Climate averages 1991–2020

Szombathely 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.

Average high 15.1°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 7.1°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 59 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Szombathely · average highYear overview

October is a mild month in Szombathely: daytime highs average 15.1°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 9 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 Graz (91 km away). In October its highs average 14.3°C, 0.8°C cooler than Szombathely, with 64 mm of rain.

Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Szombathely ranks 11th of 11 for the warmest October highs and 11th of 11 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 11 cities is 15.9°C; Szombathely is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 9.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 56 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Szombathely climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Szombathely, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 3.4°C-3.2°C-3.2°C307.08.99 h
February 5.9°C-2.5°C-2.5°C337.510.210 h
March 10.5°C0.9°C0.9°C459.111.912 h
April 15.9°C5.6°C5.6°C478.813.614 h
May 20.2°C10.4°C10.4°C7412.315.115 h
June 23.9°C14.3°C14.3°C8112.015.916 h
July 26.0°C16.3°C16.3°C7912.115.516 h
August 25.7°C16.2°C16.2°C7810.414.214 h
September 20.4°C11.7°C11.7°C769.412.613 h
October, selected 15.1°C7.1°C7.1°C598.910.911 h
November 9.1°C2.7°C2.7°C569.09.49 h
December 3.8°C-2.1°C-2.1°C418.18.69 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

Distance from Szombathely

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Szombathely) is explained once on the Szombathely year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.