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Arosa in October

Cool and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Arosa is cool: highs near 52°F, lows near 32°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 8 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Arosa is cool: highs near 11°C, lows near 0°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 8 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
52°F11°Caverage
Low
32°F0°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 43% of days
Daylight
10h 44mon average

Is October a good time to visit Arosa?

October sits outside Arosa's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cool days and rain or snow 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 52°F in October, against 28°F to 65°F through the year.Highs near 11°C in October, against -2°C to 18°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

43% of days in October, against 43% to 68% through the year.

Cloud cover

60% cover in October, against 52% to 65% through the year.

Daylight

10h 44m in October, against 8h 36m to 15h 48m 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. September58°14°low 37°low 3°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. October52°11°low 32°low 0°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. November40°4°low 20°low -7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Arosa sits, in October

Europe/Zurich
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:37 AMsets 6:36 PM
Above the sea
1,800 mhigh country
Latitude
46.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Bad Ragaz28 km north-west

The land around Arosa, 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 Switzerland in October

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

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