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Gothenburg in October

Cool and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Gothenburg is cool: highs near 57°F, lows near 45°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 43 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Gothenburg is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 43 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
57°F14°Caverage
Low
45°F7°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 49% of days
Daylight
10h 05mon average

Is October a good time to visit Gothenburg?

October sits outside Gothenburg'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 57°F in October, against 39°F to 72°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in October, against 4°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

49% of days in October, against 35% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

61% cover in October, against 48% to 72% through the year.

Daylight

10h 05m in October, against 6h 39m to 17h 58m 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. September66°19°low 52°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. October57°14°low 45°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. November48°9°low 38°low 3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Gothenburg sits, in October

Europe/Stockholm
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:44 AMsets 6:11 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
57.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Stockholm397 km north-east

The land around Gothenburg, 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 Sweden in October

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Gothenburg. 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 (53 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 (53 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.