Climate averages 1991–2020
Chester weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Chester: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 39 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Liverpool (25 km away). In October its highs average 13.2°C, about as warm as Chester, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Chester ranks joint 87th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 92nd of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 13.6°C; Chester is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 9.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 71 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
Chester climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 62 | 13.1 | 8.18 h |
| February | 7.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 54 | 12.1 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.6°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 59 | 12.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.2°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 64 | 13.1 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.3°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 68 | 12.6 | 15.816 h |
| June | 17.8°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 80 | 13.2 | 16.917 h |
| July | 19.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 84 | 14.0 | 16.416 h |
| August | 19.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 80 | 13.8 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.9°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 68 | 12.3 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 13.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 71 | 13.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 9.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 71 | 14.0 | 8.79 h |
| December | 7.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 74 | 13.7 | 7.68 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
- Liverpool in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 25 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 115 mm rain
- Warrington in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 91 mm rain
- St Helens in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 8.2°C · 91 mm rain
- Crewe in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Wigan in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 43 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 7.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Southport in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 9.3°C · 137 mm rain
- Stoke-on-Trent in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 52 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Salford in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 52 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 89 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 Chester) is explained once on the Chester year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.