Climate averages 1991–2020
Gothenburg weather
in October.
A cool, wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Gothenburg: daytime highs average 10.8°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a wet month (the joint 9th 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 Borås (58 km away). In October its highs average 9.8°C, 1.0°C cooler than Gothenburg, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Gothenburg ranks 5th of 21 for the warmest October highs and 21st of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 9.5°C; Gothenburg is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 6.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 94 mm to 71 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
Gothenburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 71 | 12.1 | 7.37 h |
| February | 2.5°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 55 | 10.2 | 9.49 h |
| March | 5.5°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 49 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.9°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 53 | 10.2 | 14.314 h |
| May | 15.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 72 | 11.2 | 16.617 h |
| June | 18.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 98 | 12.4 | 18.018 h |
| July | 20.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 94 | 12.8 | 17.417 h |
| August | 20.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 118 | 14.9 | 15.315 h |
| September | 16.2°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 93 | 12.9 | 12.913 h |
| October, selected | 10.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 94 | 13.8 | 10.410 h |
| November | 6.2°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 71 | 12.4 | 8.08 h |
| December | 3.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 73 | 12.6 | 6.77 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
- Borås in OctoberSweden · 58 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 81 mm rain
- Halmstad in OctoberSweden · 127 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Jönköping in OctoberSweden · 130 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Aalborg in OctoberDenmark · 143 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in OctoberNorway · 179 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 6.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Helsingborg in OctoberSweden · 190 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 6.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Växjö in OctoberSweden · 194 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 5.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Århus in OctoberDenmark · 203 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 7.5°C · 60 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 Gothenburg) is explained once on the Gothenburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.