Climate averages 1991–2020
Villingen-Schwenningen weather
in October.
A cool, 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 Villingen-Schwenningen: daytime highs average 12.5°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Freiburg (48 km away). In October its highs average 15.4°C, 2.8°C warmer than Villingen-Schwenningen, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Villingen-Schwenningen ranks 118th of 120 for the warmest October highs and joint 116th of 120 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 120 cities is 13.8°C; Villingen-Schwenningen is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 6.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 91 mm to 83 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
Villingen-Schwenningen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.3°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 87 | 12.9 | 8.99 h |
| February | 3.4°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 75 | 11.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 7.5°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 87 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 87 | 14.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 15.9°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 133 | 17.5 | 15.215 h |
| June | 19.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 126 | 16.7 | 16.016 h |
| July | 21.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 138 | 16.7 | 15.616 h |
| August | 21.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 124 | 15.4 | 14.314 h |
| September | 16.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 93 | 12.5 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 12.5°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 91 | 12.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | 6.7°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 83 | 12.3 | 9.39 h |
| December | 3.0°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 100 | 13.7 | 8.58 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
- Freiburg in OctoberGermany · 48 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.0°C · 85 mm rain
- Winterthur in OctoberSwitzerland · 64 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Tübingen in OctoberGermany · 66 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 6.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Konstanz in OctoberGermany · 68 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Reutlingen in OctoberGermany · 71 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 6.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Zürich in OctoberSwitzerland · 77 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 7.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Strasbourg in OctoberFrance · 80 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Basel in OctoberSwitzerland · 89 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.7°C · 97 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 Villingen-Schwenningen) is explained once on the Villingen-Schwenningen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.