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Oslo in October

Cool and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Oslo is cool: highs near 54°F, lows near 42°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 53 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Oslo is cool: highs near 12°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 53 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
54°F12°Caverage
Low
42°F6°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 40% of days
Daylight
9h 53mon average

Is October a good time to visit Oslo?

October sits outside Oslo's best months, which run from June to August. Expect cool 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 54°F in October, against 32°F to 74°F through the year.Highs near 12°C in October, against 0°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

40% of days in October, against 28% to 46% through the year.

Cloud cover

67% cover in October, against 54% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

9h 53m in October, against 6h 02m to 18h 41m 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. September65°18°low 50°low 10°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. October54°12°low 42°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. November44°7°low 34°low 1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Oslo sits, in October

Europe/Oslo
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:53 AMsets 6:12 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
59.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Øyer151 km north

The land around Oslo, 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 Norway in October

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Oslo. 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (127 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (127 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.