Climate averages 1991–2020
Eastbourne weather
in October.
A cool, wet month: the 5th 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 Eastbourne: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 46 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hastings, United Kingdom (23 km away). In October its highs average 14.7°C, about as warm as Eastbourne, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Eastbourne ranks joint 6th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 136th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 13.6°C; Eastbourne is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 11.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 113 mm to 121 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
Eastbourne climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 95 | 14.6 | 8.59 h |
| February | 7.6°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 66 | 11.6 | 10.010 h |
| March | 9.1°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 50 | 9.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.3°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 46 | 9.0 | 13.814 h |
| May | 14.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 47 | 8.5 | 15.515 h |
| June | 16.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 45 | 8.7 | 16.416 h |
| July | 18.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 48 | 8.4 | 16.016 h |
| August | 19.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 61 | 9.5 | 14.515 h |
| September | 17.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 66 | 10.6 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 14.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 113 | 14.3 | 10.811 h |
| November | 11.2°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 121 | 15.8 | 9.09 h |
| December | 8.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 109 | 14.4 | 8.18 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
- Hastings, United Kingdom in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 23 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 10.4°C · 112 mm rain
- Brighton in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Hove in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Worthing in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 47 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 105 mm rain
- Crawley in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 50 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Maidstone in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 58 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 9.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Purley in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 69 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 8.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Gillingham in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 71 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 9.1°C · 56 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 Eastbourne) is explained once on the Eastbourne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.