Climate averages 1991–2020
Bratislava weather
in October.
A mild, 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 mild month in Bratislava: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vienna (55 km away). In October its highs average 14.7°C, about as warm as Bratislava, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Bratislava ranks 2nd of 6 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 6 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 6 cities is 13.7°C; Bratislava is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.1°C to 8.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 46 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
Bratislava climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 35 | 7.9 | 8.89 h |
| February | 5.5°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 33 | 7.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.2°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 42 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.0°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 44 | 8.1 | 13.614 h |
| May | 20.4°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 68 | 11.1 | 15.215 h |
| June | 24.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 73 | 11.3 | 16.016 h |
| July | 26.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 78 | 11.6 | 15.616 h |
| August | 26.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 67 | 9.5 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 67 | 9.0 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 15.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 47 | 8.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 46 | 8.8 | 9.39 h |
| December | 3.6°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 40 | 8.4 | 8.48 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
- Vienna in OctoberAustria · 55 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Győr in OctoberHungary · 65 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Nitra in OctoberSlovakia · 75 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Szombathely in OctoberHungary · 108 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Brno in OctoberCzechia · 122 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Zlín in OctoberCzechia · 127 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 6.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Székesfehérvár in OctoberHungary · 144 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Olomouc in OctoberCzechia · 161 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 6.0°C · 48 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 Bratislava) is explained once on the Bratislava year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.