Climate averages 1991–2020
Helsingborg weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th 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 Helsingborg: daytime highs average 11.5°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 29 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Copenhagen (42 km away). In October its highs average 11.7°C, about as warm as Helsingborg, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Helsingborg ranks 2nd of 21 for the warmest October highs and 17th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 9.5°C; Helsingborg is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 6.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 53 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
Helsingborg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 54 | 11.8 | 7.78 h |
| February | 3.0°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 45 | 10.3 | 9.510 h |
| March | 6.0°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 45 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 44 | 10.0 | 14.214 h |
| May | 15.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 60 | 11.2 | 16.316 h |
| June | 18.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 81 | 12.2 | 17.518 h |
| July | 21.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 81 | 12.6 | 17.017 h |
| August | 20.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 87 | 13.3 | 15.115 h |
| September | 16.7°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 62 | 10.4 | 12.813 h |
| October, selected | 11.5°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 65 | 12.5 | 10.510 h |
| November | 6.7°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 53 | 11.6 | 8.38 h |
| December | 3.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 57 | 11.8 | 7.17 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
- Copenhagen in OctoberDenmark · 42 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 7.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Lund in OctoberSweden · 49 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 6.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Malmö in OctoberSweden · 53 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Halmstad in OctoberSweden · 71 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Århus in OctoberDenmark · 154 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 7.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Växjö in OctoberSweden · 159 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 5.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Odense in OctoberDenmark · 162 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 7.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Borås in OctoberSweden · 187 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 81 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 Helsingborg) is explained once on the Helsingborg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.