🇨🇭 Weather in Lugano in October
This is what the weather in Lugano (Ticino, Switzerland) was like in October in 2016–2025.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
15.8 °C
13.4 °C – 18.7 °C
Avg. night-time low
8.1 °C
5.8 °C – 11.3 °C
Avg. rain days in period
11.4
37 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
144 mm
9.8 mm – 239 mm
Avg. cloud cover
64 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
–
No sea nearby – no sea temperature.
Extremes: Highest temperature 27.9 °C (8 Oct 2023) · Lowest temperature 0.6 °C (12 Oct 2016) · Avg. daily peak wind 11 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 49Sunny
- 99Partly cloudy
- 48Cloudy
- 54Light rain
- 60Rain
Summary
- On average 15.8 °C during the day and 8.1 °C at night.
- On average 11.4 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 144 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Partly cloudy.
- Warmest year: 2022 (avg. 18.7 °C), coolest: 2020 (avg. 13.4 °C).
- Wettest year: 2020 (239 mm), driest: 2017 (9.8 mm).
- Extremes: 27.9 °C on 8 Oct 2023 and 0.6 °C on 12 Oct 2016.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
Charts
Temperatures per year
Average over your travel period
Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2025
Avg. max14.3°Avg. min7.4°- Rain days
- 10 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 62.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 61 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 19.6 °C · Min 2.3 °C
2024
Avg. max15.5°Avg. min9.7°- Rain days
- 20 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 238 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 72 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 19.0 °C · Min 3.9 °C
2023
Avg. max17.9°Avg. min10.0°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 189 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 65 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 27.9 °C · Min 3.7 °C
2022
Avg. max18.7°Avg. min11.3°- Rain days
- 11 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 110 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 64 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 22.5 °C · Min 9.3 °C
2021
Avg. max14.4°Avg. min6.0°- Rain days
- 8 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 99.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 56 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 17.8 °C · Min 1.1 °C
2020
Avg. max13.4°Avg. min6.2°- Rain days
- 14 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 239 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 79 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 17.5 °C · Min 1.2 °C
2019
Avg. max15.9°Avg. min8.6°- Rain days
- 15 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 192 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 66 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 20.0 °C · Min 3.9 °C
2018
Avg. max16.9°Avg. min8.6°- Rain days
- 9 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 208 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 57 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 21.0 °C · Min 3.9 °C
2017
Avg. max17.5°Avg. min7.1°- Rain days
- 3 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 9.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 56 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 21.5 °C · Min 1.8 °C
2016
Avg. max13.9°Avg. min5.8°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 95.3 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 65 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 19.1 °C · Min 0.6 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Lugano in October?
- Daytime highs averaged 15.8 °C, night-time lows 8.1 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 27.9 °C (8 Oct 2023), the lowest 0.6 °C (12 Oct 2016).
- How often does it rain in Lugano in October?
- On average there were 11.4 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 144 mm of precipitation in total.
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
- Natural Earth (public domain) · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) / OpenStreetMap (ODbL)