Climate averages 1991–2020
Arad weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Arad: daytime highs average 16.9°C and nights cool to about 8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 58 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Timişoara (48 km away). In October its highs average 17.2°C, about as warm as Arad, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Arad ranks 5th of 27 for the warmest October highs and joint 8th of 27 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 27 cities is 15.5°C; Arad is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.3°C to 10.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 51 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
Arad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.8°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 39 | 8.3 | 9.19 h |
| February | 6.3°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 41 | 8.7 | 10.310 h |
| March | 11.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 47 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.2°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 58 | 10.2 | 13.514 h |
| May | 22.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 69 | 11.7 | 14.915 h |
| June | 25.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 78 | 11.4 | 15.716 h |
| July | 27.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 65 | 9.5 | 15.415 h |
| August | 27.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 58 | 7.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 58 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 16.9°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 50 | 8.0 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.6°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 51 | 8.5 | 9.59 h |
| December | 4.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 50 | 9.3 | 8.79 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
- Timişoara in OctoberRomania · 48 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Szeged in OctoberHungary · 90 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 8.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Oradea in OctoberRomania · 106 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Reşiţa in OctoberRomania · 108 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Zrenjanin in OctoberSerbia · 115 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 8.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Subotica in OctoberSerbia · 127 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Szolnok in OctoberHungary · 140 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Kecskemét in OctoberHungary · 148 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 53 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 Arad) is explained once on the Arad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.