Climate averages 1991–2020
Parma weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Parma: daytime highs average 18.4°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 01 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Reggio nell'Emilia (27 km away). In October its highs average 18.2°C, about as warm as Parma, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Parma ranks joint 54th of 79 for the warmest October highs and joint 31st of 79 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 79 cities is 19.6°C; Parma is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.1°C to 12.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 92 mm to 100 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
Parma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 56 | 7.6 | 9.29 h |
| February | 9.7°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 66 | 7.5 | 10.410 h |
| March | 14.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 69 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 86 | 10.9 | 13.513 h |
| May | 22.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 82 | 9.5 | 14.815 h |
| June | 27.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 58 | 7.7 | 15.516 h |
| July | 30.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 40 | 5.8 | 15.215 h |
| August | 29.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 52 | 7.5 | 14.114 h |
| September | 24.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 77 | 8.5 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 18.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 92 | 9.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 12.3°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 100 | 10.5 | 9.610 h |
| December | 7.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 73 | 8.6 | 8.99 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
- Reggio nell'Emilia in OctoberItaly · 27 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 10.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Carpi in OctoberItaly · 44 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 10.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Cremona in OctoberItaly · 44 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 10.5°C · 103 mm rain
- Modena in OctoberItaly · 50 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Piacenza in OctoberItaly · 57 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 10.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Brescia in OctoberItaly · 82 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Bologna in OctoberItaly · 87 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 76 mm rain
- La Spezia in OctoberItaly · 87 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 207 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 Parma) is explained once on the Parma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.