Climate averages 1991–2020
Tartu weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th 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 Tartu: daytime highs average 8.6°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 20 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pskov (113 km away). In October its highs average 8.5°C, about as warm as Tartu, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Estonia, Tartu ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 2 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 2 cities is 8.7°C; Tartu is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 2.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Tartu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.2°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 40 | 10.4 | 7.27 h |
| February | -2.3°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 36 | 8.9 | 9.39 h |
| March | 2.3°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 35 | 9.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.7°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 39 | 9.6 | 14.414 h |
| May | 15.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 53 | 10.6 | 16.717 h |
| June | 19.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 84 | 13.1 | 18.218 h |
| July | 21.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 68 | 12.3 | 17.518 h |
| August | 20.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 75 | 12.8 | 15.415 h |
| September | 15.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 50 | 10.3 | 12.913 h |
| October, selected | 8.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 58 | 11.2 | 10.310 h |
| November | 2.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 50 | 10.7 | 7.98 h |
| December | -0.4°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 44 | 10.8 | 6.57 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Pskov in OctoberRussia · 113 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 4.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Tallinn in OctoberEstonia · 163 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 4.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Riga in OctoberLatvia · 223 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 5.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Helsinki in OctoberFinland · 223 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 4.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Vantaa in OctoberFinland · 233 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 3.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Espoo in OctoberFinland · 235 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 4.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Gatchina in OctoberRussia · 236 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 2.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Peterhof in OctoberRussia · 246 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 72 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 Tartu) is explained once on the Tartu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.