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Moscow in October: every year compared

In October, Moscow averages highs of 8.5 °C and lows of 2.7 °C, with 59 mm of precipitation. The warmest October was 2020 (8.6 °C), the coldest 1976 (-1.6 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 8.5 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 2.7 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 59 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 11

Day by day through October

Normal high and low for each day of October in Moscow.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every October in Moscow, ranked

86 months of October since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 11 of 86 (+1.4 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 6.8 °C · +1.4 °C vs normal · rank 11 of 86

Warmest years

120208.6 °C
220088.5 °C
319678.4 °C
419748.1 °C
520198.1 °C

Coldest years

11976-1.6 °C
21946-0.7 °C
319921.8 °C
419591.9 °C
520022.3 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	6.8 °C	9.2 °C	4.8 °C	84 mm	1 day	0 cm	18 days
2024	7.1 °C	10.8 °C	3.9 °C	75 mm	4 days	8 cm	12 days
2023	5.0 °C	7.5 °C	2.4 °C	103 mm	11 days	15 cm	20 days
2022	6.7 °C	9.9 °C	3.6 °C	65 mm	6 days	1 cm	13 days
2021	5.7 °C	9.6 °C	2.0 °C	31 mm	8 days	1 cm	8 days
2020	8.6 °C	12.3 °C	5.4 °C	46 mm	1 day	0 cm	10 days
2019	8.1 °C	11.2 °C	5.1 °C	57 mm	6 days	4 cm	13 days
2018	6.6 °C	10.7 °C	2.8 °C	38 mm	5 days	4 cm	9 days
2017	4.6 °C	6.7 °C	2.6 °C	70 mm	8 days	8 cm	12 days
2016	4.2 °C	6.0 °C	2.4 °C	25 mm	9 days	7 cm	6 days
2015	3.8 °C	6.8 °C	0.6 °C	16 mm	12 days	2 cm	6 days
2014	3.2 °C	6.6 °C	-0.0 °C	38 mm	14 days	7 cm	7 days
2013	6.1 °C	9.0 °C	3.4 °C	27 mm	8 days	0 cm	5 days
2012	6.2 °C	9.0 °C	3.8 °C	126 mm	9 days	13 cm	17 days
2011	6.1 °C	8.7 °C	4.0 °C	38 mm	1 day	0 cm	8 days
2010	3.5 °C	7.2 °C	0.4 °C	33 mm	11 days	2 cm	9 days
2009	5.6 °C	8.7 °C	2.8 °C	122 mm	6 days	0 cm	14 days
2008	8.5 °C	11.5 °C	5.9 °C	53 mm	1 day	0 cm	13 days
2007	6.5 °C	9.2 °C	4.2 °C	84 mm	4 days	10 cm	14 days
2006	6.5 °C	8.9 °C	4.1 °C	54 mm	7 days	4 cm	14 days
2005	5.9 °C	10.7 °C	1.7 °C	43 mm	10 days	7 cm	8 days
2004	5.6 °C	8.2 °C	3.2 °C	68 mm	6 days	1 cm	13 days
2003	5.2 °C	8.0 °C	2.6 °C	40 mm	9 days	6 cm	8 days
2002	2.3 °C	4.7 °C	-0.1 °C	104 mm	18 days	16 cm	19 days
2001	4.8 °C	7.2 °C	2.8 °C	53 mm	12 days	0 cm	13 days
2000	6.9 °C	10.2 °C	4.2 °C	31 mm	2 days	0 cm	7 days
1999	7.1 °C	10.0 °C	4.5 °C	33 mm	6 days	2 cm	6 days
1998	5.3 °C	8.3 °C	2.5 °C	62 mm	6 days	1 cm	12 days
1997	3.6 °C	5.9 °C	1.2 °C	128 mm	13 days	11 cm	18 days
1996	5.4 °C	8.5 °C	2.7 °C	33 mm	10 days	1 cm	9 days
1995	6.3 °C	10.0 °C	2.9 °C	27 mm	8 days	0 cm	8 days
1994	4.7 °C	8.6 °C	1.0 °C	60 mm	12 days	2 cm	9 days
1993	4.1 °C	7.7 °C	0.6 °C	46 mm	17 days	14 cm	10 days
1992	1.8 °C	4.3 °C	-0.8 °C	116 mm	16 days	24 cm	16 days
1991	6.4 °C	9.4 °C	3.6 °C	94 mm	8 days	6 cm	11 days
1990	4.9 °C	7.9 °C	2.0 °C	56 mm	8 days	5 cm	8 days
1989	4.9 °C	7.2 °C	2.4 °C	129 mm	5 days	9 cm	19 days
1988	4.4 °C	7.9 °C	0.8 °C	24 mm	13 days	5 cm	7 days
1987	2.9 °C	7.0 °C	-0.2 °C	0 mm	14 days	0 cm	0 days
1986	3.7 °C	7.0 °C	0.7 °C	58 mm	15 days	4 cm	12 days
