Climate averages 1991–2020
Shakhtarsk weather
in October.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Shakhtarsk: daytime highs average 13.0°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yenakiyeve (27 km away). In October its highs average 12.9°C, about as warm as Shakhtarsk, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Shakhtarsk ranks joint 28th of 59 for the warmest October highs and joint 15th of 59 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 59 cities is 13.2°C; Shakhtarsk is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 8.2°C to 4.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 37 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
Shakhtarsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.7°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 42 | 9.0 | 8.99 h |
| February | -0.4°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 37 | 7.6 | 10.210 h |
| March | 5.6°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 43 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 47 | 9.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 20.5°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 57 | 10.3 | 15.115 h |
| June | 24.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 57 | 9.6 | 16.016 h |
| July | 27.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 44 | 8.0 | 15.616 h |
| August | 27.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 32 | 5.5 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 40 | 6.7 | 12.613 h |
| October, selected | 13.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 38 | 6.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.8°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 37 | 7.0 | 9.39 h |
| December | -0.2°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 43 | 8.7 | 8.58 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
- Yenakiyeve in OctoberUkraine · 27 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Khrustalnyi in OctoberUkraine · 37 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Makiyivka in OctoberUkraine · 38 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Horlivka in OctoberUkraine · 41 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 5.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Donetsk in OctoberUkraine · 47 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Alchevsk in OctoberUkraine · 53 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Kadiyivka in OctoberUkraine · 59 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 5.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Bakhmut in OctoberUkraine · 68 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 5.9°C · 41 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 Shakhtarsk) is explained once on the Shakhtarsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.