Climate averages 1991–2020
Espoo weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Espoo: daytime highs average 8.2°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 12 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Helsinki (16 km away). In October its highs average 8.1°C, about as warm as Espoo, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Espoo ranks 2nd of 13 for the warmest October highs and joint 6th of 13 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 13 cities is 6.9°C; Espoo is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 3.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 59 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
Espoo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.9°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 50 | 11.1 | 6.77 h |
| February | -2.7°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 41 | 9.0 | 9.19 h |
| March | 0.7°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 37 | 8.2 | 11.712 h |
| April | 6.7°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 37 | 8.8 | 14.515 h |
| May | 12.9°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 43 | 8.7 | 17.217 h |
| June | 17.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 66 | 11.4 | 18.819 h |
| July | 20.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 69 | 11.2 | 18.118 h |
| August | 19.5°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 70 | 12.2 | 15.716 h |
| September | 14.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 55 | 10.1 | 13.013 h |
| October, selected | 8.2°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 59 | 10.8 | 10.210 h |
| November | 3.4°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 59 | 11.5 | 7.68 h |
| December | 0.3°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 57 | 12.4 | 6.06 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
- Helsinki in OctoberFinland · 16 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 4.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Vantaa in OctoberFinland · 24 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 3.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Tallinn in OctoberEstonia · 86 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 4.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Lahti in OctoberFinland · 103 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 3.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Kouvola in OctoberFinland · 134 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 2.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Turku in OctoberFinland · 134 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 3.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Tampere in OctoberFinland · 151 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 3.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Pori in OctoberFinland · 210 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 4.2°C · 65 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 Espoo) is explained once on the Espoo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.