Cres weather in October

In October, Cres sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 186 mm of rain across 12.7 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of October to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Cres's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cres's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 186 mm; 12.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 6:26 AM – 5:09 PM
Cloud cover: 51%; 6th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 2.67 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical October day in Cres reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 4°C cooler than September and about 4°C warmer than November.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	15
2	19	15
3	19	15
4	19	15
5	19	15
6	19	15
7	19	15
8	19	15
9	18	14
10	18	14
11	18	14
12	18	14
13	18	14
14	18	14
15	18	14
16	17	13
17	17	13
18	17	13
19	17	13
20	17	13
21	17	13
22	17	13
23	17	13
24	17	13
25	16	13
26	16	12
27	16	12
28	16	12
29	16	12
30	16	12
31	16	12

Cres weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / 5°	133	12.4	1.1	9	1.4
Feb	9° / 5°	130	11	1.6	10.1	1.7
Mar	12° / 7°	112	10.6	0.7	11.6	3.0
Apr	15° / 11°	98	10.6	0.1	13.2	4.5
May	19° / 15°	100	9.8	0	14.6	6.3
Jun	23° / 19°	64	6.9	0	15.3	7.6
Jul	26° / 21°	53	5.4	0	15.1	7.9
Aug	26° / 21°	76	6.3	0	13.9	7.8
Sep	22° / 17°	171	10	0	12.3	6.8
Oct	18° / 14°	186	12.7	0	10.7	5.5
Nov	13° / 10°	227	14.3	0.2	9.4	3.4
Dec	10° / 6°	177	13.1	1	8.6	1.9

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 43%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	59	59	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	60	59	59	59	59	59	59	58	58	56	56	56	55	55	54	53	53	52	51	51
Cloudier (%)	41	41	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	44	44	44	45	45	46	47	47	48	49	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	60	40
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	54	46
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	51	49
31	51	49

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Cres gets around 186 mm of rain over 12.7 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 40% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	40	40	39	38	37	37	37	36	37	37	37	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	42	43	43	43	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	42
6	42
7	41
8	40
9	40
10	39
11	38
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	36
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	38
20	39
21	39
22	40
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	42
27	42
28	43
29	43
30	43
31	44

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 61% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	47	47	48	49	51	52	53	54	56	57	58	60	61	62	63	64	64	65	66	66	66	67	68	68	69	70	71	71	72	73	75
Comfortable (%)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	23	22
Humid (%)	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	13	12	11	10	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	47	31	22
2	47	31	21
3	48	31	20
4	49	31	19
5	51	31	18
6	52	31	17
7	53	31	16
8	54	31	15
9	56	31	13
10	57	31	12
11	58	31	11
12	60	30	10
13	61	30	9
14	62	30	8
15	63	29	8
16	64	29	7
17	64	29	7
18	65	29	6
19	66	28	6
20	66	28	6
21	66	28	6
22	67	27	6
23	68	26	6
24	68	26	6
25	69	25	6
26	70	25	5
27	71	24	5
28	71	24	5
29	72	24	4
30	73	23	4
31	75	22	3

Wind in October

Winds average 13 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze
31	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of October to 10 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 90 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:06 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 5:36 PM to 4:45 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:06	6:07	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:37	6:38	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:44	6:45	6:46
Sunset (PM)	5:36	5:35	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:27	5:25	5:23	5:21	5:20	5:18	5:16	5:14	5:12	5:11	5:09	5:07	5:05	5:04	5:02	5:00	4:59	4:57	4:56	4:54	4:53	4:51	4:50	4:48	4:47	4:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:06	5:36
2	11.5	6:07	5:35
3	11.4	6:09	5:33
4	11.3	6:10	5:31
5	11.3	6:11	5:29
6	11.2	6:13	5:27
7	11.2	6:14	5:25
8	11.1	6:15	5:23
9	11.1	6:17	5:21
10	11.0	6:18	5:20
11	11.0	6:19	5:18
12	10.9	6:21	5:16
13	10.9	6:22	5:14
14	10.8	6:23	5:12
15	10.8	6:25	5:11
16	10.7	6:26	5:09
17	10.7	6:27	5:07
18	10.6	6:29	5:05
19	10.6	6:30	5:04
20	10.5	6:31	5:02
21	10.5	6:33	5:00
22	10.4	6:34	4:59
23	10.4	6:35	4:57
24	10.3	6:37	4:56
25	10.3	6:38	4:54
26	10.2	6:40	4:53
27	10.2	6:41	4:51
28	10.1	6:42	4:50
29	10.1	6:44	4:48
30	10.0	6:45	4:47
31	10.0	6:46	4:45

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 2.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.2 kWh/m² to a high of 6.5 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 2.67 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.3	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.2	Moderate
4	3.1	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.0	Moderate
8	3.0	Moderate
9	3.0	Moderate
10	2.9	Moderate
11	2.9	Moderate
12	2.9	Moderate
13	2.8	Moderate
14	2.8	Moderate
15	2.7	Moderate
16	2.7	Moderate
17	2.7	Moderate
18	2.6	Moderate
19	2.6	Moderate
20	2.5	Moderate
21	2.5	Moderate
22	2.5	Moderate
23	2.4	Moderate
24	2.4	Moderate
25	2.3	Moderate
26	2.3	Moderate
27	2.3	Moderate
28	2.2	Moderate
29	2.2	Moderate
30	2.1	Moderate
31	2.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Cres?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.5

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

1.6

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Cres for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cres in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Cres sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Cres in October

The nearest coast averages about 19°C in October — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 24°C and coldest in February near 11°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 8 to Oct 3 — about 3.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	12	11	11	13	17	21	24	24	21	19	16	14
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	12	Bracing
Feb	11	Bracing
Mar	11	Bracing
Apr	13	Bracing
May	17	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Refreshing
Aug	24	Warm
Sep	21	Refreshing
Oct	19	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Cres in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cres peaks around July 17 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	7	7	8	9	8	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	7	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Cres?

