Climate averages 1991–2020
Kursk weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Kursk: daytime highs average 10.5°C and nights cool to about 4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 43 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia (89 km away). In October its highs average 10.1°C, about as warm as Kursk, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Kursk ranks joint 53rd of 236 for the warmest October highs and joint 117th of 236 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 236 cities is 8.6°C; Kursk is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.9°C to 2.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 38 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
Kursk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.9°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 41 | 9.6 | 8.48 h |
| February | -3.1°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 37 | 8.8 | 9.910 h |
| March | 2.8°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 40 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 44 | 8.9 | 13.814 h |
| May | 19.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 59 | 10.6 | 15.616 h |
| June | 22.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 63 | 11.0 | 16.617 h |
| July | 24.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 66 | 11.7 | 16.216 h |
| August | 24.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 49 | 7.8 | 14.615 h |
| September | 17.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 54 | 8.5 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 10.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 54 | 9.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 2.6°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 38 | 7.6 | 8.99 h |
| December | -2.1°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 39 | 9.5 | 7.98 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
- Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia in OctoberRussia · 89 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 4.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Gubkin in OctoberRussia · 106 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 4.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Staryy Oskol in OctoberRussia · 124 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 4.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Belgorod in OctoberRussia · 128 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Sumy in OctoberUkraine · 132 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 4.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Orël in OctoberRussia · 138 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Yelets in OctoberRussia · 187 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 4.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Shostka in OctoberUkraine · 187 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 4.2°C · 47 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 Kursk) is explained once on the Kursk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.