Climate averages 1991–2020
Prince George weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Prince George: daytime highs average 9.2°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 36 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Grande Prairie (290 km away). In October its highs average 8.3°C, 0.9°C cooler than Prince George, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Prince George ranks 81st of 86 for the warmest October highs and joint 21st of 86 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 86 cities is 12.7°C; Prince George is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.4°C to 1.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 76 mm to 67 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
Prince George climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.9°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 54 | 12.1 | 8.08 h |
| February | -0.4°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 31 | 8.4 | 9.710 h |
| March | 4.4°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 35 | 9.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.5°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 38 | 9.0 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 40 | 9.0 | 15.916 h |
| June | 20.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 53 | 10.0 | 17.017 h |
| July | 22.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 53 | 10.0 | 16.617 h |
| August | 22.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 41 | 8.3 | 14.915 h |
| September | 17.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 54 | 9.8 | 12.813 h |
| October, selected | 9.2°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 76 | 13.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 1.8°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 67 | 13.7 | 8.69 h |
| December | -3.1°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 46 | 10.4 | 7.58 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
- Grande Prairie in OctoberCanada · 290 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -0.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Kamloops in OctoberCanada · 397 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Kelowna in OctoberCanada · 501 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 69 mm rain
- North Vancouver in OctoberCanada · 512 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 246 mm rain
- Coquitlam in OctoberCanada · 515 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 271 mm rain
- Burnaby in OctoberCanada · 517 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 7.5°C · 246 mm rain
- Vancouver in OctoberCanada · 520 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 7.7°C · 246 mm rain
- Maple Ridge in OctoberCanada · 522 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 319 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 Prince George) is explained once on the Prince George year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.