Moscow is typically cool in October.

Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +15°C to +8°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from +7°C to +2°C.

Pack a sweater and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.

Take a look at how October is compared to other months in Moscow:

October weather is still as ok as in September. It’s getting colder in October. From +15°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +8°C. As October arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 62 mm to 45 mm. Humidity rises from 80% to 83%. Winds are stronger in comparison to September, going up from 2 m/s to 3 m/s on average. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 2 sunny days during the month.

November brings much the same weather, it remains ok.

Here’s how October is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:

The climate in Moscow in October has not changed much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1987 (+6°C) and the highest in 2024 (+11°C). The driest year was 2014 with only 262 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 1980 with 601 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Moscow, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.