Climate averages 1991–2020
Copenhagen weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Copenhagen: daytime highs average 11.7°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 30 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malmö (28 km away). In October its highs average 11.7°C, about as warm as Copenhagen, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Denmark, Copenhagen ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest October highs and joint 2nd of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 11.9°C; Copenhagen is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 7.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 50 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
Copenhagen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.0°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 50 | 11.7 | 7.78 h |
| February | 3.3°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 41 | 9.5 | 9.610 h |
| March | 6.0°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 43 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 41 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| May | 15.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 52 | 10.3 | 16.216 h |
| June | 18.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 71 | 11.2 | 17.417 h |
| July | 20.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 72 | 12.0 | 16.917 h |
| August | 20.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 77 | 12.8 | 15.115 h |
| September | 16.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 59 | 10.2 | 12.813 h |
| October, selected | 11.7°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 60 | 11.7 | 10.511 h |
| November | 7.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 50 | 11.0 | 8.48 h |
| December | 4.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 53 | 11.5 | 7.27 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
- Malmö in OctoberSweden · 28 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Lund in OctoberSweden · 39 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 6.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Helsingborg in OctoberSweden · 42 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 6.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Halmstad in OctoberSweden · 112 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Odense in OctoberDenmark · 140 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 7.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Århus in OctoberDenmark · 156 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 7.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Rostock in OctoberGermany · 179 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 7.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Växjö in OctoberSweden · 192 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 5.2°C · 61 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 Copenhagen) is explained once on the Copenhagen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.