Leeuwarden weather in October

In October, Leeuwarden sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 75 mm of rain across 13.8 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 Leeuwarden's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Leeuwarden's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 75 mm; 13.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 7:14 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 8th clearest
Wind: 21 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 1.75 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.4; out of 10

Leeuwarden is capital city of Friesland, the Netherlands.

Density: 1,483/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1435

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 12°C by the end.

A typical October day in Leeuwarden reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 4°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)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	11	11	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	8	8

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

How October really feels in Leeuwarden

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.

Leeuwarden weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	5° / 2°	65	12.9	1.1	7.9	0.1
Feb	6° / 2°	49	10.4	1.6	9.4	0.2
Mar	8° / 3°	48	10.8	0.8	11.5	1.3
Apr	12° / 6°	41	9.3	0	13.6	3.1
May	15° / 9°	57	10.8	0	15.6	4.6
Jun	18° / 12°	65	11.7	0	16.6	5.4
Jul	20° / 14°	78	13.2	0	16.2	5.9
Aug	20° / 15°	84	13.9	0	14.5	5.8
Sep	17° / 12°	75	12.8	0	12.4	5.1
Oct	14° / 9°	75	13.8	0	10.3	3.4
Nov	9° / 6°	66	13.9	0.1	8.4	1.6
Dec	6° / 3°	71	13.4	1.1	7.4	0.5

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 69%.

	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	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	31	31	31	32	32	32	31	31	32	32	32	31	32	32	32	31	30	30	30	30	30	28
Cloudier (%)	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	68	69	69	69	68	68	68	69	69	68	68	68	69	68	68	68	69	70	70	70	70	70	72

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

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Leeuwarden gets around 75 mm of rain over 13.8 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 48% 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 (%)	48	48	48	47	46	45	45	44	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	44	45	45	46	46	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	48
3	48
4	47
5	46
6	45
7	45
8	44
9	43
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	43
18	43
19	44
20	45
21	45
22	46
23	46
24	47
25	47
26	48
27	48
28	48
29	48
30	48
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 90% 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 (%)	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	88	89	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	94	95	95	96	96	97	97	97	98	98
Comfortable (%)	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	79	21
2	80	20
3	81	19
4	82	18
5	83	17
6	84	16
7	85	15
8	86	14
9	87	13
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	94	6
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in October

Winds average 21 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 22 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)	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
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	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	19	light breeze
2	19	light breeze
3	19	light breeze
4	20	light breeze
5	20	light breeze
6	20	light breeze
7	20	light breeze
8	20	light breeze
9	20	light breeze
10	20	light breeze
11	20	light breeze
12	20	light breeze
13	20	light breeze
14	20	breezy
15	20	breezy
16	20	breezy
17	20	breezy
18	21	breezy
19	21	breezy
20	21	breezy
21	21	breezy
22	21	breezy
23	21	breezy
24	21	breezy
25	22	breezy
26	22	breezy
27	22	breezy
28	22	breezy
29	22	breezy
30	22	breezy
31	22	breezy

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 6:46 AM to 7:42 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 4:58 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)	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.1	11.1	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)	6:46	6:47	6:49	6:51	6:53	6:55	6:57	6:59	7:00	7:02	7:04	7:06	7:08	7:10	7:12	7:14	7:15	7:17	7:19	7:21	7:23	7:25	7:27	7:29	7:31	7:33	7:35	7:36	7:38	7:40	7:42
Sunset (PM)	6:06	6:03	6:01	5:58	5:56	5:54	5:51	5:49	5:46	5:44	5:42	5:39	5:37	5:35	5:32	5:30	5:28	5:26	5:23	5:21	5:19	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:10	5:08	5:06	5:04	5:02	5:00	4:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:46	6:06
2	11.3	6:47	6:03
3	11.2	6:49	6:01
4	11.1	6:51	5:58
5	11.1	6:53	5:56
6	11.0	6:55	5:54
7	10.9	6:57	5:51
8	10.8	6:59	5:49
9	10.8	7:00	5:46
10	10.7	7:02	5:44
11	10.6	7:04	5:42
12	10.6	7:06	5:39
13	10.5	7:08	5:37
14	10.4	7:10	5:35
15	10.3	7:12	5:32
16	10.3	7:14	5:30
17	10.2	7:15	5:28
18	10.1	7:17	5:26
19	10.1	7:19	5:23
20	10.0	7:21	5:21
21	9.9	7:23	5:19
22	9.9	7:25	5:17
23	9.8	7:27	5:15
24	9.7	7:29	5:13
25	9.7	7:31	5:10
26	9.6	7:33	5:08
27	9.5	7:35	5:06
28	9.5	7:36	5:04
29	9.4	7:38	5:02
30	9.3	7:40	5:00
31	9.3	7:42	4:58

