Climate averages 1991–2020
Nijmegen weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Nijmegen: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 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 Arnhem (16 km away). In October its highs average 14.1°C, about as warm as Nijmegen, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Nijmegen ranks joint 21st 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; Nijmegen is level with that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 9.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 62 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
Nijmegen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 66 | 12.6 | 8.48 h |
| February | 6.4°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 57 | 11.3 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.8°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 56 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 47 | 10.2 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 59 | 11.7 | 15.616 h |
| June | 20.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 65 | 11.6 | 16.617 h |
| July | 22.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 78 | 13.3 | 16.216 h |
| August | 22.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 76 | 12.5 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.7°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 61 | 10.9 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 14.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 64 | 11.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.2°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 62 | 11.9 | 8.99 h |
| December | 5.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 72 | 13.0 | 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
- Arnhem in OctoberThe Netherlands · 16 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Oss in OctoberThe Netherlands · 25 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 64 mm rain
- 's-Hertogenbosch in OctoberThe Netherlands · 41 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 8.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Apeldoorn in OctoberThe Netherlands · 42 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Helmond in OctoberThe Netherlands · 42 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 8.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Amersfoort in OctoberThe Netherlands · 47 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Deventer in OctoberThe Netherlands · 51 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 8.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Eindhoven in OctoberThe Netherlands · 52 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 8.6°C · 63 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 Nijmegen) is explained once on the Nijmegen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.