Climate averages 1991–2020
Yaroslavl weather
in October.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cold month in Yaroslavl: daytime highs average 7.0°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 23 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kostroma (64 km away). In October its highs average 6.8°C, about as warm as Yaroslavl, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Yaroslavl ranks joint 163rd 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; Yaroslavl is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.3°C to -0.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 60 mm to 48 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
Yaroslavl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.1°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 40 | 10.7 | 7.37 h |
| February | -5.6°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 32 | 8.5 | 9.49 h |
| March | 0.0°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 34 | 8.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.7°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 39 | 9.2 | 14.314 h |
| May | 16.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 57 | 11.2 | 16.617 h |
| June | 20.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 78 | 12.1 | 17.918 h |
| July | 22.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 81 | 13.1 | 17.417 h |
| August | 20.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 72 | 12.0 | 15.315 h |
| September | 14.6°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 60 | 10.6 | 12.913 h |
| October, selected | 7.0°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 60 | 11.6 | 10.410 h |
| November | -0.3°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 48 | 10.5 | 8.18 h |
| December | -4.2°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 40 | 10.7 | 6.77 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
- Kostroma in OctoberRussia · 64 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 2.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Rybinsk in OctoberRussia · 77 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 2.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Ivanovo in OctoberRussia · 96 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 2.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Kineshma in OctoberRussia · 136 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 2.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Kovrov in OctoberRussia · 166 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 2.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Vladimir in OctoberRussia · 169 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 2.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Vologda in OctoberRussia · 177 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Sergiyev Posad in OctoberRussia · 180 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.7°C · 63 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 Yaroslavl) is explained once on the Yaroslavl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.