Climate averages 1991–2020
Lund 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 Lund: daytime highs average 11.4°C and nights cool to about 6.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 30 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malmö (16 km away). In October its highs average 11.7°C, about as warm as Lund, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Lund ranks 3rd of 21 for the warmest October highs and 15th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 9.5°C; Lund is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 6.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 50 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
Lund climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.3°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 53 | 11.8 | 7.78 h |
| February | 2.9°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 45 | 10.0 | 9.610 h |
| March | 5.9°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 44 | 10.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 42 | 9.5 | 14.114 h |
| May | 15.6°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 53 | 10.9 | 16.216 h |
| June | 18.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 76 | 12.2 | 17.417 h |
| July | 21.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 74 | 12.5 | 16.917 h |
| August | 20.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 80 | 13.1 | 15.115 h |
| September | 16.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 58 | 10.0 | 12.813 h |
| October, selected | 11.4°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 60 | 11.3 | 10.511 h |
| November | 6.6°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 50 | 11.0 | 8.48 h |
| December | 3.5°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 55 | 11.6 | 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
- Malmö in OctoberSweden · 16 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Copenhagen in OctoberDenmark · 39 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 7.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Helsingborg in OctoberSweden · 49 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 6.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Halmstad in OctoberSweden · 110 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Växjö in OctoberSweden · 164 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 5.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Odense in OctoberDenmark · 180 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 7.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Rostock in OctoberGermany · 192 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 7.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Århus in OctoberDenmark · 192 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 Lund) is explained once on the Lund year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.