Climate averages 1991–2020
Niš weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Niš: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 6th 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 Leskovac (36 km away). In October its highs average 17.8°C, about as warm as Niš, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Serbia, Niš ranks 2nd of 13 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 13 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 13 cities is 17.7°C; Niš is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.3°C to 11.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 42 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
Niš climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 43 | 9.3 | 9.49 h |
| February | 7.2°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 40 | 8.4 | 10.510 h |
| March | 12.1°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 55 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 61 | 10.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.2°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 62 | 10.9 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 55 | 9.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 42 | 8.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 29.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 32 | 6.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 36 | 6.2 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 18.1°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 43 | 6.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.8°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 42 | 7.6 | 9.710 h |
| December | 5.7°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 50 | 9.4 | 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
- Leskovac in OctoberSerbia · 36 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Kruševac in OctoberSerbia · 54 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Pristina in OctoberKosovo · 94 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 7.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in OctoberKosovo · 97 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Kraljevo in OctoberSerbia · 108 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Kragujevac in OctoberSerbia · 111 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 8.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in OctoberSerbia · 115 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Pernik in OctoberBulgaria · 122 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.9°C · 46 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 Niš) is explained once on the Niš year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.