Cuenca weather in October

In October, Cuenca sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 67 mm of rain across 8.8 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Cuenca's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cuenca's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 67 mm; 8.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 7:26 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover: 52%; 6th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.54 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

Cuenca is city in the municipality of Cuenca, Spain.

Air quality: Good; PM10 24.6 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 21°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical October day in Cuenca reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 24°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)	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6

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

How October really feels in Cuenca

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.

Cuenca weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 0°	49	8.2	2	9.5	1.9
Feb	11° / 1°	44	7.9	2.3	10.4	2.7
Mar	14° / 3°	56	8.7	1.2	11.7	4.3
Apr	16° / 5°	66	9.8	0.5	13	5.2
May	21° / 9°	57	9	0	14.2	6.7
Jun	27° / 14°	32	5.8	0	14.8	7.4
Jul	31° / 17°	10	2.1	0	14.6	5.9
Aug	30° / 17°	18	3.7	0	13.6	6.0
Sep	25° / 13°	36	6	0	12.3	7.6
Oct	19° / 8°	67	8.8	0	10.9	6.2
Nov	13° / 4°	62	8.5	0.5	9.8	3.6
Dec	9° / 1°	58	8.5	1.3	9.2	2.1

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	65	65	64	64	63	63	62	62	61	59	58	57	54	53	52	51	50	49	49	48	47	49	49	48	48	47	48	48	49	48	48
Cloudier (%)	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	41	42	43	46	47	48	49	50	51	51	52	53	51	51	52	52	53	52	52	51	52	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	61	39
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	54	46
14	53	47
15	52	48
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	49	51
30	48	52
31	48	52

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Cuenca gets around 67 mm of rain over 8.8 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 rain averages around 29% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	22	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	25	26	28	29	30	31	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	30

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

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

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:10 AM to 7:43 AM, and sunset from 6:45 PM to 6:01 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)	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:41	7:42	7:43
Sunset (PM)	6:45	6:43	6:42	6:40	6:38	6:37	6:35	6:34	6:32	6:30	6:29	6:27	6:26	6:24	6:23	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:17	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:02	6:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	7:10	6:45
2	11.5	7:11	6:43
3	11.5	7:12	6:42
4	11.4	7:13	6:40
5	11.4	7:14	6:38
6	11.4	7:15	6:37
7	11.3	7:16	6:35
8	11.3	7:17	6:34
9	11.2	7:18	6:32
10	11.2	7:19	6:30
11	11.1	7:21	6:29
12	11.1	7:22	6:27
13	11.1	7:23	6:26
14	11.0	7:24	6:24
15	11.0	7:25	6:23
16	10.9	7:26	6:21
17	10.9	7:27	6:20
18	10.8	7:28	6:18
19	10.8	7:29	6:17
20	10.8	7:30	6:15
21	10.7	7:31	6:14
22	10.7	7:33	6:13
23	10.6	7:34	6:11
24	10.6	7:35	6:10
25	10.5	7:36	6:09
26	10.5	7:37	6:07
27	10.5	7:38	6:06
28	10.4	7:39	6:05
29	10.4	7:41	6:04
30	10.3	7:42	6:02
31	10.3	7:43	6:01

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 3.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.91 kWh/m² to a high of 7.73 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 3.54 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)	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.1	Bright
7	4.0	Bright
8	4.0	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.7	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.4	Moderate
18	3.4	Moderate
19	3.3	Moderate
20	3.3	Moderate
21	3.2	Moderate
22	3.2	Moderate
23	3.1	Moderate
24	3.1	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.0	Moderate
27	3.0	Moderate
28	3.0	Moderate
29	2.9	Moderate
30	2.9	Moderate
31	2.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Cuenca?

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

6.2

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

2.6

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Cuenca for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cuenca in October

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

In October, Cuenca sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Cuenca in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cuenca peaks around July 14 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	6	7	7	9	11	8	7	4	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	Very high
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Cuenca?

Cuenca sits at 40.1°N, 2.1°W, 941 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Tarancón, 75 km away.

Topography around Cuenca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cuenca has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 331 m around an average of 988 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 560 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,370 m.

The land around Cuenca is covered by cropland (26%), trees (23%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

331 m

cropland 26%

16 km

560 m

trees 46%

80 km

1,370 m

trees 42%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

October weather nearby: Tarancón 75 km · Teruel 93 km · La Roda 96 km · Villarrobledo 97 km · Guadalajara 107 km · Requena 109 km · Azuqueca de Henares 111 km · Campo de Criptana 112 km

Spain travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 65% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $38,627; 2025
Happiness: 6.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 99%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 540
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 Cuenca (40.0667°, -2.1333°, elevation 941 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	22	10
2	22	10
3	21	10
4	21	10
5	21	10
6	21	10
7	21	10
8	20	9
9	20	9
10	20	9
11	20	9
12	19	9
13	19	9
14	19	9
15	19	9
16	19	9
17	18	8
18	18	8
19	18	8
20	18	8
21	18	8
22	17	8
23	17	8
24	17	8
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7
31	16	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	61	39
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	54	46
14	53	47
15	52	48
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	49	51
30	48	52
31	48	52

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	61	39
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	54	46
14	53	47
15	52	48
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	49	51
30	48	52
31	48	52

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	61	39
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	54	46
14	53	47
15	52	48
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	49	51
30	48	52
31	48	52

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

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