Gera weather in October

In October, Gera sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 53 mm of precipitation across 10.5 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Gera's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gera's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 53 mm; 10.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 6:44 AM – 5:09 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 7th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 1.87 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

Air quality: Good; PM10 15.4 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical October day in Gera reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 5°C cooler than September and about 6°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)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

How October really feels in Gera

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

October sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Gera weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	3° / -1°	49	12.1	5	8.2	0.0
Feb	4° / -1°	40	10.2	4.5	9.7	0.1
Mar	9° / 1°	54	12.4	2.9	11.5	1.5
Apr	14° / 4°	42	9.9	0.5	13.5	3.8
May	18° / 9°	66	11.6	0	15.3	5.5
Jun	21° / 12°	66	11.8	0	16.2	6.1
Jul	23° / 14°	81	12.3	0	15.8	6.5
Aug	23° / 14°	68	11.7	0	14.3	6.6
Sep	19° / 10°	61	10.4	0	12.4	5.7
Oct	13° / 6°	53	10.5	0.1	10.4	3.6
Nov	7° / 3°	55	10.9	2	8.7	1.0
Dec	4° / -0°	54	12.7	4.2	7.8	0.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

	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 (%)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	30	30	29	29	29
Cloudier (%)	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	70	70	71	70	70	71	71	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	29	71
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	29	71
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	29	71

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Gera gets around 53 mm of rain and snow over 10.5 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 33% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	35	34	34	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	35	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	33
12	32
13	32
14	31
15	31
16	30
17	30
18	30
19	31
20	31
21	31
22	32
23	32
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	35
31	35

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 98% 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 (%)	94	94	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in October

Winds average 12 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 114 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:19 AM to 7:10 AM, and sunset from 5:42 PM to 4:40 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)	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:19	6:21	6:22	6:24	6:26	6:27	6:29	6:31	6:32	6:34	6:36	6:37	6:39	6:41	6:43	6:44	6:46	6:48	6:49	6:51	6:53	6:55	6:56	6:58	7:00	7:02	7:03	7:05	7:07	7:09	7:10
Sunset (PM)	5:42	5:40	5:38	5:35	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:26	5:24	5:22	5:20	5:18	5:16	5:13	5:11	5:09	5:07	5:05	5:03	5:01	4:59	4:57	4:55	4:53	4:51	4:49	4:47	4:46	4:44	4:42	4:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:19	5:42
2	11.3	6:21	5:40
3	11.3	6:22	5:38
4	11.2	6:24	5:35
5	11.1	6:26	5:33
6	11.1	6:27	5:31
7	11.0	6:29	5:29
8	10.9	6:31	5:26
9	10.9	6:32	5:24
10	10.8	6:34	5:22
11	10.7	6:36	5:20
12	10.7	6:37	5:18
13	10.6	6:39	5:16
14	10.5	6:41	5:13
15	10.5	6:43	5:11
16	10.4	6:44	5:09
17	10.4	6:46	5:07
18	10.3	6:48	5:05
19	10.2	6:49	5:03
20	10.2	6:51	5:01
21	10.1	6:53	4:59
22	10.0	6:55	4:57
23	10.0	6:56	4:55
24	9.9	6:58	4:53
25	9.9	7:00	4:51
26	9.8	7:02	4:49
27	9.7	7:03	4:47
28	9.7	7:05	4:46
29	9.6	7:07	4:44
30	9.6	7:09	4:42
31	9.5	7:10	4:40

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 1.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.66 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 1.87 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)	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.4	Moderate
2	2.4	Moderate
3	2.3	Moderate
4	2.3	Moderate
5	2.2	Moderate
6	2.2	Moderate
7	2.2	Moderate
8	2.1	Moderate
9	2.1	Moderate
10	2.1	Moderate
11	2.0	Moderate
12	2.0	Moderate
13	2.0	Dim
14	2.0	Dim
15	1.9	Dim
16	1.9	Dim
17	1.9	Dim
18	1.8	Dim
19	1.8	Dim
20	1.8	Dim
21	1.7	Dim
22	1.7	Dim
23	1.7	Dim
24	1.6	Dim
25	1.6	Dim
26	1.6	Dim
27	1.5	Dim
28	1.5	Dim
29	1.4	Dim
30	1.4	Dim
31	1.4	Dim

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Gera?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gera.

What to pack for Gera in October

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

In October, Gera sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Gera in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gera peaks around July 13 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	4	4	6	7	7	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Gera?

Gera sits at 50.9°N, 12.1°E, 203 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Lusan, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Gera

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gera has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m around an average of 246 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 255 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,187 m.

The land around Gera is covered by trees (45%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (43%) and trees (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

153 m

trees 45%

16 km

255 m

cropland 45%

80 km

1,187 m

cropland 43%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

October weather nearby: Lusan 4.0 km · Zeitz 19 km · Crimmitschau 23 km · Greiz 26 km · Werdau 26 km · Zeulenroda-Triebes 26 km · Meerane 27 km · Altenburg 28 km

Germany travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 80% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $60,496; 2025
Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.8; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 615
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 Gera (50.8803°, 12.0819°, elevation 203 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. 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	16	8
2	16	8
3	16	8
4	16	8
5	15	8
6	15	8
7	15	8
8	15	7
9	15	7
10	14	7
11	14	7
12	14	7
13	14	7
14	14	7
15	13	6
16	13	6
17	13	6
18	13	6
19	13	6
20	12	6
21	12	6
22	12	6
23	12	6
24	12	5
25	12	5
26	11	5
27	11	5
28	11	5
29	11	5
30	11	5
31	11	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	29	71
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	29	71
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	33
12	32
13	32
14	31
15	31
16	30
17	30
18	30
19	31
20	31
21	31
22	32
23	32
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	35
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	29	71
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	29	71
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	33
12	32
13	32
14	31
15	31
16	30
17	30
18	30
19	31
20	31
21	31
22	32
23	32
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	35
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	29	71
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	29	71
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	35
9	34
10	34
11	33
12	32
13	32
14	31
15	31
16	30
17	30
18	30
19	31
20	31
21	31
22	32
23	32
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	35
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0