 mm rain
- Tuzla in OctoberBosnia and Herzegovina · 119 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Ilidža in OctoberBosnia and Herzegovina · 137 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Sarajevo in OctoberBosnia and Herzegovina · 138 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Osijek in OctoberCroatia · 145 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Zagreb in OctoberCroatia · 150 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Split in OctoberCroatia · 154 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 137 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 Banja Luka) is explained once on the Banja Luka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.