Climate averages 1991–2020
Leiria weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Leiria: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 11 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Coimbra (61 km away). In October its highs average 21.6°C, about as warm as Leiria, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Leiria ranks joint 3rd of 12 for the warmest October highs and 7th of 12 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 12 cities is 20.9°C; Leiria is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 98 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
Leiria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.2°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 88 | 10.5 | 9.710 h |
| February | 15.2°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 66 | 8.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 17.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 70 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 73 | 10.5 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 63 | 8.7 | 14.314 h |
| June | 24.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 18 | 3.8 | 14.915 h |
| July | 26.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 6.2 | 1.8 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 9.6 | 2.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 41 | 5.6 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 21.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 96 | 10.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 98 | 11.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | 15.0°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 91 | 10.3 | 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
- Coimbra in OctoberPortugal · 61 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 117 mm rain
- Aveiro in OctoberPortugal · 101 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 143 mm rain
- Amadora in OctoberPortugal · 116 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Queluz in OctoberPortugal · 116 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Lisbon in OctoberPortugal · 117 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Viseu in OctoberPortugal · 127 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 168 mm rain
- Setúbal in OctoberPortugal · 136 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Porto in OctoberPortugal · 157 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 166 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 Leiria) is explained once on the Leiria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.