Climate averages 1991–2020
Nitra weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Nitra: daytime highs average 15.1°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 6th 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 Bratislava (75 km away). In October its highs average 15.0°C, about as warm as Nitra, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Nitra ranks 1st of 6 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 6 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 6 cities is 13.7°C; Nitra is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.3°C to 8.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 49 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
Nitra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 39 | 8.1 | 8.89 h |
| February | 5.4°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 34 | 8.2 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 40 | 8.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 41 | 7.9 | 13.614 h |
| May | 20.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 67 | 10.6 | 15.215 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 71 | 10.6 | 16.016 h |
| July | 26.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 72 | 10.5 | 15.716 h |
| August | 26.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 62 | 8.8 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.0°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 60 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 15.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 49 | 8.5 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 49 | 9.1 | 9.39 h |
| December | 3.5°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 43 | 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
- Bratislava in OctoberSlovakia · 75 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Győr in OctoberHungary · 77 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Banská Bystrica in OctoberSlovakia · 92 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Zlín in OctoberCzechia · 107 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 6.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Žilina in OctoberSlovakia · 113 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 5.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Budapest in OctoberHungary · 115 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Székesfehérvár in OctoberHungary · 127 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Vienna in OctoberAustria · 127 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 47 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 Nitra) is explained once on the Nitra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.