Climate averages 1991–2020
Gijón weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Gijón: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th 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 Avilés (21 km away). In October its highs average 17.9°C, 0.7°C cooler than Gijón, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Gijón ranks 81st of 93 for the warmest October highs and 88th of 93 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 93 cities is 21.1°C; Gijón is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 14.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 123 mm to 151 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
Gijón climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 120 | 14.6 | 9.39 h |
| February | 12.6°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 102 | 13.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 107 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 119 | 15.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 17.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 109 | 15.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 20.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 78 | 12.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 21.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 64 | 11.4 | 15.115 h |
| August | 22.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 72 | 12.1 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 81 | 12.2 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 18.7°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 123 | 14.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 151 | 16.0 | 9.710 h |
| December | 13.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 121 | 13.8 | 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
- Avilés in OctoberSpain · 21 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 120 mm rain
- Oviedo in OctoberSpain · 24 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 109 mm rain
- León, Spain in OctoberSpain · 104 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 7.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Santander in OctoberSpain · 150 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 109 mm rain
- Lugo in OctoberSpain · 164 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Palencia in OctoberSpain · 193 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Burgos in OctoberSpain · 208 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Barakaldo in OctoberSpain · 218 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 97 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 Gijón) is explained once on the Gijón year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.