Climate averages 1991–2020
Cottbus 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.
October is a cool month in Cottbus: daytime highs average 13.5°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 43 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zielona Góra (83 km away). In October its highs average 13.1°C, about as warm as Cottbus, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Cottbus ranks joint 81st of 120 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 120 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 120 cities is 13.8°C; Cottbus is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 7.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 46 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
Cottbus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 50 | 11.7 | 8.48 h |
| February | 4.6°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 38 | 9.4 | 9.910 h |
| March | 8.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 48 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.3°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 37 | 8.8 | 13.814 h |
| May | 18.9°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 53 | 10.7 | 15.616 h |
| June | 22.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 59 | 10.7 | 16.617 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 81 | 11.7 | 16.216 h |
| August | 23.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 62 | 10.4 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 52 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 13.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 45 | 9.5 | 10.711 h |
| November | 7.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 46 | 9.7 | 8.99 h |
| December | 3.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 48 | 11.3 | 7.98 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
- Zielona Góra in OctoberPoland · 83 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Dresden in OctoberGermany · 89 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 7.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Berlin in OctoberGermany · 106 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Potsdam in OctoberGermany · 112 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Liberec in OctoberCzechia · 121 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 6.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Ústí nad Labem in OctoberCzechia · 124 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Gorzów Wielkopolski in OctoberPoland · 125 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Lubin in OctoberPoland · 135 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.7°C · 46 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 Cottbus) is explained once on the Cottbus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.