Climate averages 1991–2020
Santiago de Compostela weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Santiago de Compostela: daytime highs average 17.8°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pontevedra (51 km away). In October its highs average 19.6°C, 1.8°C warmer than Santiago de Compostela, with 199 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Santiago de Compostela ranks 88th of 93 for the warmest October highs and 91st of 93 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 93 cities is 21.1°C; Santiago de Compostela is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 13.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 140 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
Santiago de Compostela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 141 | 13.9 | 9.49 h |
| February | 11.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 101 | 11.7 | 10.511 h |
| March | 14.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 106 | 12.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 115 | 14.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 17.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 92 | 13.0 | 14.615 h |
| June | 20.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 54 | 8.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 23.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 30 | 5.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 23.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 44 | 7.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 69 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 17.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 140 | 13.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 151 | 15.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | 11.5°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 142 | 13.8 | 9.19 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
- Pontevedra in OctoberSpain · 51 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 199 mm rain
- A Coruña in OctoberSpain · 56 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Vigo in OctoberSpain · 73 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 12.4°C · 214 mm rain
- Lugo in OctoberSpain · 82 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Ourense in OctoberSpain · 82 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Braga in OctoberPortugal · 148 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 210 mm rain
- Porto in OctoberPortugal · 193 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 166 mm rain
- Avilés in OctoberSpain · 225 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 120 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 Santiago de Compostela) is explained once on the Santiago de Compostela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.