Climate averages 1991–2020
Bern weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Bern: daytime highs average 13.9°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 56 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luzern (66 km away). In October its highs average 14.9°C, 1.1°C warmer than Bern, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Switzerland, Bern ranks 7th of 8 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 8 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 8 cities is 14.7°C; Bern is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 8.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 90 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
Bern climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.8°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 80 | 12.8 | 9.09 h |
| February | 4.9°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 73 | 11.7 | 10.310 h |
| March | 8.8°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 84 | 13.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.5°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 90 | 13.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 16.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 117 | 15.4 | 15.015 h |
| June | 19.8°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 106 | 14.7 | 15.816 h |
| July | 21.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 104 | 13.5 | 15.515 h |
| August | 21.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 101 | 13.3 | 14.214 h |
| September | 17.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 88 | 11.8 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 13.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 84 | 11.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.1°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 90 | 12.6 | 9.49 h |
| December | 4.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 93 | 13.5 | 8.69 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
- Luzern in OctoberSwitzerland · 66 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 7.9°C · 130 mm rain
- Basel in OctoberSwitzerland · 69 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Lausanne in OctoberSwitzerland · 79 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Mulhouse in OctoberFrance · 90 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 83 mm rain
- Zürich in OctoberSwitzerland · 95 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 7.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Besançon in OctoberFrance · 113 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 8.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Winterthur in OctoberSwitzerland · 115 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Freiburg in OctoberGermany · 120 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.0°C · 85 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 Bern) is explained once on the Bern year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.