Climate averages 1991–2020

Bayreuth weather
in October.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 13.1°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 6.3°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 68 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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October is a cool month in Bayreuth: daytime highs average 13.1°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 3rd 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 Bamberg (49 km away). In October its highs average 13.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Bayreuth, with 64 mm of rain.

Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Bayreuth ranks joint 102nd of 120 for the warmest October highs and joint 70th of 120 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 120 cities is 13.8°C; Bayreuth is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 7.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 71 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Bayreuth climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Bayreuth, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 2.7°C-2.4°C-2.4°C7913.98.69 h
February 4.3°C-2.5°C-2.5°C6311.210.010 h
March 8.7°C0.5°C0.5°C7113.111.812 h
April 14.1°C4.2°C4.2°C5511.613.714 h
May 18.2°C8.7°C8.7°C7413.015.415 h
June 21.3°C12.1°C12.1°C8213.416.316 h
July 23.3°C14.1°C14.1°C9013.915.916 h
August 23.2°C14.0°C14.0°C7912.514.514 h
September 18.5°C10.2°C10.2°C7010.812.713 h
October, selected 13.1°C6.3°C6.3°C6811.710.811 h
November 7.2°C2.2°C2.2°C7111.99.19 h
December 3.4°C-0.9°C-0.9°C8614.58.28 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

Distance from Bayreuth

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bayreuth) is explained once on the Bayreuth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.