Climate · Budapest

Budapest in October

Mild and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Budapest is mild: highs near 65°F, lows near 47°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 10 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Budapest is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 8°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 10 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
65°F18°Caverage
Low
47°F8°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 26% of days
Daylight
10h 42mon average

Is October a good time to visit Budapest?


A good month, just outside Budapest's best months, which run in two parts: May to June, or 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 65°F in October, against 41°F to 84°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in October, against 5°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

26% of days in October, against 26% to 40% through the year.

Cloud cover

51% cover in October, against 36% to 66% through the year.

Daylight

10h 42m in October, against 8h 30m to 15h 54m 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. September75°24°low 55°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. October65°18°low 47°low 8°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. November54°12°low 38°low 3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Budapest sits, in October

Europe/Budapest

this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:01 AMsets 5:58 PM
Above the sea
110 mlow-lying
Latitude
47.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Budapest, 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. Budapest is our one place in Hungary so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Budapest. 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 (110 m) against the climate model's (184 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 (110 m) against the climate model's (184 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.