Climate averages 1991–2020

Sassari weather
in October.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 21.0°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 14.5°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 71 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Sassari · average highYear overview

October is a mild month in Sassari: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 09 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Cagliari (173 km away). In October its highs average 22.8°C, 1.8°C warmer than Sassari, with 43 mm of rain.

Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Sassari ranks joint 19th of 79 for the warmest October highs and joint 17th of 79 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 79 cities is 19.6°C; Sassari is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 16.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 71 mm to 96 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. 05101520253035 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

Sassari climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Sassari, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 11.9°C6.5°C6.5°C569.09.610 h
February 12.0°C6.1°C6.1°C548.710.611 h
March 14.3°C7.6°C7.6°C548.411.912 h
April 16.9°C9.6°C9.6°C609.013.313 h
May 20.9°C13.0°C13.0°C456.414.414 h
June 25.3°C16.9°C16.9°C223.415.015 h
July 28.3°C19.6°C19.6°C6.51.314.815 h
August 28.7°C20.3°C20.3°C102.113.814 h
September 24.7°C17.6°C17.6°C436.112.513 h
October, selected 21.0°C14.5°C14.5°C718.711.211 h
November 16.1°C10.8°C10.8°C9611.810.010 h
December 12.9°C7.8°C7.8°C7610.79.39 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 Sassari

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 Sassari) is explained once on the Sassari year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.