Palencia weather in October

In October, Palencia sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 56 mm of rain across 8.6 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 30% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Palencia's 6th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Palencia's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 56 mm; 8.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 7:38 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 6th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 3.2 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.0; out of 10

Palencia is Spanish city, capital of the homonymous municipality in Castilla y León, Spain.

Air quality: Good; PM10 20.6 µg/m³ · 2010

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 Palencia reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°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)	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7

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

How October really feels in Palencia

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.

Palencia 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	8° / 2°	42	8.2	1.1	9.3	1.6
Feb	10° / 2°	32	6.9	1.3	10.3	2.6
Mar	14° / 4°	38	8.2	0.4	11.7	4.3
Apr	16° / 6°	50	10.3	0.1	13.1	5.0
May	20° / 9°	51	9.5	0	14.3	6.5
Jun	26° / 13°	30	6.2	0	15	7.5
Jul	29° / 15°	18	3.7	0	14.7	6.7
Aug	29° / 15°	14	3	0	13.7	6.9
Sep	24° / 12°	29	5.5	0	12.3	7.7
Oct	18° / 9°	56	8.6	0	10.9	6.0
Nov	12° / 5°	52	9.1	0.2	9.6	3.2
Dec	9° / 2°	46	7.8	0.5	9	1.8

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%. 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 (%)	57	57	56	56	55	54	54	52	51	50	49	47	46	45	44	43	43	43	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	39
Cloudier (%)	43	43	44	44	45	46	46	48	49	50	51	53	54	55	56	57	57	57	59	59	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	61

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	55	45
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	52	48
9	51	49
10	50	50
11	49	51
12	47	53
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	44	56
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61
31	39	61

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Palencia gets around 56 mm of rain over 8.6 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 28% 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 (%)	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	25	26	27	28	29	29	30	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	32

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

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 (%)	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1

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

Wind in October

Winds average 11 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	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	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 12 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 7:20 AM to 7:56 AM, and sunset from 6:54 PM to 6:07 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	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	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	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:20	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:54	7:55	7:56
Sunset (PM)	6:54	6:52	6:50	6:48	6:47	6:45	6:43	6:42	6:40	6:38	6:37	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:30	6:28	6:27	6:25	6:24	6:22	6:21	6:19	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	7:20	6:54
2	11.5	7:22	6:52
3	11.5	7:23	6:50
4	11.4	7:24	6:48
5	11.4	7:25	6:47
6	11.3	7:26	6:45
7	11.3	7:27	6:43
8	11.2	7:28	6:42
9	11.2	7:30	6:40
10	11.1	7:31	6:38
11	11.1	7:32	6:37
12	11.0	7:33	6:35
13	11.0	7:34	6:33
14	10.9	7:35	6:32
15	10.9	7:37	6:30
16	10.8	7:38	6:28
17	10.8	7:39	6:27
18	10.8	7:40	6:25
19	10.7	7:41	6:24
20	10.7	7:43	6:22
21	10.6	7:44	6:21
22	10.6	7:45	6:19
23	10.5	7:46	6:18
24	10.5	7:47	6:16
25	10.4	7:49	6:15
26	10.4	7:50	6:14
27	10.4	7:51	6:12
28	10.3	7:52	6:11
29	10.3	7:54	6:10
30	10.2	7:55	6:08
31	10.2	7:56	6:07

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 3.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.5 kWh/m² to a high of 7.5 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 3.2 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)	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5
Level	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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.1	Bright
2	4.0	Bright
3	4.0	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.4	Moderate
12	3.4	Moderate
13	3.3	Moderate
14	3.3	Moderate
15	3.2	Moderate
16	3.1	Moderate
17	3.1	Moderate
18	3.0	Moderate
19	3.0	Moderate
20	2.9	Moderate
21	2.9	Moderate
22	2.8	Moderate
23	2.8	Moderate
24	2.7	Moderate
25	2.7	Moderate
26	2.7	Moderate
27	2.6	Moderate
28	2.6	Moderate
29	2.6	Moderate
30	2.5	Moderate
31	2.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Palencia?

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

6.0

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

2.3

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Palencia for sightseeing.

What to pack for Palencia in October

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

In October, Palencia sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Palencia in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Palencia peaks around July 16 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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	2	5	6	7	9	10	9	6	5	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Palencia?

Palencia sits at 42.0°N, 4.5°W, 739 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Valladolid, 43 km away.

Topography around Palencia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Palencia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m around an average of 750 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 702 m.

The land around Palencia is covered by cropland (37%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, cropland (67%) within 16 km, and cropland (77%) within 80 km.

3 km

149 m

cropland 37%

16 km

193 m

cropland 67%

80 km

702 m

cropland 77%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

October weather nearby: Valladolid 43 km · Laguna de Duero 50 km · Burgos 77 km · Aranda de Duero 79 km · Gamonal 80 km · Medina del Campo 84 km · Benavente 95 km · Arevalo 107 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 Palencia (42.0095°, -4.5241°, elevation 739 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	21	10
2	21	10
3	21	10
4	21	10
5	21	10
6	20	10
7	20	10
8	20	10
9	20	9
10	19	9
11	19	9
12	19	9
13	19	9
14	19	9
15	18	9
16	18	9
17	18	9
18	18	9
19	18	8
20	17	8
21	17	8
22	17	8
23	17	8
24	17	8
25	16	8
26	16	8
27	16	8
28	16	7
29	16	7
30	16	7
31	15	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	55	45
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	52	48
9	51	49
10	50	50
11	49	51
12	47	53
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	44	56
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61
31	39	61

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	55	45
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	52	48
9	51	49
10	50	50
11	49	51
12	47	53
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	44	56
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61
31	39	61

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	55	45
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	52	48
9	51	49
10	50	50
11	49	51
12	47	53
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	44	56
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61
31	39	61

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

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