Climate averages 1991–2020
Pristina weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Pristina: daytime highs average 16.9°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 5th 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 Mitrovicë (34 km away). In October its highs average 17.2°C, about as warm as Pristina, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Kosovo, Pristina ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 17.6°C; Pristina is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.2°C to 10.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 46 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
Pristina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.4°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 42 | 8.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 6.3°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 41 | 8.5 | 10.511 h |
| March | 10.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 59 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.5°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 68 | 11.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 76 | 12.9 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 65 | 12.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 51 | 9.2 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 40 | 7.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 45 | 7.4 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 16.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 46 | 7.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.6°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 46 | 8.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 5.1°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 54 | 9.2 | 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
- Mitrovicë in OctoberKosovo · 34 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Suva Reka in OctoberKosovo · 45 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Prizren in OctoberKosovo · 62 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Gjakovë in OctoberKosovo · 69 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Leskovac in OctoberSerbia · 73 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in OctoberSerbia · 74 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Kumanovo in OctoberNorth Macedonia · 75 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Skopje in OctoberNorth Macedonia · 78 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 51 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 Pristina) is explained once on the Pristina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.