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Porto in October

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Porto is warm: highs near 73°F, lows near 57°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 56 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Porto is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 56 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
73°F23°Caverage
Low
57°F14°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 40% of days
Daylight
10h 59mon average

Is October a good time to visit Porto?

A good month, just outside Porto'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 73°F in October, against 58°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in October, against 14°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

40% of days in October, against 13% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

52% cover in October, against 25% to 62% through the year.

Daylight

10h 59m in October, against 9h 15m to 15h 05m 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. September79°26°low 61°low 16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. October73°23°low 57°low 14°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. November65°18°low 51°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Porto sits, in October

Europe/Lisbon
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:45 AMsets 6:56 PM
Above the sea
90 mlow-lying
Latitude
41.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Valença do Douro88 km east

The land around Porto, 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 Porto

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