Climate averages 1991–2020
Budapest weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Budapest: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Székesfehérvár (59 km away). In October its highs average 15.8°C, about as warm as Budapest, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Budapest ranks joint 6th of 11 for the warmest October highs and joint 7th of 11 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 11 cities is 15.9°C; Budapest is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.4°C to 9.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 51 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
Budapest 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-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 36 | 8.0 | 8.99 h |
| February | 5.6°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 35 | 8.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.7°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 40 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 45 | 8.9 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.3°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 67 | 11.9 | 15.115 h |
| June | 24.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 71 | 10.9 | 15.916 h |
| July | 27.0°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 69 | 10.2 | 15.616 h |
| August | 27.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 58 | 8.7 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 58 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 15.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 53 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 51 | 8.7 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.7°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 43 | 8.3 | 8.59 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
- Székesfehérvár in OctoberHungary · 59 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Kecskemét in OctoberHungary · 82 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Szolnok in OctoberHungary · 94 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Győr in OctoberHungary · 107 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Nitra in OctoberSlovakia · 115 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Banská Bystrica in OctoberSlovakia · 138 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Miskolc in OctoberHungary · 146 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 6.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Bratislava in OctoberSlovakia · 161 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 47 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 Budapest) is explained once on the Budapest year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.