Climate averages 1991–2020
Leiden weather
in October.
A cool, wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Leiden: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 42 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zoetermeer (11 km away). In October its highs average 14.3°C, about as warm as Leiden, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Leiden ranks joint 21st of 44 for the warmest October highs and 44th of 44 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 44 cities is 14.1°C; Leiden is level with that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.3°C to 9.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 83 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
Leiden climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.0°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 72 | 13.6 | 8.38 h |
| February | 6.4°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 57 | 11.6 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.0°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 54 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 45 | 10.1 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.8°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 58 | 10.4 | 15.716 h |
| June | 18.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 61 | 11.0 | 16.717 h |
| July | 20.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 77 | 12.4 | 16.216 h |
| August | 20.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 90 | 13.3 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 87 | 13.0 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 14.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 93 | 14.0 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.8°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 83 | 15.3 | 8.99 h |
| December | 6.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 84 | 14.6 | 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
- Zoetermeer in OctoberThe Netherlands · 11 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Alphen aan den Rijn in OctoberThe Netherlands · 12 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 84 mm rain
- The Hague in OctoberThe Netherlands · 16 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 9.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Delft in OctoberThe Netherlands · 19 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Hoofddorp in OctoberThe Netherlands · 21 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Gouda in OctoberThe Netherlands · 22 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 8.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Rotterdam in OctoberThe Netherlands · 26 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 8.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Haarlem in OctoberThe Netherlands · 27 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 9.9°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 Leiden) is explained once on the Leiden year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.