Climate averages 1991–2020
Enschede weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Enschede: daytime highs average 13.8°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 42 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hengelo (9 km away). In October its highs average 14.0°C, about as warm as Enschede, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Enschede ranks joint 40th of 44 for the warmest October highs and joint 13th of 44 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 44 cities is 14.1°C; Enschede is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 8.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 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
Enschede climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.9°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 69 | 13.6 | 8.38 h |
| February | 6.0°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 57 | 11.0 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 58 | 11.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.9°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 49 | 10.6 | 13.914 h |
| May | 17.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 62 | 11.6 | 15.716 h |
| June | 20.4°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 68 | 12.3 | 16.717 h |
| July | 22.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 81 | 13.9 | 16.316 h |
| August | 22.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 79 | 12.8 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 66 | 10.9 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 13.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 64 | 11.8 | 10.711 h |
| November | 8.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 63 | 12.5 | 8.89 h |
| December | 5.4°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 74 | 12.9 | 7.88 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
- Hengelo in OctoberThe Netherlands · 9 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 7.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Almelo in OctoberThe Netherlands · 22 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 7.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Rheine in OctoberGermany · 38 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 7.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Bocholt in OctoberGermany · 46 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Deventer in OctoberThe Netherlands · 50 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 8.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Münster in OctoberGermany · 57 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 7.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Dorsten in OctoberGermany · 62 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Apeldoorn in OctoberThe Netherlands · 63 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 64 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 Enschede) is explained once on the Enschede year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.