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 1.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.52 kWh/m² to a high of 5.75 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 1.75 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)	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.3	Moderate
2	2.3	Moderate
3	2.3	Moderate
4	2.2	Moderate
5	2.2	Moderate
6	2.1	Moderate
7	2.1	Moderate
8	2.0	Moderate
9	2.0	Moderate
10	2.0	Dim
11	1.9	Dim
12	1.9	Dim
13	1.9	Dim
14	1.8	Dim
15	1.8	Dim
16	1.8	Dim
17	1.7	Dim
18	1.7	Dim
19	1.6	Dim
20	1.6	Dim
21	1.6	Dim
22	1.5	Dim
23	1.5	Dim
24	1.5	Dim
25	1.4	Dim
26	1.4	Dim
27	1.4	Dim
28	1.3	Dim
29	1.3	Dim
30	1.3	Dim
31	1.2	Dim

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Leeuwarden?

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

3.4

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Leeuwarden.

What to pack for Leeuwarden in October

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

In October, Leeuwarden sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and a windbreaker. About 14 days see rain.

rain geara warm layera windbreaker

Sea temperature near Leeuwarden in October

The nearest coast averages about 14°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 23 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 5°C.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	6	5	6	8	11	15	17	18	17	14	11	8
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	6	Bracing
Feb	5	Bracing
Mar	6	Bracing
Apr	8	Bracing
May	11	Bracing
Jun	15	Bracing
Jul	17	Cool
Aug	18	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	11	Bracing
Dec	8	Bracing

UV index in Leeuwarden 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 Leeuwarden peaks around June 23 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (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	3	5	6	6	6	4	2	1	1
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	3	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Leeuwarden?

Leeuwarden sits at 53.2°N, 5.8°E, 1 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Sneek, 21 km away.

Topography around Leeuwarden

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Leeuwarden has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m.

The land around Leeuwarden is covered by artificial surfaces (42%), grassland (28%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, grassland (71%) within 16 km, and water (49%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

17 m

artificial surfaces 42%

16 km

21 m

grassland 71%

80 km

62 m

water 49%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

October weather nearby: Sneek 21 km · Drachten 22 km · Harlingen 26 km · Heerenveen 28 km · Leek 38 km · Groningen 50 km · Korrewegwijk 51 km · Steenwijk 51 km

The Netherlands travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 84% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $73,684; 2025
Happiness: 7.2 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 624
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 Leeuwarden (53.2027°, 5.8097°, elevation 1 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	16	11
2	15	11
3	15	10
4	15	10
5	15	10
6	15	10
7	15	10
8	15	10
9	14	10
10	14	10
11	14	9
12	14	9
13	14	9
14	14	9
15	14	9
16	13	9
17	13	9
18	13	9
19	13	9
20	13	9
21	13	8
22	13	8
23	13	8
24	12	8
25	12	8
26	12	8
27	12	8
28	12	8
29	12	8
30	12	8
31	12	8

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	48
3	48
4	47
5	46
6	45
7	45
8	44
9	43
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	43
18	43
19	44
20	45
21	45
22	46
23	46
24	47
25	47
26	48
27	48
28	48
29	48
30	48
31	47

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	79	21
2	80	20
3	81	19
4	82	18
5	83	17
6	84	16
7	85	15
8	86	14
9	87	13
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	94	6
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	48
3	48
4	47
5	46
6	45
7	45
8	44
9	43
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	43
18	43
19	44
20	45
21	45
22	46
23	46
24	47
25	47
26	48
27	48
28	48
29	48
30	48
31	47

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	79	21
2	80	20
3	81	19
4	82	18
5	83	17
6	84	16
7	85	15
8	86	14
9	87	13
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	94	6
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	48
3	48
4	47
5	46
6	45
7	45
8	44
9	43
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	43
18	43
19	44
20	45
21	45
22	46
23	46
24	47
25	47
26	48
27	48
28	48
29	48
30	48
31	47

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	79	21
2	80	20
3	81	19
4	82	18
5	83	17
6	84	16
7	85	15
8	86	14
9	87	13
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	94	6
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	98	2
31	98	2