Barcelona in October
Around 18 °C by day, sea 21.9 °C. Warm enough to swim. Quieter than the peak: 3 out of 5 against 4.
October in Barcelona is 18 °C by day and 21.9 °C in the sea. Technically you can still swim; in practice the city beaches are already chilly. The city itself, though, is at its easiest this month: the heat has gone and the summer crowd with it.
For anyone moving, October in Barcelona is the rain test. By AEMET's climate normals autumn is the wettest season here; the year has 56 rainy days, and it comes down hard and briefly. The city is built for it, but a street in a downpour is worth seeing before you sign a lease. The square metre here costs €4,595 on the ministry's appraisal — on the whole mainland only San Sebastián at €5,186 and neighbouring Sitges at €4,924 are dearer.
Towns nearby in October
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 18 | 21.9 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 4 595appraised |
| Mataró | 18 | 21.3 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 2 512appraised |
| Badalona | 18 | 21.9 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 2 769appraised |
| Castelldefels | 18 | 22.3 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 4 327appraised |
| Sitges | 18 | 22.3 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 4 924appraised |
The winter column is a 1-to-5 score: how many cafés, hotels and shops run in January compared with the best month of the year. Where a village has no government figure of its own, it is our estimate. Tourists never notice; anyone who moved does.
Rain days and humidity are annual here, not monthly: 56 rainy days a year, 68% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.