Climate averages 1991–2020
Umeå weather
in October.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cold month in Umeå: daytime highs average 6.3°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luleå (215 km away). In October its highs average 5.2°C, 1.1°C cooler than Umeå, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Umeå ranks 20th of 21 for the warmest October highs and 18th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 9.5°C; Umeå is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 1.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 72 mm to 69 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
Umeå climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.7°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 49 | 10.2 | 5.66 h |
| February | -3.5°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 37 | 7.9 | 8.59 h |
| March | -0.2°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 35 | 8.1 | 11.712 h |
| April | 4.7°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 35 | 7.7 | 15.015 h |
| May | 10.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 42 | 8.7 | 18.318 h |
| June | 15.3°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 58 | 9.8 | 20.621 h |
| July | 18.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 74 | 12.3 | 19.520 h |
| August | 17.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 75 | 10.9 | 16.416 h |
| September | 13.0°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 62 | 10.0 | 13.113 h |
| October, selected | 6.3°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 72 | 11.2 | 9.910 h |
| November | 1.8°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 69 | 12.2 | 6.77 h |
| December | -0.8°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 62 | 12.0 | 4.65 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
- Luleå in OctoberSweden · 215 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low 2.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Pori in OctoberFinland · 272 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 4.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Oulu in OctoberFinland · 282 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low 1.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Tampere in OctoberFinland · 315 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 3.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Jyväskylä in OctoberFinland · 327 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 2.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Kuopio in OctoberFinland · 384 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low 2.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Gävle in OctoberSweden · 386 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 4.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Turku in OctoberFinland · 390 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 3.7°C · 59 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 Umeå) is explained once on the Umeå year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.