Climate averages 1991–2020
's-Hertogenbosch weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in 's-Hertogenbosch: 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 8th 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 Oss (16 km away). In October its highs average 14.3°C, about as warm as 's-Hertogenbosch, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, 's-Hertogenbosch 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; 's-Hertogenbosch is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 9.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 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
's-Hertogenbosch climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.7°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 63 | 12.5 | 8.48 h |
| February | 6.7°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 56 | 11.1 | 9.910 h |
| March | 10.1°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 56 | 11.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.1°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 47 | 10.6 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 58 | 11.6 | 15.616 h |
| June | 20.4°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 62 | 10.9 | 16.617 h |
| July | 22.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 76 | 13.5 | 16.216 h |
| August | 22.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 76 | 12.5 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.8°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 61 | 11.2 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 14.4°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 63 | 11.6 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.5°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 62 | 12.3 | 8.99 h |
| December | 6.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 70 | 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
- Oss in OctoberThe Netherlands · 16 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Tilburg in OctoberThe Netherlands · 22 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 8.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Eindhoven in OctoberThe Netherlands · 31 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 8.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Helmond in OctoberThe Netherlands · 35 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 8.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Breda in OctoberThe Netherlands · 39 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Nijmegen in OctoberThe Netherlands · 41 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Dordrecht in OctoberThe Netherlands · 45 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 8.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Utrecht in OctoberThe Netherlands · 45 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 8.4°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 's-Hertogenbosch) is explained once on the 's-Hertogenbosch year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.