Climate averages 1991–2020
Münster weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Münster: daytime highs average 13.9°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 42 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hamm (34 km away). In October its highs average 13.9°C, about as warm as Münster, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Münster ranks joint 54th of 120 for the warmest October highs and joint 53rd of 120 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 120 cities is 13.8°C; Münster is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 8.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 64 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
Münster climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.7°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 69 | 13.6 | 8.38 h |
| February | 5.9°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 55 | 11.3 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.5°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 58 | 12.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.1°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 48 | 10.5 | 13.914 h |
| May | 17.9°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 57 | 11.2 | 15.616 h |
| June | 20.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 63 | 11.7 | 16.617 h |
| July | 22.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 73 | 13.3 | 16.216 h |
| August | 22.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 77 | 12.4 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 62 | 10.7 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 13.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 65 | 12.0 | 10.711 h |
| November | 8.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 64 | 12.6 | 8.99 h |
| December | 5.3°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 71 | 13.1 | 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
- Hamm in OctoberGermany · 34 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 7.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Rheine in OctoberGermany · 38 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 7.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Lünen in OctoberGermany · 39 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Osnabrück in OctoberGermany · 45 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Recklinghausen in OctoberGermany · 49 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 8.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Castrop-Rauxel in OctoberGermany · 50 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 8.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Marl in OctoberGermany · 50 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 8.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Dortmund in OctoberGermany · 51 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 8.0°C · 74 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 Münster) is explained once on the Münster year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.