Climate averages 1991–2020
Wilhelmshaven weather
in October.
A cool, moderately 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 Wilhelmshaven: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 37 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bremerhaven (31 km away). In October its highs average 13.0°C, about as warm as Wilhelmshaven, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Wilhelmshaven ranks joint 93rd of 120 for the warmest October highs and joint 44th of 120 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 120 cities is 13.8°C; Wilhelmshaven is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 8.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 55 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
Wilhelmshaven climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 64 | 13.4 | 8.18 h |
| February | 5.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 50 | 10.0 | 9.810 h |
| March | 8.4°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 51 | 11.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.8°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 50 | 11.0 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.5°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 57 | 11.5 | 15.916 h |
| June | 19.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 76 | 12.6 | 16.917 h |
| July | 21.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 87 | 14.4 | 16.516 h |
| August | 21.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 82 | 14.2 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 67 | 11.3 | 12.813 h |
| October, selected | 13.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 62 | 12.4 | 10.611 h |
| November | 8.3°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 55 | 11.9 | 8.79 h |
| December | 5.2°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 63 | 12.9 | 7.68 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
- Bremerhaven in OctoberGermany · 31 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 8.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Oldenburg in OctoberGermany · 46 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 7.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Delmenhorst in OctoberGermany · 65 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 7.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Bremen in OctoberGermany · 70 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 7.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Groningen in OctoberThe Netherlands · 108 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Hamburg in OctoberGermany · 125 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 7.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Norderstedt in OctoberGermany · 126 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 7.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Neumünster in OctoberGermany · 137 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 7.4°C · 60 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 Wilhelmshaven) is explained once on the Wilhelmshaven year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.