Climate averages 1991–2020
Erfurt weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Erfurt: daytime highs average 13.4°C and nights cool to about 6.4°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 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jena (39 km away). In October its highs average 13.9°C, about as warm as Erfurt, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Erfurt 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; Erfurt is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 7.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 49 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
Erfurt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.3°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 43 | 11.0 | 8.58 h |
| February | 4.9°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 35 | 9.3 | 10.010 h |
| March | 8.7°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 47 | 11.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 41 | 9.4 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.7°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 63 | 11.0 | 15.516 h |
| June | 20.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 57 | 11.3 | 16.516 h |
| July | 23.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 70 | 11.8 | 16.116 h |
| August | 23.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 60 | 10.6 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 52 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 13.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 46 | 10.4 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.7°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 49 | 10.4 | 9.09 h |
| December | 4.1°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 49 | 11.6 | 8.08 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
- Jena in OctoberGermany · 39 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Gera in OctoberGermany · 74 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Halle (Saale) in OctoberGermany · 86 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 7.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Göttingen in OctoberGermany · 99 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 6.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Leipzig in OctoberGermany · 101 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Zwickau in OctoberGermany · 106 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Kassel in OctoberGermany · 114 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Bamberg in OctoberGermany · 120 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 6.8°C · 64 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 Erfurt) is explained once on the Erfurt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.