Climate · Sarajevo

Sarajevo in October

Mild and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Sarajevo is mild: highs near 66°F, lows near 45°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 1 minute from the first week to the last.October in Sarajevo is mild: highs near 19°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 1 minute from the first week to the last.

High
66°F19°Caverage
Low
45°F7°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 34% of days
Daylight
10h 52mon average

Is October a good time to visit Sarajevo?


A good month, just outside Sarajevo's best months, which run from June to September.

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 66°F in October, against 43°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 19°C in October, against 6°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

34% of days in October, against 34% to 54% through the year.

Cloud cover

55% cover in October, against 29% to 66% through the year.

Daylight

10h 52m in October, against 8h 58m to 15h 24m 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.

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  1. September73°23°low 52°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. October66°19°low 45°low 7°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. November56°13°low 36°low 2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Sarajevo sits, in October

Europe/Sarajevo

this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:59 AMsets 6:05 PM
Above the sea
540 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Sarajevo, 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. Sarajevo is our one place in Bosnia & Herzegovina so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sarajevo. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (540 m) against the climate model's (817 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (540 m) against the climate model's (817 m). 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.