Climate averages 1991–2020
Velikiye Luki weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Velikiye Luki: daytime highs average 8.7°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th 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 Vitebsk (130 km away). In October its highs average 8.9°C, about as warm as Velikiye Luki, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Velikiye Luki ranks 77th of 236 for the warmest October highs and joint 171st of 236 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 236 cities is 8.6°C; Velikiye Luki is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.3°C to 2.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 49 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
Velikiye Luki climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.0°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 40 | 10.8 | 7.68 h |
| February | -2.3°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 36 | 9.6 | 9.59 h |
| March | 2.9°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 36 | 9.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.8°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 41 | 9.2 | 14.214 h |
| May | 16.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 61 | 11.0 | 16.316 h |
| June | 20.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 78 | 13.2 | 17.618 h |
| July | 22.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 88 | 13.7 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 74 | 11.0 | 15.115 h |
| September | 15.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 62 | 10.3 | 12.813 h |
| October, selected | 8.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 60 | 11.4 | 10.510 h |
| November | 2.4°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 49 | 10.9 | 8.38 h |
| December | -1.3°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 41 | 10.3 | 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
- Vitebsk in OctoberBelarus · 130 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Polotsk in OctoberBelarus · 145 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 4.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Novopolotsk in OctoberBelarus · 152 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Smolensk in OctoberRussia · 198 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 3.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Orsha in OctoberBelarus · 203 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 3.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Pskov in OctoberRussia · 212 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 4.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Velikiy Novgorod in OctoberRussia · 246 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 3.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Daugavpils in OctoberLatvia · 254 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 4.5°C · 60 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 Velikiye Luki) is explained once on the Velikiye Luki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.