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Riksgränsen in October

Cold and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Riksgränsen is cold: highs near 40°F, lows near 27°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 2 hours 54 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Riksgränsen is cold: highs near 4°C, lows near -3°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 2 hours 54 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
40°F4°Caverage
Low
27°F-3°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 57% of days
Daylight
8h 49mon average

Is October a good time to visit Riksgränsen?

October sits outside Riksgränsen's mildest months, which run from July to August. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about four 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 40°F in October, against 21°F to 60°F through the year.Highs near 4°C in October, against -6°C to 16°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

57% of days in October, against 51% to 65% through the year.

Cloud cover

76% cover in October, against 65% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

8h 49m in October, against 0h 06m to 24h through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with October shaded. The olive line marks the mildest months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. September51°11°low 37°low 3°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. October40°4°low 27°low -3°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. November30°-1°low 18°low -8°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Riksgränsen sits, in October

Europe/Oslo
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:49 AMsets 5:17 PM
Above the sea
520 mlow-lying
Latitude
68.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Harads287 km south-east

The land around Riksgränsen, 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 Riksgränsen

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Riksgränsen. 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 (520 m) against the climate model's (770 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 (520 m) against the climate model's (770 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.