Climate averages 1991–2020
Luzern 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 Luzern: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a wet month (the 4th 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 Zürich (40 km away). In October its highs average 14.6°C, about as warm as Luzern, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Switzerland, Luzern ranks joint 3rd of 8 for the warmest October highs and 8th of 8 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 8 cities is 14.7°C; Luzern is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 9.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 130 mm to 134 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
Luzern climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.6°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 117 | 13.7 | 9.09 h |
| February | 5.7°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 112 | 12.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | 9.7°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 126 | 15.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 135 | 15.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 17.9°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 188 | 18.4 | 15.015 h |
| June | 21.2°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 200 | 18.6 | 15.816 h |
| July | 23.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 212 | 18.5 | 15.515 h |
| August | 23.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 211 | 17.7 | 14.214 h |
| September | 18.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 166 | 15.3 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 14.9°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 130 | 13.6 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 134 | 14.1 | 9.49 h |
| December | 5.3°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 131 | 14.3 | 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
- Zürich in OctoberSwitzerland · 40 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 7.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Winterthur in OctoberSwitzerland · 60 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Bern in OctoberSwitzerland · 66 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Basel in OctoberSwitzerland · 79 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Sankt Gallen in OctoberSwitzerland · 91 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 5.6°C · 103 mm rain
- Vaduz in OctoberLiechtenstein · 93 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 120 mm rain
- Konstanz in OctoberGermany · 94 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Mulhouse in OctoberFrance · 107 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 83 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 Luzern) is explained once on the Luzern year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.