Wałcz weather in October

In October, Wałcz sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 46 mm of precipitation across 10.2 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-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 17% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of October to 9 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Wałcz's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wałcz's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 46 mm; 10.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 6:31 AM – 4:47 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 7th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 1.61 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.1; out of 10

Wałcz is city and urban gmina of Poland.

Density: 681/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1303

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 Wałcz reaches about 12°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 7°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 6°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	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Avg low (°C)	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

How October really feels in Wałcz

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.

Wałcz weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	2° / -3°	47	10.6	4.6	7.8	0.0
Feb	3° / -2°	37	8.8	4.8	9.4	0.0
Mar	7° / -0°	48	10.5	2.7	11.5	0.8
Apr	13° / 4°	36	9.1	0.5	13.7	3.6
May	18° / 8°	59	11.5	0	15.6	5.5
Jun	21° / 11°	62	11.8	0	16.6	6.0
Jul	23° / 14°	89	12.6	0	16.2	6.4
Aug	23° / 13°	69	11.7	0	14.6	6.5
Sep	18° / 10°	52	9.2	0	12.4	5.6
Oct	12° / 6°	46	10.2	0.2	10.3	3.1
Nov	6° / 2°	38	9	1.7	8.4	0.6
Dec	3° / -1°	46	10.7	4.5	7.4	0.0

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 12% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

	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 (%)	31	30	30	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	31	31	32	31	32	31	31	30	30	29	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25
Cloudier (%)	69	70	70	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	69	69	68	69	68	69	69	70	70	71	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	74	75	75	75

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	32	68
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	29	71
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Wałcz gets around 46 mm of rain and snow over 10.2 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 32% and peaks near 35% 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 (%)	33	34	34	35	35	35	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32
Snow chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	33	0
2	34	0
3	34	0
4	35	0
5	35	0
6	35	0
7	35	0
8	34	0
9	34	0
10	33	0
11	33	0
12	32	0
13	32	0
14	31	0
15	31	0
16	31	0
17	31	0
18	31	0
19	31	0
20	31	0
21	31	1
22	31	1
23	31	1
24	31	1
25	31	1
26	31	1
27	31	1
28	32	1
29	32	1
30	32	2
31	32	2

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	100	0
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 14 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 13 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)	13	13	13	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	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	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	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	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	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 18 min at the start of October to 9 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 120 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 5:23 PM to 4:16 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)	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.3	9.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:03	6:05	6:07	6:09	6:10	6:12	6:14	6:16	6:18	6:20	6:22	6:23	6:25	6:27	6:29	6:31	6:33	6:35	6:37	6:39	6:41	6:42	6:44	6:46	6:48	6:50	6:52	6:54	6:56	6:58	7:00
Sunset (PM)	5:23	5:21	5:18	5:16	5:13	5:11	5:08	5:06	5:04	5:01	4:59	4:57	4:54	4:52	4:50	4:47	4:45	4:43	4:41	4:38	4:36	4:34	4:32	4:30	4:28	4:26	4:23	4:21	4:19	4:17	4:16

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:03	5:23
2	11.3	6:05	5:21
3	11.2	6:07	5:18
4	11.1	6:09	5:16
5	11.0	6:10	5:13
6	11.0	6:12	5:11
7	10.9	6:14	5:08
8	10.8	6:16	5:06
9	10.8	6:18	5:04
10	10.7	6:20	5:01
11	10.6	6:22	4:59
12	10.6	6:23	4:57
13	10.5	6:25	4:54
14	10.4	6:27	4:52
15	10.3	6:29	4:50
16	10.3	6:31	4:47
17	10.2	6:33	4:45
18	10.1	6:35	4:43
19	10.1	6:37	4:41
20	10.0	6:39	4:38
21	9.9	6:41	4:36
22	9.9	6:42	4:34
23	9.8	6:44	4:32
24	9.7	6:46	4:30
25	9.7	6:48	4:28
26	9.6	6:50	4:26
27	9.5	6:52	4:23
28	9.5	6:54	4:21
29	9.4	6:56	4:19
30	9.3	6:58	4:17
31	9.3	7:00	4:16

