Climate averages 1991–2020
Dordrecht weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Dordrecht: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 43 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rotterdam (18 km away). In October its highs average 14.3°C, about as warm as Dordrecht, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Dordrecht ranks joint 8th of 44 for the warmest October highs and joint 6th of 44 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 44 cities is 14.1°C; Dordrecht is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 9.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 63 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
Dordrecht climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 62 | 12.1 | 8.48 h |
| February | 6.8°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 54 | 11.0 | 9.910 h |
| March | 10.0°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 55 | 11.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.9°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 48 | 10.9 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 60 | 11.8 | 15.616 h |
| June | 20.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 65 | 10.9 | 16.617 h |
| July | 22.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 79 | 13.8 | 16.216 h |
| August | 21.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 76 | 12.5 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 61 | 11.2 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 14.4°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 63 | 11.7 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.7°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 63 | 12.3 | 8.99 h |
| December | 6.3°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 71 | 13.1 | 7.98 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
- Rotterdam in OctoberThe Netherlands · 18 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 8.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Schiedam in OctoberThe Netherlands · 23 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Gouda in OctoberThe Netherlands · 23 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 8.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Spijkenisse in OctoberThe Netherlands · 24 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 8.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Vlaardingen in OctoberThe Netherlands · 25 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 9.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Breda in OctoberThe Netherlands · 26 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Zoetermeer in OctoberThe Netherlands · 30 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Delft in OctoberThe Netherlands · 31 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 77 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 Dordrecht) is explained once on the Dordrecht year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.