Climate averages 1991–2020
Madrid weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest 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 Madrid: daytime highs average 19.7°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chamartín (6 km away). In October its highs average 19.1°C, 0.5°C cooler than Madrid, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Madrid ranks 65th of 93 for the warmest October highs and joint 38th of 93 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 93 cities is 21.1°C; Madrid is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.4°C to 13.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 53 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
Madrid climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.4°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 38 | 6.6 | 9.610 h |
| February | 11.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 32 | 5.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 15.3°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 39 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.8°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 44 | 7.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.3°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 37 | 6.6 | 14.414 h |
| June | 28.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 15 | 3.2 | 15.015 h |
| July | 32.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 6.3 | 1.4 | 14.715 h |
| August | 31.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 8.1 | 2.0 | 13.814 h |
| September | 26.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 20 | 3.8 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 19.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 58 | 7.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 53 | 6.9 | 10.010 h |
| December | 9.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 43 | 6.8 | 9.39 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
- Chamartín in OctoberSpain · 6 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Pozuelo de Alarcón in OctoberSpain · 10 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 9.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Coslada in OctoberSpain · 12 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Getafe in OctoberSpain · 13 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 10.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Alcobendas in OctoberSpain · 15 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Fuenlabrada in OctoberSpain · 17 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 9.6°C · 57 mm rain
- San Sebastián de los Reyes in OctoberSpain · 17 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Las Rozas de Madrid in OctoberSpain · 17 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.1°C · 58 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 Madrid) is explained once on the Madrid year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Chamartín, Alcobendas and Las Rozas de Madrid lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.