Climate averages 1991–2020
Luleå weather
in October.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cold month in Luleå: daytime highs average 5.2°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 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 9 h 41 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oulu (167 km away). In October its highs average 5.0°C, about as warm as Luleå, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Luleå ranks 21st of 21 for the warmest October highs and joint 12th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 9.5°C; Luleå is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 0.6°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 56 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
Luleå climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.9°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 41 | 8.9 | 4.85 h |
| February | -5.9°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 31 | 7.5 | 8.28 h |
| March | -2.0°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 30 | 7.1 | 11.712 h |
| April | 2.8°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 30 | 6.4 | 15.215 h |
| May | 9.0°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 38 | 7.6 | 19.019 h |
| June | 14.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 53 | 8.3 | 22.422 h |
| July | 18.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 60 | 9.9 | 20.721 h |
| August | 16.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 62 | 10.1 | 16.817 h |
| September | 12.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 59 | 9.3 | 13.213 h |
| October, selected | 5.2°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 56 | 9.6 | 9.710 h |
| November | 0.6°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 56 | 11.4 | 6.16 h |
| December | -2.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 51 | 11.3 | 3.54 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
- Oulu in OctoberFinland · 167 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low 1.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Umeå in OctoberSweden · 215 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low 2.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Kuopio in OctoberFinland · 401 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low 2.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Jyväskylä in OctoberFinland · 410 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 2.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Pori in OctoberFinland · 457 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 4.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Tampere in OctoberFinland · 461 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 3.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Joensuu in OctoberFinland · 496 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Lahti in OctoberFinland · 541 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 3.0°C · 56 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 Luleå) is explained once on the Luleå year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.