Climate averages 1991–2020
Edinburgh weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Edinburgh: daytime highs average 11.8°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 29 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundee, United Kingdom (59 km away). In October its highs average 11.4°C, about as warm as Edinburgh, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Edinburgh ranks joint 137th of 143 for the warmest October highs and 102nd of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 13.6°C; Edinburgh is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 8.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 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
Edinburgh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 74 | 14.0 | 7.78 h |
| February | 6.4°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 61 | 11.9 | 9.510 h |
| March | 8.1°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 59 | 12.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 54 | 11.6 | 14.114 h |
| May | 13.3°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 56 | 12.6 | 16.316 h |
| June | 15.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 64 | 13.1 | 17.517 h |
| July | 17.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 70 | 13.6 | 17.017 h |
| August | 17.4°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 75 | 13.2 | 15.115 h |
| September | 15.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 59 | 11.1 | 12.813 h |
| October, selected | 11.8°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 80 | 13.0 | 10.510 h |
| November | 8.4°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 71 | 13.6 | 8.38 h |
| December | 6.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 76 | 13.4 | 7.17 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 · 59 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 89 mm rain
- East Kilbride in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 65 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Glasgow in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 67 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 110 mm rain
- Paisley in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 78 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 6.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Carlisle in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 119 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 6.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Newcastle upon Tyne in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 148 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Aberdeen in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 149 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 8.5°C · 98 mm rain
- South Shields in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 154 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 8.1°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 Edinburgh) is explained once on the Edinburgh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.