Climate averages 1991–2020
Linköping weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Linköping: daytime highs average 9.8°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 20 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Norrköping (38 km away). In October its highs average 9.9°C, about as warm as Linköping, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Linköping ranks joint 7th of 21 for the warmest October highs and 8th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 9.5°C; Linköping is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 4.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 48 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
Linköping climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.4°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 38 | 8.7 | 7.27 h |
| February | 1.1°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 32 | 8.0 | 9.39 h |
| March | 4.7°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 30 | 7.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.6°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 37 | 8.1 | 14.414 h |
| May | 15.8°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 52 | 10.1 | 16.817 h |
| June | 19.4°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 71 | 11.7 | 18.218 h |
| July | 21.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 77 | 11.6 | 17.618 h |
| August | 20.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 69 | 12.4 | 15.415 h |
| September | 15.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 53 | 9.5 | 12.913 h |
| October, selected | 9.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 53 | 10.3 | 10.310 h |
| November | 4.7°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 48 | 10.1 | 7.98 h |
| December | 1.7°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 45 | 10.3 | 6.57 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
- Norrköping in OctoberSweden · 38 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 5.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Örebro in OctoberSweden · 99 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 4.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Jönköping in OctoberSweden · 111 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Västerås in OctoberSweden · 144 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 4.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Södertälje in OctoberSweden · 145 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 4.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Huddinge in OctoberSweden · 164 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 5.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Haninge in OctoberSweden · 168 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 5.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Stockholm in OctoberSweden · 174 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 5.6°C · 48 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 Linköping) is explained once on the Linköping year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.