Climate averages 1991–2020
Gjakovë weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th 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 Gjakovë: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 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 11 h 06 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prizren (31 km away). In October its highs average 18.5°C, 1.2°C warmer than Gjakovë, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Kosovo, Gjakovë ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 17.6°C; Gjakovë is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 11.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 78 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
Gjakovë climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 63 | 9.8 | 9.59 h |
| February | 7.0°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 64 | 10.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 10.9°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 78 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 75 | 12.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 75 | 13.1 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 53 | 10.9 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 51 | 8.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 28.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 37 | 7.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 56 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 17.4°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 65 | 9.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.6°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 78 | 10.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 87 | 11.2 | 9.19 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
- Prizren in OctoberKosovo · 31 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Suva Reka in OctoberKosovo · 32 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in OctoberKosovo · 66 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Pristina in OctoberKosovo · 69 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 7.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Shkodër in OctoberAlbania · 83 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 12.7°C · 206 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in OctoberSerbia · 84 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Skopje in OctoberNorth Macedonia · 93 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Podgorica in OctoberMontenegro · 96 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 212 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 Gjakovë) is explained once on the Gjakovë year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.