Climate averages 1991–2020
Aberdeen weather
in October.
A cool, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Aberdeen: daytime highs average 11.6°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 25 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundee, United Kingdom (92 km away). In October its highs average 11.4°C, about as warm as Aberdeen, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Aberdeen ranks 141st of 143 for the warmest October highs and 125th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 13.6°C; Aberdeen is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 8.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 98 mm to 92 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Aberdeen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 70 | 14.1 | 7.47 h |
| February | 6.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 56 | 11.9 | 9.49 h |
| March | 7.4°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 55 | 12.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 52 | 11.4 | 14.214 h |
| May | 11.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 48 | 10.5 | 16.516 h |
| June | 13.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 60 | 11.2 | 17.818 h |
| July | 15.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 59 | 11.8 | 17.217 h |
| August | 15.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 65 | 12.3 | 15.215 h |
| September | 14.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 66 | 12.1 | 12.913 h |
| October, selected | 11.6°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 98 | 15.7 | 10.410 h |
| November | 8.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 92 | 15.4 | 8.18 h |
| December | 6.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 74 | 14.2 | 6.87 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Dundee, United Kingdom in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 92 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Edinburgh in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 149 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 7.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Glasgow in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 194 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 110 mm rain
- East Kilbride in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 200 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Paisley in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 204 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 6.7°C · 122 mm rain
- South Shields in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 242 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 8.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Newcastle upon Tyne in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 243 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Sunderland in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 253 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 7.7°C · 58 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 Aberdeen) is explained once on the Aberdeen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.