Climate averages 1991–2020
Sankt Gallen weather
in October.
A cool, wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Sankt Gallen: daytime highs average 13.4°C and nights cool to about 5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Konstanz (30 km away). In October its highs average 14.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Sankt Gallen, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Switzerland, Sankt Gallen ranks 8th of 8 for the warmest October highs and joint 5th of 8 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 8 cities is 14.7°C; Sankt Gallen is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 7.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 103 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
Sankt Gallen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.8°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 88 | 12.7 | 8.99 h |
| February | 3.9°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 80 | 11.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | 7.8°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 100 | 14.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 102 | 14.5 | 13.614 h |
| May | 16.1°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 155 | 17.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 19.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 172 | 17.4 | 15.916 h |
| July | 21.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 174 | 17.5 | 15.516 h |
| August | 21.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 175 | 16.8 | 14.314 h |
| September | 17.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 127 | 13.7 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 13.4°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 103 | 12.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.5°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 103 | 12.7 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.4°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 105 | 14.1 | 8.59 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
- Konstanz in OctoberGermany · 30 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Vaduz in OctoberLiechtenstein · 33 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 120 mm rain
- Winterthur in OctoberSwitzerland · 50 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Zürich in OctoberSwitzerland · 62 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 7.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Luzern in OctoberSwitzerland · 91 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 7.9°C · 130 mm rain
- Villingen-Schwenningen in OctoberGermany · 97 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 5.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Ulm in OctoberGermany · 118 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Reutlingen in OctoberGermany · 119 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 6.7°C · 69 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 Sankt Gallen) is explained once on the Sankt Gallen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.