Szekszárd weather in October

In October, Szekszárd sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 56 mm of rain across 7.8 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% 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 9 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Szekszárd's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Szekszárd's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 56 mm; 7.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 6:11 AM – 4:50 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 5th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 2.58 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Szekszárd is city in Hungary and capital of Tolna county.

Founded: 1015

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 19°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical October day in Szekszárd reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 6°C cooler than September and about 7°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)	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

How October really feels in Szekszárd

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.

Szekszárd weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	4° / -2°	38	8	3	8.8	0.0
Feb	6° / -2°	43	8.1	3.1	10	0.5
Mar	11° / 2°	45	8.7	1.4	11.6	3.0
Apr	17° / 7°	45	9.1	0.2	13.3	5.5
May	22° / 11°	66	10.8	0	14.7	6.5
Jun	26° / 15°	69	10.2	0	15.5	6.8
Jul	28° / 16°	61	8.6	0	15.2	6.8
Aug	27° / 16°	57	8.2	0	14	6.8
Sep	22° / 12°	64	8.3	0	12.4	7.0
Oct	17° / 7°	56	7.8	0	10.7	5.5
Nov	10° / 3°	51	8.4	1.4	9.2	2.2
Dec	4° / -1°	51	8.9	2.8	8.5	0.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% 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 50%.

	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 (%)	52	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	52	51	51	50	50	49	50	50	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	47	47	47	48
Cloudier (%)	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	49	49	50	50	51	50	50	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	53	53	53	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	48	52

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Szekszárd gets around 56 mm of rain over 7.8 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 25% and peaks near 26% 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 (%)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

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

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 92% 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 (%)	81	81	82	83	84	85	86	86	88	89	90	91	92	93	93	94	94	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	17	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Humid (%)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	81	17	2
2	81	17	2
3	82	16	2
4	83	16	1
5	84	15	1
6	85	14	1
7	86	13	1
8	86	13	1
9	88	12	0
10	89	11	0
11	90	10	0
12	91	9	0
13	92	8	0
14	93	7	0
15	93	7	0
16	94	6	0
17	94	6	0
18	95	5	0
19	95	5	0
20	95	5	0
21	96	4	0
22	96	4	0
23	96	4	0
24	96	4	0
25	97	3	0
26	97	3	0
27	97	3	0
28	97	3	0
29	98	2	0
30	98	2	0
31	98	2	0

Wind in October

Winds average 10 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of October to 9 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 96 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:50 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 5:19 PM to 4:25 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	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:54	5:55	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:01	6:02	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:08	6:09	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:15	6:16	6:18	6:19	6:21	6:22	6:24	6:25	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:31	6:32
Sunset (PM)	5:19	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:11	5:09	5:07	5:05	5:03	5:01	4:59	4:57	4:55	4:53	4:52	4:50	4:48	4:46	4:44	4:43	4:41	4:39	4:38	4:36	4:34	4:33	4:31	4:30	4:28	4:27	4:25

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	5:50	5:19
2	11.4	5:51	5:17
3	11.4	5:52	5:15
4	11.3	5:54	5:13
5	11.3	5:55	5:11
6	11.2	5:57	5:09
7	11.1	5:58	5:07
8	11.1	5:59	5:05
9	11.0	6:01	5:03
10	11.0	6:02	5:01
11	10.9	6:04	4:59
12	10.9	6:05	4:57
13	10.8	6:06	4:55
14	10.8	6:08	4:53
15	10.7	6:09	4:52
16	10.7	6:11	4:50
17	10.6	6:12	4:48
18	10.5	6:13	4:46
19	10.5	6:15	4:44
20	10.4	6:16	4:43
21	10.4	6:18	4:41
22	10.3	6:19	4:39
23	10.3	6:21	4:38
24	10.2	6:22	4:36
25	10.2	6:24	4:34
26	10.1	6:25	4:33
27	10.1	6:27	4:31
28	10.0	6:28	4:30
29	10.0	6:29	4:28
30	9.9	6:31	4:27
31	9.9	6:32	4:25

