Climate averages 1991–2020
Palencia weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Palencia: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Valladolid (43 km away). In October its highs average 18.5°C, about as warm as Palencia, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Palencia ranks joint 84th of 93 for the warmest October highs and joint 30th of 93 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 93 cities is 21.1°C; Palencia is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.3°C to 11.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 52 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
Palencia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 42 | 8.2 | 9.59 h |
| February | 9.9°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 32 | 6.9 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.5°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 38 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 50 | 10.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.9°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 51 | 9.5 | 14.515 h |
| June | 25.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 30 | 6.2 | 15.215 h |
| July | 28.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 17 | 3.7 | 14.915 h |
| August | 28.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 14 | 3.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 29 | 5.4 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 18.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 56 | 8.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 52 | 9.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | 8.6°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 46 | 7.8 | 9.29 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
- Valladolid in OctoberSpain · 43 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Burgos in OctoberSpain · 77 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.8°C · 62 mm rain
- León, Spain in OctoberSpain · 108 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 7.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Salamanca, Spain in OctoberSpain · 150 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Santander in OctoberSpain · 172 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 109 mm rain
- Las Rozas de Madrid in OctoberSpain · 177 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Logroño in OctoberSpain · 178 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.7°C · 54 mm rain
- San Sebastián de los Reyes in OctoberSpain · 178 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.2°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 Palencia) is explained once on the Palencia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.