Climate averages 1991–2020
Ulm weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th 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 Ulm: daytime highs average 13.6°C and nights cool to about 6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 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 52 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Reutlingen (59 km away). In October its highs average 14.5°C, 0.9°C warmer than Ulm, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Ulm ranks joint 75th of 120 for the warmest October highs and joint 65th of 120 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 120 cities is 13.8°C; Ulm is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 7.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 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
Ulm climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 61 | 11.7 | 8.89 h |
| February | 4.9°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 51 | 10.4 | 10.210 h |
| March | 9.2°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 66 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 62 | 11.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 17.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 95 | 14.4 | 15.215 h |
| June | 20.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 96 | 14.5 | 16.016 h |
| July | 22.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 99 | 14.5 | 15.716 h |
| August | 22.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 88 | 13.4 | 14.314 h |
| September | 18.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 69 | 11.3 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 13.6°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 67 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.6°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 64 | 10.9 | 9.39 h |
| December | 3.9°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 68 | 13.0 | 8.48 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
- Reutlingen in OctoberGermany · 59 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 6.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Esslingen in OctoberGermany · 63 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Augsburg in OctoberGermany · 67 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 6.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Tübingen in OctoberGermany · 71 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 6.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Stuttgart in OctoberGermany · 74 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 7.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Ludwigsburg in OctoberGermany · 81 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Heilbronn in OctoberGermany · 100 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 7.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Konstanz in OctoberGermany · 102 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 83 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 Ulm) is explained once on the Ulm year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.