Climate averages 1991–2020

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky weather
in October.

A cold, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 5.7°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 0.3°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 139 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a cold month in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: daytime highs average 5.7°C and nights cool to about 0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 139 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 39 min on an average October day.

Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky ranks joint 195th of 236 for the warmest October highs and 236th of 236 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 236 cities is 8.6°C; Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 7.8°C to -2.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 139 mm to 135 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Precipitation mm/month	Wet days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	-9.0°C-13.9°C	-13.9°C	115	12.4	8.28 h
February	-7.1°C-13.1°C	-13.1°C	92	10.4	9.810 h
March	-3.4°C-9.7°C	-9.7°C	114	11.6	11.812 h
April	0.8°C-5.2°C	-5.2°C	96	10.1	13.914 h
May	5.3°C-1.1°C	-1.1°C	68	9.0	15.816 h
June	11.6°C4.3°C	4.3°C	63	9.9	16.817 h
July	15.8°C9.0°C	9.0°C	72	9.9	16.416 h
August	16.0°C9.6°C	9.6°C	106	10.9	14.815 h
September	12.5°C6.0°C	6.0°C	108	10.9	12.713 h
October, selected	5.7°C0.3°C	0.3°C	139	12.5	10.711 h
November	-2.0°C-7.4°C	-7.4°C	135	11.7	8.79 h
December	-8.3°C-13.3°C	-13.3°C	117	10.9	7.78 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.

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October in nearby cities

Distance from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) is explained once on the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.