Climate averages 1991–2020
Rostock weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Rostock: daytime highs average 12.6°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 36 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Schwerin (70 km away). In October its highs average 12.7°C, about as warm as Rostock, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Rostock ranks joint 115th of 120 for the warmest October highs and joint 10th of 120 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 120 cities is 13.8°C; Rostock is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 7.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 44 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
Rostock 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-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 50 | 11.7 | 8.08 h |
| February | 4.1°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 41 | 10.3 | 9.710 h |
| March | 7.2°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 46 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.3°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 43 | 9.8 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 57 | 11.1 | 16.016 h |
| June | 19.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 71 | 11.5 | 17.117 h |
| July | 21.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 77 | 12.7 | 16.617 h |
| August | 21.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 74 | 12.4 | 14.915 h |
| September | 17.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 55 | 10.1 | 12.813 h |
| October, selected | 12.6°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 51 | 10.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 7.4°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 44 | 10.3 | 8.69 h |
| December | 4.1°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 51 | 11.5 | 7.57 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
- Schwerin in OctoberGermany · 70 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Lübeck in OctoberGermany · 98 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Kiel in OctoberGermany · 133 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Neumünster in OctoberGermany · 141 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 7.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Lüneburg in OctoberGermany · 147 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Norderstedt in OctoberGermany · 147 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 7.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Hamburg in OctoberGermany · 153 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 7.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Szczecin in OctoberPoland · 175 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 7.1°C · 48 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 Rostock) is explained once on the Rostock year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.