Climate averages 1991–2020
Vigo weather
in October.
A mild, very wet month: the 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 Vigo: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 214 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pontevedra (23 km away). In October its highs average 19.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Vigo, with 199 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Vigo ranks joint 78th of 93 for the warmest October highs and 93rd of 93 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 93 cities is 21.1°C; Vigo is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 14.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 214 mm to 235 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
Vigo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 221 | 14.6 | 9.59 h |
| February | 13.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 149 | 11.2 | 10.511 h |
| March | 15.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 158 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 152 | 13.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 118 | 12.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 21.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 57 | 7.6 | 15.215 h |
| July | 23.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 35 | 5.2 | 14.915 h |
| August | 23.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 49 | 6.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 88 | 8.7 | 12.513 h |
| October, selected | 18.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 214 | 13.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 235 | 15.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 13.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 224 | 15.0 | 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
- Pontevedra in OctoberSpain · 23 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 199 mm rain
- Ourense in OctoberSpain · 72 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Santiago de Compostela in OctoberSpain · 73 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.2°C · 140 mm rain
- Braga in OctoberPortugal · 80 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 210 mm rain
- Porto in OctoberPortugal · 121 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 166 mm rain
- Lugo in OctoberSpain · 129 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.1°C · 109 mm rain
- A Coruña in OctoberSpain · 129 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Aveiro in OctoberPortugal · 177 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 143 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 Vigo) is explained once on the Vigo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.