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 2.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.07 kWh/m² to a high of 6.07 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 2.58 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)	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	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	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0
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	3.2	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.1	Moderate
4	3.1	Moderate
5	3.0	Moderate
6	3.0	Moderate
7	3.0	Moderate
8	2.9	Moderate
9	2.9	Moderate
10	2.8	Moderate
11	2.8	Moderate
12	2.7	Moderate
13	2.7	Moderate
14	2.6	Moderate
15	2.6	Moderate
16	2.5	Moderate
17	2.5	Moderate
18	2.5	Moderate
19	2.4	Moderate
20	2.4	Moderate
21	2.3	Moderate
22	2.3	Moderate
23	2.3	Moderate
24	2.2	Moderate
25	2.2	Moderate
26	2.2	Moderate
27	2.1	Moderate
28	2.1	Moderate
29	2.1	Moderate
30	2.1	Moderate
31	2.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Szekszárd?

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

1.3

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Szekszárd for sightseeing.

What to pack for Szekszárd in October

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

In October, Szekszárd sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Szekszárd 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 Szekszárd peaks around July 17 at about 8 (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	2	4	7	6	7	8	8	4	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	6	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Szekszárd?

Szekszárd sits at 46.3°N, 18.7°E, 87 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Baja, 26 km away.

Topography around Szekszárd

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Szekszárd has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m around an average of 117 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 615 m.

The land around Szekszárd is covered by cropland (38%), trees (23%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (58%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

185 m

cropland 38%

16 km

209 m

cropland 57%

80 km

615 m

cropland 58%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

October weather nearby: Baja 26 km · Kalocsa 28 km · Paks 32 km · Komló 38 km · Mohács 40 km · Dombóvár 44 km · Pecs 48 km · Kiskőrös 53 km

Hungary travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 52% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $25,907; 2025
Happiness: 5.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 7.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 590
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 Szekszárd (46.3472°, 18.7119°, elevation 87 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	20	10
2	20	9
3	19	9
4	19	9
5	19	9
6	19	9
7	19	9
8	18	8
9	18	8
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	17	8
13	17	8
14	17	7
15	17	7
16	17	7
17	16	7
18	16	7
19	16	6
20	16	6
21	15	6
22	15	6
23	15	6
24	15	6
25	15	6
26	14	5
27	14	5
28	14	5
29	14	5
30	14	5
31	14	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	48	52

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	81	17	2
2	81	17	2
3	82	16	2
4	83	16	1
5	84	15	1
6	85	14	1
7	86	13	1
8	86	13	1
9	88	12	0
10	89	11	0
11	90	10	0
12	91	9	0
13	92	8	0
14	93	7	0
15	93	7	0
16	94	6	0
17	94	6	0
18	95	5	0
19	95	5	0
20	95	5	0
21	96	4	0
22	96	4	0
23	96	4	0
24	96	4	0
25	97	3	0
26	97	3	0
27	97	3	0
28	97	3	0
29	98	2	0
30	98	2	0
31	98	2	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	48	52

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	81	17	2
2	81	17	2
3	82	16	2
4	83	16	1
5	84	15	1
6	85	14	1
7	86	13	1
8	86	13	1
9	88	12	0
10	89	11	0
11	90	10	0
12	91	9	0
13	92	8	0
14	93	7	0
15	93	7	0
16	94	6	0
17	94	6	0
18	95	5	0
19	95	5	0
20	95	5	0
21	96	4	0
22	96	4	0
23	96	4	0
24	96	4	0
25	97	3	0
26	97	3	0
27	97	3	0
28	97	3	0
29	98	2	0
30	98	2	0
31	98	2	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	48	52

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	81	17	2
2	81	17	2
3	82	16	2
4	83	16	1
5	84	15	1
6	85	14	1
7	86	13	1
8	86	13	1
9	88	12	0
10	89	11	0
11	90	10	0
12	91	9	0
13	92	8	0
14	93	7	0
15	93	7	0
16	94	6	0
17	94	6	0
18	95	5	0
19	95	5	0
20	95	5	0
21	96	4	0
22	96	4	0
23	96	4	0
24	96	4	0
25	97	3	0
26	97	3	0
27	97	3	0
28	97	3	0
29	98	2	0
30	98	2	0
31	98	2	0