Climate averages 1991–2020
Halmstad weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Halmstad: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 27 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Helsingborg (71 km away). In October its highs average 11.5°C, about as warm as Halmstad, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Halmstad ranks 4th of 21 for the warmest October highs and 20th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 9.5°C; Halmstad is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 6.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 67 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
Halmstad 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-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 68 | 12.3 | 7.58 h |
| February | 2.6°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 54 | 10.5 | 9.59 h |
| March | 5.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 48 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 48 | 10.2 | 14.214 h |
| May | 16.0°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 63 | 12.3 | 16.416 h |
| June | 18.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 81 | 13.1 | 17.718 h |
| July | 21.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 90 | 13.7 | 17.117 h |
| August | 20.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 102 | 15.3 | 15.215 h |
| September | 16.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 76 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| October, selected | 11.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 84 | 14.1 | 10.410 h |
| November | 6.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 67 | 12.0 | 8.28 h |
| December | 3.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 73 | 13.1 | 6.97 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
- Helsingborg in OctoberSweden · 71 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 6.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Lund in OctoberSweden · 110 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 6.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Copenhagen in OctoberDenmark · 112 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 7.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Borås in OctoberSweden · 116 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 81 mm rain
- Malmö in OctoberSweden · 119 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Växjö in OctoberSweden · 121 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 5.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Gothenburg in OctoberSweden · 127 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Jönköping in OctoberSweden · 146 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 57 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 Halmstad) is explained once on the Halmstad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.