Climate averages 1991–2020
Kelowna weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Kelowna: daytime highs average 13.4°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 48 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kamloops (105 km away). In October its highs average 12.4°C, 1.1°C cooler than Kelowna, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Kelowna ranks joint 31st of 86 for the warmest October highs and 12th of 86 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 86 cities is 12.7°C; Kelowna is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.8°C to 5.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 87 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Kelowna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.2°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 59 | 13.5 | 8.69 h |
| February | 3.9°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 42 | 10.1 | 10.110 h |
| March | 8.0°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 55 | 11.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 43 | 9.7 | 13.714 h |
| May | 19.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 51 | 9.9 | 15.415 h |
| June | 23.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 51 | 9.2 | 16.316 h |
| July | 27.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 30 | 5.3 | 15.916 h |
| August | 27.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 25 | 5.2 | 14.514 h |
| September | 22.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 43 | 7.7 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 13.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 69 | 12.1 | 10.811 h |
| November | 5.7°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 87 | 15.5 | 9.19 h |
| December | 1.3°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 66 | 13.5 | 8.28 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Kamloops in OctoberCanada · 105 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Chilliwack in OctoberCanada · 195 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 256 mm rain
- Abbotsford in OctoberCanada · 220 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 5.5°C · 197 mm rain
- Maple Ridge in OctoberCanada · 237 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 319 mm rain
- Langley in OctoberCanada · 245 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 6.8°C · 174 mm rain
- Coquitlam in OctoberCanada · 247 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 271 mm rain
- Bellingham in OctoberUnited States · 251 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 7.7°C · 162 mm rain
- Surrey in OctoberCanada · 256 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 6.6°C · 174 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kelowna) is explained once on the Kelowna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.