Climate averages 1991–2020
Bender weather
in October.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Bender: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tiraspol (12 km away). In October its highs average 15.4°C, about as warm as Bender, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Moldova, Bender ranks joint 1st of 4 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 4 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 4 cities is 15.2°C; Bender is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.9°C to 8.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 33 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Bender climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.7°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 34 | 6.2 | 9.09 h |
| February | 4.1°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 26 | 5.5 | 10.310 h |
| March | 9.3°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 31 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 40 | 8.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 22.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 46 | 9.6 | 15.015 h |
| June | 26.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 63 | 9.4 | 15.816 h |
| July | 28.4°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 45 | 7.7 | 15.515 h |
| August | 28.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 39 | 5.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 44 | 6.1 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 15.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 36 | 5.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.4°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 33 | 5.5 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.2°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 32 | 6.3 | 8.69 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Tiraspol in OctoberMoldova · 12 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Chisinau in OctoberMoldova · 51 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Odesa in OctoberUkraine · 104 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 9.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Iaşi in OctoberRomania · 147 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Bălţi in OctoberMoldova · 156 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Galaţi in OctoberRomania · 190 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Mykolayiv in OctoberUkraine · 192 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Bacău in OctoberRomania · 198 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 6.4°C · 44 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 Bender) is explained once on the Bender year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.