Galdakao weather in October

In October, Galdakao sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 106 mm of rain across 14 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 10 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Galdakao's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Galdakao's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 106 mm; 14 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 7:33 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 5th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 2.82 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.4; out of 10

Galdakao is capital town of the municipality of Galdácano, Spain.

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 17°C by the end.

A typical October day in Galdakao reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 3°C cooler than September and about 4°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	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11

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

Galdakao weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 6°	119	15	0.9	9.2	2.4
Feb	12° / 6°	107	13.6	1.4	10.2	2.6
Mar	13° / 7°	103	13.5	0.5	11.6	3.5
Apr	15° / 9°	105	15.4	0.1	13.2	3.8
May	17° / 11°	90	14.5	0	14.5	5.0
Jun	20° / 14°	71	11.5	0	15.1	6.0
Jul	22° / 16°	62	10.6	0	14.9	6.7
Aug	23° / 16°	60	10.9	0	13.8	6.8
Sep	21° / 15°	70	11.5	0	12.3	6.2
Oct	18° / 12°	106	14	0	10.8	5.4
Nov	14° / 9°	145	15.5	0.1	9.5	3.5
Dec	12° / 7°	114	14.6	0.5	8.9	2.7

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

	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 (%)	43	43	43	42	42	42	41	42	42	42	43	43	44	43	43	45	45	45	44	45	45	44	44	44	44	42	42	42	40	39	39
Cloudier (%)	57	57	57	58	58	58	59	58	58	58	57	57	56	57	57	55	55	55	56	55	55	56	56	56	56	58	58	58	60	61	61

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	42	58
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	44	56
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	44	56
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	40	60
30	39	61
31	39	61

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Galdakao gets around 106 mm of rain over 14 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 45% and peaks near 47% 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 (%)	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	46	46	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	45
3	45
4	45
5	46
6	46
7	46
8	46
9	46
10	46
11	46
12	46
13	46
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	44
21	44
22	44
23	44
24	44
25	44
26	44
27	45
28	45
29	46
30	46
31	47

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 68% 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 (%)	50	51	52	54	55	57	58	60	61	62	63	64	66	66	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	81	83	84	85	86
Comfortable (%)	37	37	36	35	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	30	29	28	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	17	16	15	14
Humid (%)	13	12	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	6	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	50	37	13
2	51	37	12
3	52	36	12
4	54	35	11
5	55	35	10
6	57	34	9
7	58	34	8
8	60	33	7
9	61	33	6
10	62	32	6
11	63	32	5
12	64	32	4
13	66	31	3
14	66	31	3
15	68	30	2
16	69	29	2
17	70	28	2
18	71	28	1
19	72	27	1
20	73	26	1
21	74	25	1
22	75	24	1
23	76	23	1
24	77	22	1
25	78	21	1
26	79	20	1
27	81	19	0
28	83	17	0
29	84	16	0
30	85	15	0
31	86	14	0

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	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	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

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	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 30 min at the start of October to 10 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 84 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:14 AM to 7:52 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 5:58 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	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:14	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:51	7:52
Sunset (PM)	6:46	6:45	6:43	6:41	6:39	6:37	6:36	6:34	6:32	6:30	6:29	6:27	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:15	6:14	6:12	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:06	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	7:14	6:46
2	11.5	7:16	6:45
3	11.4	7:17	6:43
4	11.4	7:18	6:41
5	11.3	7:19	6:39
6	11.3	7:20	6:37
7	11.2	7:22	6:36
8	11.2	7:23	6:34
9	11.1	7:24	6:32
10	11.1	7:25	6:30
11	11.0	7:26	6:29
12	11.0	7:28	6:27
13	10.9	7:29	6:25
14	10.9	7:30	6:23
15	10.8	7:31	6:22
16	10.8	7:33	6:20
17	10.7	7:34	6:19
18	10.7	7:35	6:17
19	10.6	7:36	6:15
20	10.6	7:38	6:14
21	10.6	7:39	6:12
22	10.5	7:40	6:11
23	10.5	7:42	6:09
24	10.4	7:43	6:08
25	10.4	7:44	6:06
26	10.3	7:45	6:05
27	10.3	7:47	6:03
28	10.2	7:48	6:02
29	10.2	7:49	6:01
30	10.1	7:51	5:59
31	10.1	7:52	5:58

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 2.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.4 kWh/m² to a high of 5.85 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 2.82 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)	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3
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	3.5	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.2	Moderate
7	3.2	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	2.9	Moderate
14	2.9	Moderate
15	2.8	Moderate
16	2.8	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.7	Moderate
19	2.7	Moderate
20	2.7	Moderate
21	2.6	Moderate
22	2.6	Moderate
23	2.6	Moderate
24	2.5	Moderate
25	2.5	Moderate
26	2.5	Moderate
27	2.4	Moderate
28	2.4	Moderate
29	2.3	Moderate
30	2.3	Moderate
31	2.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Galdakao?

