Climate averages 1991–2020
Tarragona 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 Tarragona: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 09 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Reus (12 km away). In October its highs average 21.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Tarragona, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Tarragona ranks 43rd of 93 for the warmest October highs and 65th of 93 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 93 cities is 21.1°C; Tarragona is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 78 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
Tarragona climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 42 | 6.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 13.7°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 31 | 5.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 16.5°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 37 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 43 | 6.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 38 | 5.4 | 14.514 h |
| June | 26.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 20 | 3.4 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 18 | 3.7 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 40 | 5.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 25.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 77 | 8.6 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 21.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 78 | 8.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 16.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 53 | 6.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | 12.8°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 42 | 6.0 | 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
- Reus in OctoberSpain · 12 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Sant Boi de Llobregat in OctoberSpain · 71 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Lleida in OctoberSpain · 76 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 11.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Rubí in OctoberSpain · 78 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Terrassa in OctoberSpain · 81 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 90 mm rain
- Barcelona in OctoberSpain · 82 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Manresa in OctoberSpain · 83 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Sabadell in OctoberSpain · 86 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 90 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 Tarragona) is explained once on the Tarragona year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.