Climate averages 1991–2020
Daegu weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th 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 Daegu: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gyeongsan-si (14 km away). In October its highs average 20.4°C, about as warm as Daegu, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in South Korea, Daegu ranks joint 14th of 79 for the warmest October highs and joint 29th of 79 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 79 cities is 19.3°C; Daegu is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.9°C to 13.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 37 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
Daegu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.7°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 22 | 3.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 7.5°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 29 | 4.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 12.7°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 59 | 6.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 80 | 7.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 90 | 7.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 28.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 131 | 8.7 | 14.515 h |
| July | 29.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 210 | 13.9 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 196 | 14.2 | 13.514 h |
| September | 25.4°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 143 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 20.2°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 57 | 4.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 37 | 4.5 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.5°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 22 | 3.1 | 9.810 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
- Gyeongsan-si in OctoberSouth Korea · 14 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Gumi in OctoberSouth Korea · 35 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 10.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Changnyeong in OctoberSouth Korea · 38 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Gimcheon in OctoberSouth Korea · 51 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Gyeongju in OctoberSouth Korea · 56 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Naesŏ in OctoberSouth Korea · 69 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Yangsan in OctoberSouth Korea · 71 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Pohang in OctoberSouth Korea · 72 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 62 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 Daegu) is explained once on the Daegu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.