Climate averages 1991–2020
Berlin 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 Berlin: daytime highs average 13.4°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 10 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 41 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Potsdam (27 km away). In October its highs average 13.5°C, about as warm as Berlin, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Berlin ranks joint 89th of 120 for the warmest October highs and joint 3rd of 120 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 120 cities is 13.8°C; Berlin is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 7.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 42 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
Berlin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.0°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 49 | 11.6 | 8.28 h |
| February | 4.6°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 37 | 9.3 | 9.810 h |
| March | 8.4°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 47 | 11.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 37 | 9.3 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 55 | 10.5 | 15.716 h |
| June | 21.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 57 | 10.4 | 16.717 h |
| July | 23.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 77 | 11.7 | 16.316 h |
| August | 23.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 57 | 10.3 | 14.715 h |
| September | 19.1°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 51 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 13.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 46 | 9.6 | 10.711 h |
| November | 7.5°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 42 | 9.5 | 8.89 h |
| December | 3.9°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 46 | 11.2 | 7.88 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
- Potsdam in OctoberGermany · 27 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Cottbus in OctoberGermany · 106 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Gorzów Wielkopolski in OctoberPoland · 125 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Szczecin in OctoberPoland · 126 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 7.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Magdeburg in OctoberGermany · 129 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 7.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Stargard in OctoberPoland · 142 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 7.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Leipzig in OctoberGermany · 150 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Halle (Saale) in OctoberGermany · 152 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 7.4°C · 41 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 Berlin) is explained once on the Berlin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.