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Bern in October

Mild and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Bern is mild: highs near 62°F, lows near 43°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 9 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Bern is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 9 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
62°F17°Caverage
Low
43°F6°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 43% of days
Daylight
10h 44mon average

Is October a good time to visit Bern?

October sits outside Bern's best months, which run from June to August. Expect mild 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 62°F in October, against 42°F to 75°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in October, against 6°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

43% of days in October, against 43% to 58% through the year.

Cloud cover

59% cover in October, against 43% to 63% through the year.

Daylight

10h 44m in October, against 8h 35m to 15h 49m 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. September68°20°low 49°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. October62°17°low 43°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. November52°11°low 34°low 1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Bern sits, in October

Europe/Zurich
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:46 AMsets 6:45 PM
Above the sea
540 mlow-lying
Latitude
46.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Interlaken42 km south-east

The land around Bern, 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 Bern

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Bern. 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 (540 m) against the climate model's (663 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 (540 m) against the climate model's (663 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.