Climate averages 1991–2020
Borås weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Borås: daytime highs average 9.8°C and nights cool to about 5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 23 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gothenburg (58 km away). In October its highs average 10.8°C, 1.0°C warmer than Borås, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Borås ranks joint 7th of 21 for the warmest October highs and 19th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 9.5°C; Borås is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 5.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Borås climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.9°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 70 | 12.1 | 7.37 h |
| February | 1.5°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 56 | 10.5 | 9.49 h |
| March | 4.8°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 50 | 10.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.7°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 53 | 10.1 | 14.314 h |
| May | 15.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 71 | 12.5 | 16.617 h |
| June | 18.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 99 | 13.8 | 18.018 h |
| July | 20.6°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 94 | 13.5 | 17.417 h |
| August | 19.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 106 | 15.0 | 15.315 h |
| September | 15.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 83 | 12.6 | 12.913 h |
| October, selected | 9.8°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 81 | 13.3 | 10.410 h |
| November | 5.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 63 | 11.8 | 8.08 h |
| December | 1.9°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 75 | 12.7 | 6.77 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Gothenburg in OctoberSweden · 58 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Jönköping in OctoberSweden · 72 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Halmstad in OctoberSweden · 116 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Växjö in OctoberSweden · 146 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 5.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Linköping in OctoberSweden · 175 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 5.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Helsingborg in OctoberSweden · 187 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 6.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Aalborg in OctoberDenmark · 196 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in OctoberNorway · 203 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 6.0°C · 87 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 Borås) is explained once on the Borås year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.