Climate averages 1991–2020
Magadan weather
in October.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cold month in Magadan: daytime highs average 1.2°C and nights cool to about -3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes October a month with moderate precipitation (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 15 min on an average October day.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Magadan ranks 231st of 236 for the warmest October highs and joint 213th of 236 for the driest October (precipitation, lowest first). The mean October high of those 236 cities is 8.6°C; Magadan is 7.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 10.8°C to -9.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 64 mm to 54 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
Magadan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -17.7°C-22.1°C | -22.1°C | 17 | 4.5 | 6.97 h |
| February | -16.5°C-22.1°C | -22.1°C | 13 | 3.6 | 9.19 h |
| March | -10.3°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 23 | 5.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | -2.9°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 26 | 5.6 | 14.514 h |
| May | 4.3°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 41 | 6.8 | 17.017 h |
| June | 11.1°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 54 | 7.8 | 18.519 h |
| July | 15.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 73 | 8.4 | 17.918 h |
| August | 15.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 107 | 10.6 | 15.616 h |
| September | 10.3°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 84 | 9.9 | 12.913 h |
| October, selected | 1.2°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 64 | 9.5 | 10.210 h |
| November | -9.6°C-14.3°C | -14.3°C | 54 | 8.5 | 7.78 h |
| December | -16.3°C-20.2°C | -20.2°C | 23 | 5.6 | 6.26 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
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in OctoberRussia · 868 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low 0.3°C · 139 mm rain
- Yakutsk in OctoberRussia · 1170 kmHigh -3.3°C · Low -9.5°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur in OctoberRussia · 1327 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 0.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in OctoberRussia · 1499 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 92 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 Magadan) is explained once on the Magadan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.