Climate averages 1991–2020
Peterborough, United Kingdom weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Peterborough, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 41 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cambridge, United Kingdom (48 km away). In October its highs average 14.5°C, about as warm as Peterborough, United Kingdom, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Peterborough, United Kingdom ranks joint 23rd of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 25th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 13.6°C; Peterborough, United Kingdom is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.3°C to 10.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 55 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
Peterborough, United Kingdom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 49 | 11.4 | 8.28 h |
| February | 7.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 38 | 9.5 | 9.810 h |
| March | 10.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 43 | 9.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.0°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 48 | 11.1 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 53 | 10.3 | 15.716 h |
| June | 18.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 59 | 10.4 | 16.717 h |
| July | 21.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 61 | 11.5 | 16.316 h |
| August | 21.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 63 | 10.6 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 50 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 14.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 59 | 10.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 10.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 55 | 10.9 | 8.89 h |
| December | 7.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 52 | 10.8 | 7.88 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
- Cambridge, United Kingdom in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 48 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 8.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Bedford in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 8.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Northampton in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 56 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Leicester in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 60 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 7.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Milton Keynes in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 68 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Rugby in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 72 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Nottingham in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 74 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Stevenage in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 75 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.0°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 Peterborough) is explained once on the Peterborough, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.