Climate averages 1991–2020
Potsdam 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 Potsdam: daytime highs average 13.5°C and nights cool to about 7.6°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 Berlin (27 km away). In October its highs average 13.4°C, about as warm as Potsdam, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Potsdam ranks joint 81st 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; Potsdam is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 7.7°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
Potsdam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.2°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 49 | 11.8 | 8.38 h |
| February | 4.8°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 36 | 9.2 | 9.910 h |
| March | 8.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 46 | 11.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 35 | 8.8 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 56 | 10.1 | 15.716 h |
| June | 21.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 57 | 10.5 | 16.717 h |
| July | 23.7°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 77 | 11.5 | 16.316 h |
| August | 23.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 59 | 10.4 | 14.715 h |
| September | 19.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 51 | 9.1 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 13.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 46 | 9.5 | 10.711 h |
| November | 7.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 42 | 9.9 | 8.89 h |
| December | 4.1°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 46 | 11.4 | 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
- Berlin in OctoberGermany · 27 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Magdeburg in OctoberGermany · 102 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 7.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Cottbus in OctoberGermany · 112 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Halle (Saale) in OctoberGermany · 126 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 7.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Leipzig in OctoberGermany · 127 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Gorzów Wielkopolski in OctoberPoland · 151 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Szczecin in OctoberPoland · 152 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 7.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Wolfsburg in OctoberGermany · 155 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 53 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 Potsdam) is explained once on the Potsdam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.