1985	5.7 °C	8.0 °C	3.6 °C	55 mm	7 days	8 cm	12 days
1984	6.3 °C	9.2 °C	3.5 °C	49 mm	6 days	1 cm	14 days
1983	5.6 °C	8.4 °C	2.8 °C	83 mm	6 days	3 cm	12 days
1982	3.7 °C	6.1 °C	1.1 °C	58 mm	11 days	16 cm	11 days
1981	7.2 °C	10.2 °C	4.4 °C	70 mm	2 days	0 cm	10 days
1980	4.7 °C	7.8 °C	1.7 °C	38 mm	9 days	3 cm	9 days
1979	3.1 °C	6.4 °C	0.8 °C	24 mm	12 days	4 cm	8 days
1978	3.0 °C	6.0 °C	0.2 °C	67 mm	18 days	3 cm	14 days
1977	2.6 °C	5.0 °C	0.2 °C	40 mm	14 days	7 cm	12 days
1976	-1.6 °C	1.8 °C	-4.6 °C	66 mm	24 days	19 cm	11 days
1975	3.6 °C	7.1 °C	-0.0 °C	34 mm	15 days	4 cm	10 days
1974	8.1 °C	11.8 °C	4.6 °C	73 mm	2 days	1 cm	12 days
1973	3.0 °C	5.3 °C	0.6 °C	104 mm	18 days	35 cm	17 days
1972	4.7 °C	7.2 °C	2.2 °C	92 mm	6 days	0 cm	22 days
1971	2.8 °C	5.1 °C	0.4 °C	132 mm	14 days	43 cm	21 days
1970	5.0 °C	6.8 °C	3.3 °C	132 mm	4 days	10 cm	18 days
1969	4.1 °C	6.6 °C	1.7 °C	51 mm	9 days	10 cm	13 days
1968	2.5 °C	5.2 °C	-0.3 °C	91 mm	14 days	10 cm	17 days
1967	8.4 °C	11.6 °C	5.2 °C	51 mm	4 days	0 cm	11 days
1966	5.5 °C	9.0 °C	1.9 °C	42 mm	10 days	10 cm	11 days
1965	3.5 °C	5.9 °C	0.9 °C	47 mm	12 days	10 cm	10 days
1964	6.7 °C	9.7 °C	3.9 °C	26 mm	2 days	1 cm	8 days
1963	5.5 °C	8.4 °C	2.7 °C	56 mm	5 days	0 cm	12 days
1962	6.0 °C	9.2 °C	3.2 °C	50 mm	6 days	4 cm	10 days
1961	6.1 °C	9.5 °C	3.3 °C	9 mm	1 day	0 cm	3 days
1960	2.3 °C	4.5 °C	-0.1 °C	77 mm	17 days	29 cm	14 days
1959	1.9 °C	4.3 °C	-0.6 °C	66 mm	15 days	25 cm	16 days
1958	5.6 °C	8.6 °C	3.1 °C	79 mm	7 days	15 cm	12 days
1957	4.8 °C	7.6 °C	2.2 °C	44 mm	7 days	0 cm	15 days
1956	4.4 °C	7.3 °C	1.9 °C	57 mm	9 days	2 cm	12 days
1955	7.4 °C	11.1 °C	4.5 °C	41 mm	3 days	0 cm	4 days
1954	5.2 °C	8.1 °C	2.8 °C	72 mm	4 days	4 cm	16 days
1953	5.5 °C	7.8 °C	3.4 °C	58 mm	7 days	2 cm	8 days
1952	3.8 °C	6.0 °C	2.0 °C	95 mm	7 days	8 cm	14 days
1951	2.7 °C	5.0 °C	0.7 °C	7 mm	9 days	1 cm	4 days
1950	4.7 °C	7.8 °C	2.4 °C	38 mm	10 days	0 cm	9 days
1949	4.5 °C	8.5 °C	1.2 °C	49 mm	9 days	1 cm	13 days
1948	4.9 °C	7.4 °C	2.3 °C	58 mm	7 days	14 cm	13 days
1947	3.6 °C	6.0 °C	1.5 °C	50 mm	14 days	5 cm	9 days
1946	-0.7 °C	2.0 °C	-3.8 °C	49 mm	26 days	12 cm	13 days
1945	3.0 °C	5.4 °C	0.3 °C	58 mm	17 days	13 cm	12 days
1944	5.8 °C	9.2 °C	2.7 °C	13 mm	8 days	0 cm	4 days
1943	5.6 °C	9.4 °C	2.1 °C	10 mm	13 days	3 cm	3 days
1942	6.2 °C	9.4 °C	3.2 °C	63 mm	4 days	1 cm	12 days
1941	2.5 °C	5.0 °C	0.1 °C	52 mm	14 days	9 cm	14 days
1940	2.8 °C	5.1 °C	0.7 °C	26 mm	12 days	3 cm	8 days

October records

Hottest day

24.2 °C

October 6, 1999 estimate

Coldest night

-16.2 °C

October 31, 1966 estimate

Wettest day

41 mm

October 10, 1983 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is Moscow in October?

Highs average 8.5 °C and lows 2.7 °C. A typical October brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 9 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Moscow in October?

About 59 mm falls in October, over some 11 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest October was 1970 (132 mm), the driest 1987 (0 mm).

What was the warmest October in Moscow?

2020, with a mean temperature of 8.6 °C. The coldest was 1976 (-1.6 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 11 of 86.