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Lisbon in October

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Lisbon is warm: highs near 76°F, lows near 62°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 51 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Lisbon is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 51 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
76°F24°Caverage
Low
62°F17°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 28% of days
Daylight
11h 05mon average

Is October a good time to visit Lisbon?

A good month, just outside Lisbon's best months, which run in two parts: May to July, 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 76°F in October, against 60°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in October, against 16°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

28% of days in October, against 4% to 35% through the year.

Cloud cover

45% cover in October, against 14% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

11h 05m in October, against 9h 30m to 14h 50m 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. September80°27°low 65°low 18°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. October76°24°low 62°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. November67°19°low 56°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Lisbon sits, in October

Europe/Lisbon
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:44 AMsets 7:00 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
38.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Melides72 km south-east

The land around Lisbon, 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 Portugal in October

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Lisbon. 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.