Climate averages 1991–2020
Leeuwarden weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Leeuwarden: daytime highs average 13.4°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 39 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Groningen (50 km away). In October its highs average 13.4°C, about as warm as Leeuwarden, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Leeuwarden ranks joint 43rd of 44 for the warmest October highs and 32nd of 44 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 44 cities is 14.1°C; Leeuwarden is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 9.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 75 mm to 66 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
Leeuwarden climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 65 | 12.9 | 8.18 h |
| February | 5.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 50 | 10.5 | 9.810 h |
| March | 8.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 48 | 10.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 41 | 9.2 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 57 | 10.8 | 15.816 h |
| June | 17.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 65 | 11.7 | 16.917 h |
| July | 20.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 78 | 13.2 | 16.416 h |
| August | 20.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 84 | 13.9 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 75 | 12.8 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 13.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 75 | 13.8 | 10.611 h |
| November | 9.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 66 | 13.8 | 8.79 h |
| December | 6.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 71 | 13.4 | 7.68 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
- Groningen in OctoberThe Netherlands · 50 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Zwolle in OctoberThe Netherlands · 79 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 8.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Lelystad in OctoberThe Netherlands · 80 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 8.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Alkmaar in OctoberThe Netherlands · 95 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 10.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Purmerend in OctoberThe Netherlands · 96 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 9.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Almere Stad in OctoberThe Netherlands · 101 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Zaanstad in OctoberThe Netherlands · 107 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Zaandam in OctoberThe Netherlands · 108 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 9.5°C · 88 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 Leeuwarden) is explained once on the Leeuwarden year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.