Climate averages 1991–2020
Lausanne weather
in October.
A cool, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Lausanne: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 57 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Geneva (51 km away). In October its highs average 15.8°C, 0.9°C warmer than Lausanne, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Switzerland, Lausanne ranks joint 3rd of 8 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 8 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 8 cities is 14.7°C; Lausanne is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.6°C to 9.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 101 mm to 116 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
Lausanne climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.1°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 108 | 12.7 | 9.09 h |
| February | 6.1°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 97 | 11.5 | 10.310 h |
| March | 9.5°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 94 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.1°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 90 | 12.3 | 13.514 h |
| May | 16.8°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 120 | 13.9 | 15.015 h |
| June | 20.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 106 | 12.8 | 15.816 h |
| July | 22.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 117 | 12.2 | 15.415 h |
| August | 22.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 116 | 12.4 | 14.214 h |
| September | 18.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 108 | 11.7 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 14.9°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 101 | 12.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 116 | 13.1 | 9.59 h |
| December | 5.8°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 125 | 13.5 | 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
- Geneva in OctoberSwitzerland · 51 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Bern in OctoberSwitzerland · 79 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Besançon in OctoberFrance · 94 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 8.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Basel in OctoberSwitzerland · 136 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Luzern in OctoberSwitzerland · 141 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 7.9°C · 130 mm rain
- Mulhouse in OctoberFrance · 147 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 83 mm rain
- Dijon in OctoberFrance · 152 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in OctoberFrance · 159 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 100 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 Lausanne) is explained once on the Lausanne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.