Climate averages 1991–2020
Bamberg weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Bamberg: daytime highs average 13.8°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 48 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Erlangen (35 km away). In October its highs average 13.8°C, about as warm as Bamberg, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Bamberg ranks joint 59th of 120 for the warmest October highs and joint 50th of 120 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 120 cities is 13.8°C; Bamberg is level with that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 7.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 67 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
Bamberg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 71 | 13.4 | 8.69 h |
| February | 5.2°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 56 | 10.5 | 10.110 h |
| March | 9.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 64 | 12.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 49 | 10.7 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.8°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 68 | 12.4 | 15.415 h |
| June | 21.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 71 | 12.1 | 16.316 h |
| July | 24.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 78 | 12.7 | 15.916 h |
| August | 23.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 69 | 11.5 | 14.514 h |
| September | 19.2°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 63 | 10.1 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 13.8°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 64 | 11.4 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.8°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 67 | 11.6 | 9.19 h |
| December | 4.1°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 80 | 14.0 | 8.28 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
- Erlangen in OctoberGermany · 35 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Fürth in OctoberGermany · 47 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 6.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Bayreuth in OctoberGermany · 49 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Nuremberg in OctoberGermany · 51 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 6.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Würzburg in OctoberGermany · 69 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Erfurt in OctoberGermany · 120 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Jena in OctoberGermany · 125 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Regensburg in OctoberGermany · 131 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 58 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 Bamberg) is explained once on the Bamberg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.