Climate averages 1991–2020
Skopje weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Skopje: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kumanovo (28 km away). In October its highs average 18.5°C, 0.9°C cooler than Skopje, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in North Macedonia, Skopje ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest October highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 3 cities is 18.5°C; Skopje is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.7°C to 12.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 53 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
Skopje climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 45 | 8.2 | 9.59 h |
| February | 8.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 43 | 7.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 56 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 57 | 9.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 49 | 10.1 | 14.515 h |
| June | 27.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 38 | 7.8 | 15.215 h |
| July | 30.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 25 | 5.2 | 14.915 h |
| August | 31.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 25 | 4.3 | 13.914 h |
| September | 25.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 33 | 5.7 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 19.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 51 | 6.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 53 | 8.3 | 9.910 h |
| December | 7.2°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 59 | 9.1 | 9.29 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
- Kumanovo in OctoberNorth Macedonia · 28 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Prizren in OctoberKosovo · 62 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Suva Reka in OctoberKosovo · 64 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Prilep in OctoberNorth Macedonia · 73 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 8.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Pristina in OctoberKosovo · 78 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 7.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Gjakovë in OctoberKosovo · 93 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in OctoberKosovo · 109 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Leskovac in OctoberSerbia · 119 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 46 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 Skopje) is explained once on the Skopje year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.