Climate averages 1991–2020
Nicosia weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Nicosia: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Larnaca (37 km away). In October its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Nicosia, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Cyprus, Nicosia ranks joint 1st of 3 for the warmest October highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 3 cities is 27.1°C; Nicosia is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.2°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 38 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
Nicosia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 57 | 8.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 48 | 7.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 36 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 29 | 5.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 30 | 4.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 7.3 | 1.8 | 14.514 h |
| July | 35.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 14.314 h |
| August | 35.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 2.7 | 1.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 32.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 11 | 2.6 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 27.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 37 | 5.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 38 | 5.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 54 | 8.5 | 9.810 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
- Larnaca in OctoberCyprus · 37 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Limassol in OctoberCyprus · 62 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Silifke in OctoberTurkey · 144 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Alanya in OctoberTurkey · 195 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Mersin in OctoberTurkey · 216 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Karaman in OctoberTurkey · 224 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Latakia in OctoberSyria · 225 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in OctoberSyria · 233 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 47 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 Nicosia) is explained once on the Nicosia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.