Climate averages 1991–2020
Žilina 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 Žilina: daytime highs average 12.6°C and nights cool to about 5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 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 50 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Banská Bystrica (62 km away). In October its highs average 12.9°C, about as warm as Žilina, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Žilina ranks 6th of 6 for the warmest October highs and 6th of 6 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 6 cities is 13.7°C; Žilina is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 6.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 63 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
Žilina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 63 | 12.1 | 8.79 h |
| February | 2.6°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 60 | 11.4 | 10.110 h |
| March | 7.1°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 68 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.6°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 67 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 98 | 15.2 | 15.315 h |
| June | 21.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 106 | 15.4 | 16.216 h |
| July | 23.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 116 | 16.0 | 15.816 h |
| August | 23.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 92 | 12.7 | 14.414 h |
| September | 18.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 83 | 12.2 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 12.6°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 69 | 11.0 | 10.811 h |
| November | 6.9°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 63 | 11.4 | 9.29 h |
| December | 1.7°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 64 | 12.1 | 8.38 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
- Banská Bystrica in OctoberSlovakia · 62 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Havířov in OctoberCzechia · 66 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 6.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Bielsko-Biala in OctoberPoland · 70 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Ostrava in OctoberCzechia · 76 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Zlín in OctoberCzechia · 78 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 6.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Jastrzębie Zdrój in OctoberPoland · 82 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Rybnik in OctoberPoland · 98 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Tychy in OctoberPoland · 103 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 54 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 Žilina) is explained once on the Žilina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.