Idar-Oberstein weather in October

In October, Idar-Oberstein sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 63 mm of precipitation across 11.6 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 10°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Idar-Oberstein's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Idar-Oberstein's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 63 mm; 11.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 7:01 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover: 73%; 8th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 1.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.2; out of 10

Idar-Oberstein is human settlement in Germany.

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 15°C in the first days to 10°C by the end.

A typical October day in Idar-Oberstein reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 18°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)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
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	15	8
2	15	8
3	15	8
4	15	8
5	15	8
6	14	8
7	14	8
8	14	7
9	14	7
10	14	7
11	14	7
12	13	7
13	13	7
14	13	7
15	13	6
16	13	6
17	12	6
18	12	6
19	12	6
20	12	6
21	12	6
22	12	6
23	11	6
24	11	5
25	11	5
26	11	5
27	11	5
28	11	5
29	10	5
30	10	5
31	10	5

How October really feels in Idar-Oberstein

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.

Idar-Oberstein weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 7th-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°	67	12.4	4.6	8.4	0.0
Feb	4° / -1°	57	10.3	4.2	9.8	0.1
Mar	9° / 2°	62	12.5	2.3	11.5	1.6
Apr	13° / 5°	53	11.2	0.5	13.4	3.5
May	17° / 8°	71	12.7	0	15.1	5.0
Jun	20° / 12°	67	11.8	0	16	5.9
Jul	23° / 13°	67	12.5	0	15.7	6.4
Aug	22° / 13°	63	11.2	0	14.2	6.5
Sep	18° / 10°	61	9.8	0	12.4	5.6
Oct	13° / 6°	63	11.6	0.1	10.5	3.2
Nov	7° / 3°	65	12.1	1.4	8.8	0.8
Dec	4° / 0°	81	13.6	4.4	8	0.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%.

	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 (%)	25	24	24	24	24	24	25	26	26	27	28	29	30	30	30	30	30	29	28	28	26	26	25	26	24	24	22	22	22	21	21
Cloudier (%)	75	76	76	76	76	76	75	74	74	73	72	71	70	70	70	70	70	71	72	72	74	74	75	74	76	76	78	78	78	79	79

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	25	75
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	27	73
11	28	72
12	29	71
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	29	71
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	25	75
24	26	74
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	21	79
31	21	79

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Idar-Oberstein gets around 63 mm of rain and snow over 11.6 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 37% and peaks near 42% 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 (%)	42	42	42	41	41	41	40	39	39	38	37	36	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	38	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	41
5	41
6	41
7	40
8	39
9	39
10	38
11	37
12	36
13	35
14	35
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	34
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	37
29	37
30	38
31	38

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 97% 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 (%)	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	95	95	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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	12	12	12	12	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	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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	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	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
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 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 108 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 7:26 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 5:02 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	11.4	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.0	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	10.1	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:37	6:39	6:40	6:42	6:44	6:45	6:47	6:48	6:50	6:52	6:53	6:55	6:56	6:58	7:00	7:01	7:03	7:05	7:06	7:08	7:10	7:11	7:13	7:15	7:16	7:18	7:20	7:21	7:23	7:25	7:26
Sunset (PM)	6:02	6:00	5:58	5:56	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:47	5:45	5:43	5:41	5:38	5:36	5:34	5:32	5:30	5:28	5:26	5:24	5:22	5:20	5:18	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:11	5:09	5:08	5:06	5:04	5:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:37	6:02
2	11.4	6:39	6:00
3	11.3	6:40	5:58
4	11.2	6:42	5:56
5	11.2	6:44	5:53
6	11.1	6:45	5:51
7	11.0	6:47	5:49
8	11.0	6:48	5:47
9	10.9	6:50	5:45
10	10.9	6:52	5:43
11	10.8	6:53	5:41
12	10.7	6:55	5:38
13	10.7	6:56	5:36
14	10.6	6:58	5:34
15	10.5	7:00	5:32
16	10.5	7:01	5:30
17	10.4	7:03	5:28
18	10.4	7:05	5:26
19	10.3	7:06	5:24
20	10.2	7:08	5:22
21	10.2	7:10	5:20
22	10.1	7:11	5:18
23	10.1	7:13	5:17
24	10.0	7:15	5:15
25	9.9	7:16	5:13
26	9.9	7:18	5:11
27	9.8	7:20	5:09
28	9.8	7:21	5:08
29	9.7	7:23	5:06
30	9.7	7:25	5:04
31	9.6	7:26	5:02

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 1.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.67 kWh/m² to a high of 5.52 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 1.9 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	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	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

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

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Idar-Oberstein?

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

3.2

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Idar-Oberstein.

What to pack for Idar-Oberstein in October

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

In October, Idar-Oberstein sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Idar-Oberstein in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Idar-Oberstein peaks around July 16 at about 7 (very 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	3	4	6	7	8	7	4	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Idar-Oberstein in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Idar-Oberstein is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	10	11	14	15	13	14	12	12	11	10	9	9
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	15	Moderate
May	13	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	12	Good
Aug	12	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	9	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Idar-Oberstein?

Idar-Oberstein sits at 49.7°N, 7.3°E, 288 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Sankt Wendel, 29 km away.

Topography around Idar-Oberstein

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Idar-Oberstein has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 269 m around an average of 375 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 641 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 768 m.

The land around Idar-Oberstein is covered by trees (70%) within 3 km, trees (66%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

269 m

trees 70%

16 km

641 m

trees 66%

80 km

768 m

trees 54%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

October weather nearby: Sankt Wendel 29 km · Wadern 36 km · Schiffweiler 41 km · Bexbach 41 km · Neunkirchen 42 km · Illingen 42 km · Wittlich 42 km · Bad Kreuznach 43 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 Idar-Oberstein (49.7144°, 7.3078°, elevation 288 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	15	8
2	15	8
3	15	8
4	15	8
5	15	8
6	14	8
7	14	8
8	14	7
9	14	7
10	14	7
11	14	7
12	13	7
13	13	7
14	13	7
15	13	6
16	13	6
17	12	6
18	12	6
19	12	6
20	12	6
21	12	6
22	12	6
23	11	6
24	11	5
25	11	5
26	11	5
27	11	5
28	11	5
29	10	5
30	10	5
31	10	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	25	75
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	27	73
11	28	72
12	29	71
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	29	71
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	25	75
24	26	74
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	41
5	41
6	41
7	40
8	39
9	39
10	38
11	37
12	36
13	35
14	35
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	34
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	37
29	37
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	25	75
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	27	73
11	28	72
12	29	71
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	29	71
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	25	75
24	26	74
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	41
5	41
6	41
7	40
8	39
9	39
10	38
11	37
12	36
13	35
14	35
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	34
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	37
29	37
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	25	75
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	27	73
11	28	72
12	29	71
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	29	71
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	25	75
24	26	74
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	41
5	41
6	41
7	40
8	39
9	39
10	38
11	37
12	36
13	35
14	35
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	34
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	37
29	37
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1