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Bruges in October

Mild and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Bruges is mild: highs near 63°F, lows near 51°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 20 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Bruges is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 20 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
63°F17°Caverage
Low
51°F11°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 47% of days
Daylight
10h 31mon average

Is October a good time to visit Bruges?

October sits outside Bruges's best months, which run from June to September. Expect mild days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 63°F in October, against 47°F to 74°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in October, against 8°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

47% of days in October, against 38% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

59% cover in October, against 46% to 67% through the year.

Daylight

10h 31m in October, against 7h 57m to 16h 30m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with October shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. September69°21°low 56°low 13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. October63°17°low 51°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. November55°13°low 45°low 7°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Bruges sits, in October

Europe/Brussels
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
8:09 AMsets 6:57 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
51.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Brussels88 km south-east

The land around Bruges, shaded by its typical high in October, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Belgium in October

high · low · wet days
See October on the planning mapThe whole year in Bruges

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Bruges. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.