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

5.4

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

1.9

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Galdakao for sightseeing.

What to pack for Galdakao in October

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

In October, Galdakao sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Galdakao in October

The nearest coast averages about 18°C in October — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 28 km away) is warmest in August at about 22°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jul 11 to Sep 21 — about 2.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	13	13	13	13	15	18	21	22	20	18	16	14
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	13	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	13	Bracing
Apr	13	Bracing
May	15	Cool
Jun	18	Cool
Jul	21	Refreshing
Aug	22	Refreshing
Sep	20	Refreshing
Oct	18	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Galdakao 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 Galdakao peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (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	2	5	6	6	8	9	8	5	4	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	6	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Galdakao?

Galdakao sits at 43.2°N, 2.8°W, 57 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Basauri, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Galdakao

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Galdakao has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 390 m around an average of 163 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 987 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,670 m.

The land around Galdakao is covered by trees (76%) within 3 km, trees (73%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and water (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

390 m

trees 76%

16 km

987 m

trees 73%

80 km

1,670 m

trees 42%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

October weather nearby: Basauri 4.0 km · Santutxu 6.0 km · Bilbao 8.0 km · Amorebieta 9.0 km · Erandio 13 km · Laudio / Llodio 14 km · Mungia 14 km · Barakaldo 14 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 Galdakao (43.2307°, -2.8429°, elevation 57 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	42	58
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	44	56
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	44	56
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	40	60
30	39	61
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	45
3	45
4	45
5	46
6	46
7	46
8	46
9	46
10	46
11	46
12	46
13	46
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	44
21	44
22	44
23	44
24	44
25	44
26	44
27	45
28	45
29	46
30	46
31	47

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	50	37	13
2	51	37	12
3	52	36	12
4	54	35	11
5	55	35	10
6	57	34	9
7	58	34	8
8	60	33	7
9	61	33	6
10	62	32	6
11	63	32	5
12	64	32	4
13	66	31	3
14	66	31	3
15	68	30	2
16	69	29	2
17	70	28	2
18	71	28	1
19	72	27	1
20	73	26	1
21	74	25	1
22	75	24	1
23	76	23	1
24	77	22	1
25	78	21	1
26	79	20	1
27	81	19	0
28	83	17	0
29	84	16	0
30	85	15	0
31	86	14	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	42	58
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	44	56
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	44	56
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	40	60
30	39	61
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	45
3	45
4	45
5	46
6	46
7	46
8	46
9	46
10	46
11	46
12	46
13	46
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	44
21	44
22	44
23	44
24	44
25	44
26	44
27	45
28	45
29	46
30	46
31	47

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	50	37	13
2	51	37	12
3	52	36	12
4	54	35	11
5	55	35	10
6	57	34	9
7	58	34	8
8	60	33	7
9	61	33	6
10	62	32	6
11	63	32	5
12	64	32	4
13	66	31	3
14	66	31	3
15	68	30	2
16	69	29	2
17	70	28	2
18	71	28	1
19	72	27	1
20	73	26	1
21	74	25	1
22	75	24	1
23	76	23	1
24	77	22	1
25	78	21	1
26	79	20	1
27	81	19	0
28	83	17	0
29	84	16	0
30	85	15	0
31	86	14	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	42	58
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	44	56
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	44	56
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	40	60
30	39	61
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	45
3	45
4	45
5	46
6	46
7	46
8	46
9	46
10	46
11	46
12	46
13	46
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	44
21	44
22	44
23	44
24	44
25	44
26	44
27	45
28	45
29	46
30	46
31	47

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	50	37	13
2	51	37	12
3	52	36	12
4	54	35	11
5	55	35	10
6	57	34	9
7	58	34	8
8	60	33	7
9	61	33	6
10	62	32	6
11	63	32	5
12	64	32	4
13	66	31	3
14	66	31	3
15	68	30	2
16	69	29	2
17	70	28	2
18	71	28	1
19	72	27	1
20	73	26	1
21	74	25	1
22	75	24	1
23	76	23	1
24	77	22	1
25	78	21	1
26	79	20	1
27	81	19	0
28	83	17	0
29	84	16	0
30	85	15	0
31	86	14	0