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 1.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.47 kWh/m² to a high of 5.3 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 1.61 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)	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	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	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	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	2.2	Moderate
2	2.2	Moderate
3	2.1	Moderate
4	2.1	Moderate
5	2.0	Moderate
6	2.0	Dim
7	1.9	Dim
8	1.9	Dim
9	1.9	Dim
10	1.8	Dim
11	1.8	Dim
12	1.8	Dim
13	1.7	Dim
14	1.7	Dim
15	1.7	Dim
16	1.6	Dim
17	1.6	Dim
18	1.6	Dim
19	1.5	Dim
20	1.5	Dim
21	1.4	Dim
22	1.4	Dim
23	1.4	Dim
24	1.3	Dim
25	1.3	Dim
26	1.3	Dim
27	1.2	Dim
28	1.2	Dim
29	1.2	Dim
30	1.1	Dim
31	1.1	Dim

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Wałcz?

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

3.1

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Wałcz.

What to pack for Wałcz in October

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

In October, Wałcz sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Wałcz 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 Wałcz peaks around June 17 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	4	5	6	6	5	4	2	1	0
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	5	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Wałcz?

Wałcz sits at 53.3°N, 16.5°E, 112 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Piła, 23 km away.

Topography around Wałcz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wałcz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 117 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 241 m.

The land around Wałcz is covered by trees (43%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and cropland (40%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

55 m

trees 43%

16 km

136 m

trees 49%

80 km

241 m

trees 50%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

October weather nearby: Piła 23 km · Trzcianka 26 km · Złotów 39 km · Chodzież 43 km · Szczecinek 50 km · Choszczno 71 km · Wągrowiec 71 km · Świdwin 72 km

Poland travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / E; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 52% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $28,420; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 89%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 9.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 600
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 Wałcz (53.2779°, 16.4712°, elevation 112 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	15	8
2	15	7
3	15	7
4	15	7
5	14	7
6	14	7
7	14	7
8	14	7
9	14	6
10	13	6
11	13	6
12	13	6
13	13	6
14	13	6
15	12	6
16	12	5
17	12	5
18	12	5
19	12	5
20	11	5
21	11	5
22	11	5
23	11	5
24	11	4
25	10	4
26	10	4
27	10	4
28	10	4
29	10	4
30	9	4
31	9	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	32	68
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	29	71
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	33	0
2	34	0
3	34	0
4	35	0
5	35	0
6	35	0
7	35	0
8	34	0
9	34	0
10	33	0
11	33	0
12	32	0
13	32	0
14	31	0
15	31	0
16	31	0
17	31	0
18	31	0
19	31	0
20	31	0
21	31	1
22	31	1
23	31	1
24	31	1
25	31	1
26	31	1
27	31	1
28	32	1
29	32	1
30	32	2
31	32	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	32	68
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	29	71
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	33	0
2	34	0
3	34	0
4	35	0
5	35	0
6	35	0
7	35	0
8	34	0
9	34	0
10	33	0
11	33	0
12	32	0
13	32	0
14	31	0
15	31	0
16	31	0
17	31	0
18	31	0
19	31	0
20	31	0
21	31	1
22	31	1
23	31	1
24	31	1
25	31	1
26	31	1
27	31	1
28	32	1
29	32	1
30	32	2
31	32	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	32	68
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	29	71
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	33	0
2	34	0
3	34	0
4	35	0
5	35	0
6	35	0
7	35	0
8	34	0
9	34	0
10	33	0
11	33	0
12	32	0
13	32	0
14	31	0
15	31	0
16	31	0
17	31	0
18	31	0
19	31	0
20	31	0
21	31	1
22	31	1
23	31	1
24	31	1
25	31	1
26	31	1
27	31	1
28	32	1
29	32	1
30	32	2
31	32	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	100	0
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