Cres sits at 45.0°N, 14.4°E, 0 m above sea level, in Croatia. The nearest listed city is Rijeka, 41 km away.

Topography around Cres

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Cres.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cres has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 351 m around an average of 128 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 639 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,766 m.

The land around Cres is covered by trees (64%) and water (23%) within 3 km, water (66%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and water (43%) within 80 km.

3 km

351 m

trees 64%

16 km

639 m

water 66%

80 km

1,766 m

trees 47%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater

← September Cres year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Rijeka 41 km · Pula 46 km · Rovinj 63 km · Koper 84 km · Divača 88 km · Piran 91 km · Trieste 91 km · Postojna 92 km

Croatia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 53% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $27,104; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 87%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 7.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 617
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Cres (44.9609°, 14.4125°, elevation 0 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	15
2	19	15
3	19	15
4	19	15
5	19	15
6	19	15
7	19	15
8	19	15
9	18	14
10	18	14
11	18	14
12	18	14
13	18	14
14	18	14
15	18	14
16	17	13
17	17	13
18	17	13
19	17	13
20	17	13
21	17	13
22	17	13
23	17	13
24	17	13
25	16	13
26	16	12
27	16	12
28	16	12
29	16	12
30	16	12
31	16	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	60	40
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	54	46
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	51	49
31	51	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	42
6	42
7	41
8	40
9	40
10	39
11	38
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	36
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	38
20	39
21	39
22	40
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	42
27	42
28	43
29	43
30	43
31	44

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	47	31	22
2	47	31	21
3	48	31	20
4	49	31	19
5	51	31	18
6	52	31	17
7	53	31	16
8	54	31	15
9	56	31	13
10	57	31	12
11	58	31	11
12	60	30	10
13	61	30	9
14	62	30	8
15	63	29	8
16	64	29	7
17	64	29	7
18	65	29	6
19	66	28	6
20	66	28	6
21	66	28	6
22	67	27	6
23	68	26	6
24	68	26	6
25	69	25	6
26	70	25	5
27	71	24	5
28	71	24	5
29	72	24	4
30	73	23	4
31	75	22	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	15
2	19	15
3	19	15
4	19	15
5	19	15
6	19	15
7	19	15
8	19	15
9	18	14
10	18	14
11	18	14
12	18	14
13	18	14
14	18	14
15	18	14
16	17	13
17	17	13
18	17	13
19	17	13
20	17	13
21	17	13
22	17	13
23	17	13
24	17	13
25	16	13
26	16	12
27	16	12
28	16	12
29	16	12
30	16	12
31	16	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	60	40
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	54	46
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	51	49
31	51	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	42
6	42
7	41
8	40
9	40
10	39
11	38
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	36
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	38
20	39
21	39
22	40
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	42
27	42
28	43
29	43
30	43
31	44

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	47	31	22
2	47	31	21
3	48	31	20
4	49	31	19
5	51	31	18
6	52	31	17
7	53	31	16
8	54	31	15
9	56	31	13
10	57	31	12
11	58	31	11
12	60	30	10
13	61	30	9
14	62	30	8
15	63	29	8
16	64	29	7
17	64	29	7
18	65	29	6
19	66	28	6
20	66	28	6
21	66	28	6
22	67	27	6
23	68	26	6
24	68	26	6
25	69	25	6
26	70	25	5
27	71	24	5
28	71	24	5
29	72	24	4
30	73	23	4
31	75	22	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	15
2	19	15
3	19	15
4	19	15
5	19	15
6	19	15
7	19	15
8	19	15
9	18	14
10	18	14
11	18	14
12	18	14
13	18	14
14	18	14
15	18	14
16	17	13
17	17	13
18	17	13
19	17	13
20	17	13
21	17	13
22	17	13
23	17	13
24	17	13
25	16	13
26	16	12
27	16	12
28	16	12
29	16	12
30	16	12
31	16	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	60	40
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	54	46
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	51	49
31	51	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	42
6	42
7	41
8	40
9	40
10	39
11	38
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	36
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	38
20	39
21	39
22	40
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	42
27	42
28	43
29	43
30	43
31	44

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	47	31	22
2	47	31	21
3	48	31	20
4	49	31	19
5	51	31	18
6	52	31	17
7	53	31	16
8	54	31	15
9	56	31	13
10	57	31	12
11	58	31	11
12	60	30	10
13	61	30	9
14	62	30	8
15	63	29	8
16	64	29	7
17	64	29	7
18	65	29	6
19	66	28	6
20	66	28	6
21	66	28	6
22	67	27	6
23	68	26	6
24	68	26	6
25	69	25	6
26	70	25	5
27	71	24	5
28	71	24	5
29	72	24	4
30	73	23	4
31	75	22	3