Climate averages 1991–2020
Bakhmut weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Bakhmut: daytime highs average 13.2°C and nights cool to about 5.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Horlivka (33 km away). In October its highs average 12.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Bakhmut, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Bakhmut ranks joint 23rd of 59 for the warmest October highs and joint 35th of 59 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 59 cities is 13.2°C; Bakhmut is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 8.0°C to 5.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Bakhmut climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.2°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 41 | 9.4 | 8.89 h |
| February | 0.1°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 35 | 8.0 | 10.110 h |
| March | 6.2°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 41 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.6°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 48 | 9.5 | 13.714 h |
| May | 21.1°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 55 | 10.0 | 15.215 h |
| June | 25.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 60 | 10.2 | 16.116 h |
| July | 27.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 52 | 8.5 | 15.716 h |
| August | 27.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 35 | 5.8 | 14.414 h |
| September | 20.8°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 47 | 6.9 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 13.2°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 41 | 7.2 | 10.911 h |
| November | 5.2°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 38 | 7.6 | 9.39 h |
| December | 0.3°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 42 | 8.9 | 8.48 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Horlivka in OctoberUkraine · 33 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 5.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Kramatorsk in OctoberUkraine · 35 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 5.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Slovyansk in OctoberUkraine · 41 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Yenakiyeve in OctoberUkraine · 42 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Lysychansk in OctoberUkraine · 47 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Kadiyivka in OctoberUkraine · 48 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 5.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Siverskodonetsk in OctoberUkraine · 53 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Alchevsk in OctoberUkraine · 60 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 39 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 Bakhmut) is explained once on the Bakhmut year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.