Climate averages 1991–2020
Oxford 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 Oxford: daytime highs average 13.9°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 43 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aylesbury (31 km away). In October its highs average 14.0°C, about as warm as Oxford, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Oxford ranks joint 62nd of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 51st of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 13.6°C; Oxford is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 9.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 62 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
Oxford climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 54 | 10.8 | 8.48 h |
| February | 7.5°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 43 | 9.3 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 45 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 51 | 11.3 | 13.814 h |
| May | 15.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 57 | 10.9 | 15.616 h |
| June | 18.7°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 55 | 10.3 | 16.617 h |
| July | 20.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 58 | 10.9 | 16.216 h |
| August | 20.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 61 | 10.7 | 14.615 h |
| September | 17.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 54 | 9.1 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 13.9°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 63 | 11.3 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.8°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 62 | 11.6 | 8.99 h |
| December | 7.2°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 57 | 10.9 | 7.98 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
- Aylesbury in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 8.0°C · 61 mm rain
- High Wycombe in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 38 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 8.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Reading in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 38 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 8.3°C · 62 mm rain
- Swindon in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 42 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Maidenhead in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 45 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 8.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Milton Keynes in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 47 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Bracknell in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Slough in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 53 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 8.4°C · 60 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 Oxford) is explained once on the Oxford year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.