Climate averages 1991–2020
Gävle weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Gävle: daytime highs average 8.7°C and nights cool to about 4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 10 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uppsala (95 km away). In October its highs average 9.0°C, about as warm as Gävle, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Gävle ranks 19th of 21 for the warmest October highs and 11th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 9.5°C; Gävle is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 3.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 mm to 46 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
Gävle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.7°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 33 | 8.1 | 6.67 h |
| February | -0.3°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 28 | 7.2 | 9.09 h |
| March | 3.5°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 28 | 7.4 | 11.712 h |
| April | 9.3°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 33 | 7.6 | 14.615 h |
| May | 14.9°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 44 | 9.2 | 17.317 h |
| June | 19.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 61 | 10.5 | 19.019 h |
| July | 21.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 68 | 11.5 | 18.218 h |
| August | 20.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 72 | 12.0 | 15.816 h |
| September | 15.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 45 | 8.8 | 13.013 h |
| October, selected | 8.7°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 55 | 9.7 | 10.210 h |
| November | 3.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 46 | 9.9 | 7.57 h |
| December | 0.6°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 42 | 9.6 | 5.86 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
- Uppsala in OctoberSweden · 95 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Västerås in OctoberSweden · 122 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 4.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Sollentuna in OctoberSweden · 146 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 5.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Stockholm in OctoberSweden · 158 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 5.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Mariehamn in OctoberAland Islands · 166 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 7.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Huddinge in OctoberSweden · 167 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 5.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Södertälje in OctoberSweden · 167 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 4.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Haninge in OctoberSweden · 177 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 5.6°C · 54 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 Gävle) is explained once on the Gävle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.