Climate averages 1991–2020
Varese weather
in October.
A mild, very 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 Varese: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 181 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 59 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Como (20 km away). In October its highs average 16.9°C, 1.4°C warmer than Varese, with 161 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Varese ranks 79th of 79 for the warmest October highs and 77th of 79 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 79 cities is 19.6°C; Varese is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 10.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 181 mm to 187 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
Varese climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 67 | 7.2 | 9.19 h |
| February | 7.8°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 66 | 6.9 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 87 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 129 | 11.6 | 13.514 h |
| May | 19.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 145 | 12.9 | 14.915 h |
| June | 23.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 135 | 11.5 | 15.716 h |
| July | 26.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 99 | 9.8 | 15.315 h |
| August | 25.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 131 | 11.1 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 163 | 10.1 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 15.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 181 | 11.0 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.3°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 187 | 10.5 | 9.510 h |
| December | 6.4°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 80 | 7.4 | 8.79 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
- Como in OctoberItaly · 20 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 161 mm rain
- Busto Arsizio in OctoberItaly · 23 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 140 mm rain
- Cinisello Balsamo in OctoberItaly · 42 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 125 mm rain
- Monza in OctoberItaly · 44 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 125 mm rain
- Novara in OctoberItaly · 44 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.5°C · 169 mm rain
- Milan in OctoberItaly · 49 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 125 mm rain
- Bergamo in OctoberItaly · 67 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.7°C · 141 mm rain
- Alessandria in OctoberItaly · 103 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 99 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 Varese) is explained once on the Varese year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.