Climate averages 1991–2020
Tampere weather
in October.
A cold, 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 cold month in Tampere: daytime highs average 6.6°C and nights cool to about 3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 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 06 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pori (106 km away). In October its highs average 7.7°C, 1.1°C warmer than Tampere, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Tampere ranks 9th of 13 for the warmest October highs and 11th of 13 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 13 cities is 6.9°C; Tampere is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 1.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 60 mm to 49 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
Tampere climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.6°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 39 | 9.8 | 6.46 h |
| February | -4.1°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 30 | 7.6 | 8.99 h |
| March | -0.1°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 31 | 8.0 | 11.712 h |
| April | 6.3°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 33 | 8.2 | 14.715 h |
| May | 13.2°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 45 | 9.7 | 17.518 h |
| June | 18.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 75 | 12.0 | 19.319 h |
| July | 20.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 83 | 12.7 | 18.519 h |
| August | 19.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 75 | 12.6 | 15.916 h |
| September | 13.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 53 | 10.2 | 13.013 h |
| October, selected | 6.6°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 60 | 10.7 | 10.110 h |
| November | 1.8°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 49 | 10.4 | 7.37 h |
| December | -1.5°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 46 | 11.0 | 5.56 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
- Pori in OctoberFinland · 106 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 4.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Lahti in OctoberFinland · 116 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 3.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Jyväskylä in OctoberFinland · 131 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 2.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Turku in OctoberFinland · 142 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 3.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Vantaa in OctoberFinland · 150 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 3.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Espoo in OctoberFinland · 151 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 4.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Helsinki in OctoberFinland · 160 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 4.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Kouvola in OctoberFinland · 171 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 2.9°C · 57 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 Tampere) is explained once on the Tampere year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.