Lofoten weather in October

In October, Lofoten sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 164 mm of precipitation across 18.4 wet days and about 8.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 6°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of October to 6 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Lofoten's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lofoten's year-round climate.

Daytime high
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
164 mm
18.4 wet days
Daylight
8 h 42 min
7:26 AM – 4:08 PM
Cloud cover
71%
8th clearest
Wind
25 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
0.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.9
out of 10

Lofoten is town in Vågan Municipality, Norway.

Density
1,992/km²
people per km²
Founded
1918

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

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 6°C by the end.

A typical October day in Lofoten reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 4°C cooler than September and about 3°C warmer than November.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How October really feels in Lofoten

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 10 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
10
wind chill below the day's low

The story in October is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Lofoten weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°12117.813.51.80.0
Feb / -2°10416.312.66.90.0
Mar / -1°1011713110.0
Apr / 76146.715.20.0
May / 6212.41.119.90.8
Jun10° / 6110.90242.2
Jul13° / 11°6810.8022.43.5
Aug13° / 11°9013.2017.13.4
Sep11° / 13716.5012.82.2
Oct / 16418.42.28.70.9
Nov / 15619.17.33.90.0
Dec / 14418.810.500.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 70%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23664
33664
43763
53664
63664
73565
83466
93466
103466
113169
123169
133070
143070
152872
162872
172773
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192674
202674
212773
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Lofoten gets around 164 mm of rain and snow over 18.4 wet days in October, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 60% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1531
2531
3531
4531
5542
6542
7552
8563
9573
10583
11594
12594
13605
14616
15616
16617
17628
18629
19629
206310
216311
226311
236312
246312
256313
266314
276414
286415
296415
306416
316416

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in October

Winds average 25 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 23 km/h on the calmest days to 26 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
123breezy
223breezy
323breezy
423breezy
524breezy
624breezy
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3126breezy

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 min at the start of October to 6 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 258 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:28 AM to 8:29 AM, and sunset from 5:13 PM to 3:02 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.86:285:13
210.66:325:09
310.56:365:04
410.36:395:00
510.26:434:56
610.16:474:51
79.96:514:47
89.86:554:43
99.76:584:38
109.57:024:34
119.47:064:29
129.27:104:25
139.17:144:21
149.07:184:16
158.87:224:12
168.77:264:08
178.67:304:03
188.47:343:59
198.37:383:54
208.17:423:50
218.07:463:46
227.87:503:41
237.77:543:37
247.67:593:33
257.48:033:28
267.38:073:24
277.18:113:19
287.08:163:15
296.88:203:10
306.78:253:06
316.58:293:02

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 0.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0 kWh/m² to a high of 5.26 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 0.65 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.2Dim
21.2Dim
31.1Dim
41.1Dim
51.0Dim
61.0Dim
71.0Dim
80.9Dim
90.9Dim
100.8Dim
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310.3Dim
Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Lofoten?

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

0.9
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lofoten.

What to pack for Lofoten in October

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

In October, Lofoten sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat and a windbreaker. About 18 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coata windbreaker

Sea temperature near Lofoten in October

The nearest coast averages about 10°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 13°C and coldest in March near 4°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

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Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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Oct10Bracing
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Dec6Bracing

UV index in Lofoten in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lofoten peaks around July 14 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 2 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJul 14UV 4Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb0Low
Mar1Low
Apr2Low
May3Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep1Low
Oct0Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Lofoten?

Lofoten sits at 68.2°N, 14.6°E, 0 m above sea level, in Norway. The nearest listed city is Harstad, 102 km away.

Mo i RanaTromsoTromsdalenKirunaAltaBoden

Topography around Lofoten

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lofoten has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 599 m around an average of 66 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,033 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,332 m.

The land around Lofoten is covered by water (52%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, water (56%), grassland (21%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and water (67%) within 80 km.

3 km
599 m
16 km
1,033 m
80 km
1,332 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermoss and lichen
October weather nearby: Harstad 102 km · Bodø 106 km · Mo i Rana 214 km · Tromso 235 km · Tromsdalen 237 km · Kiruna 239 km · Alta 395 km · Boden 408 km

Norway travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 91% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$94,594
2025
Happiness
7.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
99%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
2.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 613
Religion
Church of Norway 68%other Christian 4%Muslim 3%Roman Catholic 3%

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 Lofoten (68.2342°, 14.5683°, 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).