Climate averages 1991–2020
Kiel weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Kiel: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 35 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Neumünster (29 km away). In October its highs average 12.7°C, about as warm as Kiel, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Kiel ranks joint 111th of 120 for the warmest October highs and joint 26th of 120 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 120 cities is 13.8°C; Kiel is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 7.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 50 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
Kiel climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 57 | 11.9 | 8.08 h |
| February | 4.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 45 | 10.0 | 9.710 h |
| March | 7.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 49 | 10.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 43 | 9.7 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 57 | 10.6 | 16.016 h |
| June | 19.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 66 | 11.8 | 17.117 h |
| July | 21.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 74 | 12.5 | 16.617 h |
| August | 21.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 73 | 12.7 | 14.915 h |
| September | 17.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 54 | 10.4 | 12.813 h |
| October, selected | 12.7°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 56 | 11.2 | 10.611 h |
| November | 7.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 50 | 10.9 | 8.69 h |
| December | 4.5°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 57 | 12.0 | 7.47 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
- Neumünster in OctoberGermany · 29 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 7.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Lübeck in OctoberGermany · 62 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Flensburg in OctoberGermany · 69 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Norderstedt in OctoberGermany · 70 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 7.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Hamburg in OctoberGermany · 86 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 7.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Schwerin in OctoberGermany · 114 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Lüneburg in OctoberGermany · 120 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Odense in OctoberDenmark · 121 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 7.7°C · 54 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 Kiel) is explained once on the Kiel year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.