Climate averages 1991–2020
Sochi weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Sochi: daytime highs average 18.9°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adler (25 km away). In October its highs average 19.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Sochi, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Sochi ranks 2nd of 236 for the warmest October highs and 235th of 236 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 236 cities is 8.6°C; Sochi is 10.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 13.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 134 mm to 130 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
Sochi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 145 | 15.1 | 9.39 h |
| February | 7.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 109 | 12.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 10.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 112 | 13.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.9°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 87 | 10.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 81 | 10.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 23.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 72 | 9.5 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 80 | 9.9 | 15.115 h |
| August | 26.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 66 | 9.2 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 112 | 9.7 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 18.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 134 | 10.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 130 | 10.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | 9.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 146 | 14.2 | 9.09 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
- Adler in OctoberRussia · 25 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 122 mm rain
- Maykop in OctoberRussia · 116 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 7.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Krasnodar in OctoberRussia · 172 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 8.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Armavir in OctoberRussia · 191 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Cherkessk in OctoberRussia · 199 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Novorossiysk in OctoberRussia · 201 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in OctoberRussia · 211 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Kropotkin in OctoberRussia · 215 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.6°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 Sochi) is explained once on the Sochi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.