Climate · Skopje

Skopje in October

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Skopje is warm: highs near 72°F, lows near 49°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 57 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Skopje is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 57 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
72°F22°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 26% of days
Daylight
10h 57mon average

Is October a good time to visit Skopje?


Yes. October is one of Skopje's best months (May, or September to October).

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 72°F in October, against 47°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in October, against 8°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

26% of days in October, against 20% to 38% through the year.

Cloud cover

44% cover in October, against 18% to 56% through the year.

Daylight

10h 57m in October, against 9h 10m to 15h 11m 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. September82°28°low 58°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. October72°22°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. November60°16°low 40°low 4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Skopje sits, in October

Europe/Skopje

this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:45 AMsets 5:55 PM
Above the sea
240 mlow-lying
Latitude
42.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Skopje. 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 (240 m) against the climate model's (383 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 (240 m) against the climate model's (383 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.