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Stockholm in October

Cool and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Stockholm is cool: highs near 54°F, lows near 44°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 50 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Stockholm is cool: highs near 12°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 50 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
54°F12°Caverage
Low
44°F7°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 34% of days
Daylight
9h 57mon average

Is October a good time to visit Stockholm?

October sits outside Stockholm's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cool days and rain on about two 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 35°F to 72°F through the year.Highs near 12°C in October, against 2°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

34% of days in October, against 28% to 41% through the year.

Cloud cover

64% cover in October, against 47% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

9h 57m in October, against 6h 12m to 18h 28m 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. September64°18°low 52°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. October54°12°low 44°low 7°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. November45°7°low 36°low 2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Stockholm sits, in October

Europe/Stockholm
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:23 AMsets 5:44 PM
Above the sea
30 mlow-lying
Latitude
59.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Gothenburg397 km south-west

The land around Stockholm, 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 Stockholm

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