Climate averages 1991–2020
Malmö 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 Malmö: daytime highs average 11.7°C and nights cool to about 7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 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 31 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lund (16 km away). In October its highs average 11.4°C, about as warm as Malmö, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Malmö ranks 1st of 21 for the warmest October highs and joint 9th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 9.5°C; Malmö is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 7.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 48 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
Malmö climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 49 | 11.3 | 7.78 h |
| February | 3.1°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 40 | 9.5 | 9.610 h |
| March | 6.0°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 40 | 9.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.9°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 36 | 8.7 | 14.114 h |
| May | 15.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 41 | 9.5 | 16.216 h |
| June | 18.8°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 57 | 10.5 | 17.417 h |
| July | 21.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 58 | 10.8 | 16.917 h |
| August | 20.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 66 | 11.4 | 15.015 h |
| September | 16.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 53 | 9.3 | 12.813 h |
| October, selected | 11.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 54 | 10.9 | 10.511 h |
| November | 7.0°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 48 | 11.1 | 8.48 h |
| December | 3.9°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 53 | 11.3 | 7.27 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
- Lund in OctoberSweden · 16 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 6.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Copenhagen in OctoberDenmark · 28 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 7.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Helsingborg in OctoberSweden · 53 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 6.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Halmstad in OctoberSweden · 119 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Odense in OctoberDenmark · 166 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 7.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Rostock in OctoberGermany · 177 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 7.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Växjö in OctoberSweden · 180 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 5.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Århus in OctoberDenmark · 184 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 Malmö) is explained once on the Malmö year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.