Climate averages 1991–2020
Coimbra weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Coimbra: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 11 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aveiro (52 km away). In October its highs average 21.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Coimbra, with 143 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Coimbra ranks joint 3rd of 12 for the warmest October highs and 8th of 12 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 12 cities is 20.9°C; Coimbra is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 117 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
Coimbra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 108 | 10.8 | 9.710 h |
| February | 14.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 81 | 8.7 | 10.611 h |
| March | 17.6°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 85 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 92 | 10.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.0°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 73 | 9.2 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 23 | 5.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 8.5 | 2.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 28.9°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 14 | 3.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 26.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 49 | 6.0 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 21.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 117 | 11.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.6°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 117 | 11.9 | 10.010 h |
| December | 14.3°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 111 | 10.9 | 9.49 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
- Aveiro in OctoberPortugal · 52 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 143 mm rain
- Leiria in OctoberPortugal · 61 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Viseu in OctoberPortugal · 67 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 168 mm rain
- Porto in OctoberPortugal · 106 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 166 mm rain
- Braga in OctoberPortugal · 150 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 210 mm rain
- Amadora in OctoberPortugal · 176 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Lisbon in OctoberPortugal · 176 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Queluz in OctoberPortugal · 176 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 77 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 Coimbra) is explained once on the Coimbra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.