Madrid in October
In October, Madrid has 64.2 mm (2.53 in) of rain, a daily high of 20.0 °C (68.0 °F) and a daily low of 11.1 °C (52.0 °F), as 1991-2020 means; figures in brackets are converted.
Last updated : what the month is like; shorter source notes.
Best time to visit Madrid: October meets our rule. Expect 7.2 rain days and days that shorten by 1 h 16 min.
What October is like in Madrid
- In late October, flocks of sheep walk the streets from the Casa de Campo to the Palacio de Cibeles. There, fifty maravedís are handed over in a ceremony. Source: Diario de Madrid (Ayuntamiento de Madrid), CIEA Casa de Campo, checked .
- From early October to the end of November, the JAZZMADRID festival brings jazz from around the world to stages such as Contemporánea Condeduque. Source: esMadrid (Madrid City Council tourism), checked .
- In autumn, horse chestnuts line the paths of the Jardín de los Planteles, a shady corner of El Retiro. Their leaves turn yellow. Source: esMADRID (Madrid Destino, Ayuntamiento de Madrid), checked .
Key figures
Weather in October, 1991-2020 means
- Daily high
- 20.0 °C (68.0 °F)
- Daily low
- 11.1 °C (52.0 °F)
- Rain
- 64.2 mm (2.53 in) in the month
- Sunshine
- no data
Climate normals 1991-2020, computed by AEMET and submitted to the World Meteorological Organization. Checked .
Station: Madrid Retiro, 2.2 km from the city centre point.
How we define and convert these figures
Notes. Sunshine: the source file has no row for this measure.
Daylight on 15 October 2026
- Sunrise
- 08:26 local time
- Sunset
- 19:35 local time
- Day length
- 11 h 09 min
Day length 1-31 October: 11 h 46 min to 10 h 30 min, -1 h 16 min.
Source: NOAA Solar Calculator equations, checked .
Clocks go back one hour on Sunday 25 October 2026 at 03:00 (UTC+2 to UTC+1); in 2027 on 31 October.
Source: tz database 2026d, checked .
Month by month
Each month: daily high in °C, then rain in mm, 1991-2020 means.
WMO climate normals 1991-2020, as above, checked .
This month against the year
| Measure | October | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Daily high | 20.0 °C | 6th warmest |
| Daily low | 11.1 °C | 6th warmest |
| Rain | 64.2 mm | wettest |
| Sunshine | no data | no data |
| Day length | 11 h 09 min | 5th shortest |
Equal values share a rank. How we rank months
Madrid in October, on average: 7.2 rain days (1 mm or more), 0.0 frost days (low below 0 °C), 0.0 hot days (high 30 °C or more).
WMO climate normals 1991-2020, as above, checked .
Day length: NOAA solar equations, checked .
Public holidays this month
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| Monday | National Day |
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | National Day |
Typed from the official list and re-checked, .
English names are from the holidays library where the official list gives none. How we check holidays
Source: Official public holiday list (datos.madrid.es), checked ; holidays Python library, checked . Library: holidays 0.105.
Same month in 20 cities
Madrid is warmer than 9 of our 20 cities in October by mean daily high. How we rank cities
Closest high and low in October: New York (1.1 °C apart), Rome (1.8), Paris (2.4).
| City | Gap from Madrid, °C | High, °C | Low, °C | Rain, mm | Sunshine, hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid (this page) | — | 20.0 | 11.1 | 64.2 | no data |
| New York (closest) | 1.1 | 18.1 | 10.8 | 111.3 | no data |
| Rome (closest) | 1.8 | 22.2 | 12.4 | no data | no data |
| Paris (closest) | 2.4 | 16.5 | 9.9 | 55.2 | 118.0 |
| Buenos Aires | 2.5 | 22.6 | 13.4 | 122.9 | 205.4 |
| London | 2.9 | 15.9 | 9.5 | 66.9 | no data |
| Tokyo | 2.9 | 22.0 | 14.8 | 234.8 | 129.4 |
| Barcelona | 3.3 | 22.7 | 15.0 | 83.5 | 162.7 |
| Chicago | 3.3 | 17.1 | 7.4 | 87.1 | no data |
| Hiroshima | 3.8 | 23.7 | 14.9 | 109.2 | 178.6 |
| Osaka | 4.3 | 23.7 | 16.0 | 136.0 | 166.1 |
| Amsterdam | 4.4 | 14.7 | 7.7 | 86.7 | 116.9 |
| Seville | 4.8 | 26.0 | 14.7 | 75.4 | 244.4 |
| Vienna | 4.8 | 14.3 | 7.3 | 46.9 | 129.9 |
| Munich | 5.1 | 14.5 | 6.5 | 66.9 | 123.3 |
| Los Angeles | 5.2 | 25.9 | 15.5 | 14.7 | no data |
| Berlin | 5.3 | 14.0 | 6.6 | 43.9 | 115.0 |
| Prague | 5.7 | 13.9 | 5.8 | 36.0 | 108.0 |
| Hong Kong | 10.5 | 28.1 | 23.9 | 120.3 | 197.8 |
| Singapore | 12.9 | 31.8 | 25.0 | 168.3 | no data |
Sources (1991-2020): WMO climate normals and NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, checked , ; Hong Kong: our 1991-2020 mean of the Hong Kong Observatory daily climate series on DATA.GOV.HK; Singapore: our 1991-2020 mean of the National Environment Agency monthly climate series on data.gov.sg; both checked . Each city's page names its station. All sources in full on Methodology.
Hong Kong figures: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Hong Kong Observatory own the intellectual property rights in the data; attribution to them and DATA.GOV.HK. Licence: Terms and Conditions of Use of DATA.GOV.HK, version 1.2.
Singapore figures: Contains information from the National Environment Agency on data.gov.sg, made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0 (https://data.gov.sg/open-data-licence). The Agency does not endorse our means.
Sources
- WMO Member Nations (each national weather service's own submission); archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Attribution: WMO Member Nations (2023). WMO Climatological Standard Normals for 1991-2020 (NCEI Accession 0253808). Station files named in each record. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/800j-vn07. Accessed on the check date shown. Licence: No licence stated. Published by NOAA NCEI for WMO; citation requested. Checked .
- NOAA Solar Calculator equations, computed locally, NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory (method); City by Month (computation). Attribution: Computed with the NOAA Solar Calculator method (no NOAA endorsement implied). Licence: Method, not data. Checked .
- IANA Time Zone Database, read through the PyPI tzdata package. Attribution: IANA Time Zone Database. Licence: Public-domain data. Checked .
- holidays Python library, run locally. Attribution: holidays library, Vacanza team. Licence: MIT. Checked .
Official sources
Cite this page: City by Month. "Madrid in October: weather, daylight, holidays". https://citybymonth.com/cities/spain/madrid/october/. Last updated 5 November 2026.