Climate averages 1991–2020
Fredrikstad weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Fredrikstad: daytime highs average 10.0°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 16 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Drammen (71 km away). In October its highs average 9.4°C, 0.5°C cooler than Fredrikstad, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Fredrikstad ranks 3rd of 8 for the warmest October highs and joint 2nd of 8 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 8 cities is 9.4°C; Fredrikstad is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 5.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 81 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
Fredrikstad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 65 | 10.7 | 7.07 h |
| February | 1.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 51 | 8.6 | 9.29 h |
| March | 4.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 45 | 8.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 47 | 8.5 | 14.414 h |
| May | 14.7°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 61 | 10.3 | 16.917 h |
| June | 18.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 78 | 11.2 | 18.418 h |
| July | 20.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 77 | 11.5 | 17.818 h |
| August | 19.7°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 86 | 12.4 | 15.516 h |
| September | 15.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 81 | 10.5 | 12.913 h |
| October, selected | 10.0°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 87 | 11.6 | 10.310 h |
| November | 5.3°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 81 | 11.9 | 7.88 h |
| December | 2.2°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 70 | 11.4 | 6.36 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
- Drammen in OctoberNorway · 71 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Oslo in OctoberNorway · 78 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 4.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Lillestrøm in OctoberNorway · 82 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 3.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Gothenburg in OctoberSweden · 179 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Borås in OctoberSweden · 203 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 81 mm rain
- Kristiansand in OctoberNorway · 207 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 6.9°C · 141 mm rain
- Örebro in OctoberSweden · 243 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 4.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Jönköping in OctoberSweden · 246 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 57 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 Fredrikstad) is explained once on the Fredrikstad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.