Climate averages 1991–2020
Geneva weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Geneva: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 58 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lausanne (51 km away). In October its highs average 14.9°C, 0.9°C cooler than Geneva, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Switzerland, Geneva ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest October highs and 7th of 8 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 8 cities is 14.7°C; Geneva is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.1°C to 9.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 112 mm to 125 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
Geneva climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 115 | 12.5 | 9.19 h |
| February | 6.5°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 100 | 11.0 | 10.310 h |
| March | 10.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 109 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 109 | 13.5 | 13.514 h |
| May | 18.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 144 | 15.9 | 14.915 h |
| June | 22.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 123 | 14.7 | 15.716 h |
| July | 24.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 123 | 12.8 | 15.415 h |
| August | 24.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 117 | 12.7 | 14.214 h |
| September | 19.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 109 | 12.2 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 15.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 112 | 12.4 | 11.011 h |
| November | 9.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 125 | 13.5 | 9.59 h |
| December | 5.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 131 | 13.4 | 8.79 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
- Lausanne in OctoberSwitzerland · 51 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in OctoberFrance · 109 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 100 mm rain
- Lyon in OctoberFrance · 112 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 9.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Besançon in OctoberFrance · 117 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 8.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Grenoble in OctoberFrance · 119 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Bern in OctoberSwitzerland · 130 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Dijon in OctoberFrance · 151 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in OctoberFrance · 161 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 8.2°C · 95 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 Geneva) is explained once on the Geneva year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.