Climate averages 1991–2020
Nizhniy Novgorod weather
in October.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 7th 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 Nizhniy Novgorod: daytime highs average 7.4°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 28 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dzerzhinsk (35 km away). In October its highs average 7.7°C, about as warm as Nizhniy Novgorod, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Nizhniy Novgorod ranks joint 144th of 236 for the warmest October highs and joint 208th of 236 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 236 cities is 8.6°C; Nizhniy Novgorod is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.9°C to -0.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 63 mm to 44 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
Nizhniy Novgorod climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.8°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 36 | 10.3 | 7.68 h |
| February | -6.2°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 31 | 8.5 | 9.59 h |
| March | -0.3°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 32 | 8.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.1°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 38 | 8.6 | 14.214 h |
| May | 17.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 46 | 9.8 | 16.316 h |
| June | 21.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 72 | 12.0 | 17.618 h |
| July | 23.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 73 | 11.5 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 68 | 10.7 | 15.115 h |
| September | 15.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 55 | 10.2 | 12.813 h |
| October, selected | 7.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 63 | 11.8 | 10.510 h |
| November | -0.5°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 44 | 9.9 | 8.38 h |
| December | -4.9°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 41 | 10.4 | 7.07 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
- Dzerzhinsk in OctoberRussia · 35 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Arzamas in OctoberRussia · 104 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 2.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Murom in OctoberRussia · 149 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 3.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Sarov in OctoberRussia · 159 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 3.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Kovrov in OctoberRussia · 165 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 2.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Kineshma in OctoberRussia · 168 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 2.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Ivanovo in OctoberRussia · 200 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 2.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Cheboksary in OctoberRussia · 202 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.5°C · 58 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 Nizhniy Novgorod) is explained once on the Nizhniy Novgorod year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.